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ArticleSisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni2021

A Comparative Analysis of Once-daily and Twice-daily Formulation of Tacrolimus in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients.

Murat Ferhat Ferhatoglu, Abdulcabbar Kartal, Taner Kivilcim, Ali Ilker Filiz, Gursel Yildiz, Alp Gurkan

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Article in Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Murat Ferhat FerhatogluDepartment of General Surgery, Istanbul Okan University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abdulcabbar KartalDepartment of General Surgery, Istanbul Okan University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Taner KivilcimDepartment of General Surgery, Istanbul Okan University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ali Ilker FilizDepartment of General Surgery, Istanbul Okan University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Gursel YildizDepartment of Nephrology, Istanbul Okan University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Alp GurkanDepartment of General Surgery, Istanbul Okan University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.

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objectivesWe aimed to compare the once-daily and twice-daily formulation of tacrolimus concerning the efficiency and effects on graft function in de novo kidney transplant patients.

methodsTwenty once-daily (TAC-OD) and twenty twice-daily (TAC-BID) tacrolimus administrated de novo kidney recipients who had received initial immunosuppressive therapy according to protocols at our institution (0.2 mg/kg of tacrolimus combined with 1000 milligrams of steroid taper plus 720 mg of mycophenolate and with 2.5mg/kg anti-thymocyte globulin) assessed concerning demographics, drug doses and blood concentration, and graft function.

resultsThe mean tacrolimus blood concentration measurements were higher in the TAC-OD group in the first sixty days after transplantation, and the TAC-OD group showed more blood concentration overshoots/fluctuations in the first 30 days of the treatment. The initial drug dose was significantly higher in the TAC-OD group than the TAC-BID group (p=0.04). There was no meaningful difference among groups according to graft function (creatinine measurements) (p>0.05).

conclusionBetween de novo kidney recipients, the new TAC-OD formulation presents a similar short-term efficacy profile as TAC-BID. However, a higher daily dosage of TAC-OD is needed to achieve similar blood concentrations in the early postoperative period.

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immunosuppressionKidney transplantationprolonged-release tacrolimustacrolimus

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