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ArticleTransplantation direct2021

Clinical Implications of Tacrolimus Time in Therapeutic Range and Intrapatient Variability in Urban Renal Transplant Recipients Undergoing Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal.

Dana R Pierce, Patricia West-Thielke, Zahraa Hajjiri, Sujata Gaitonde, Ivo Tzvetanov, Enrico Benedetti, Alicia B Lichvar

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Article in Transplantation direct, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dana R PierceDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, Chicago, IL.
Patricia West-ThielkeDepartment of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Zahraa HajjiriDepartment of Nephrology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Sujata GaitondeDepartment of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Ivo TzvetanovDepartment of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Enrico BenedettiDepartment of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Alicia B LichvarDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, Chicago, IL.
University of Illinois Chicago · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tacrolimus demonstrates wide intrapatient and interpatient variability requiring therapeutic drug monitoring. The utility of tacrolimus time in therapeutic range (TTR) after renal transplantation (RT) under an early corticosteroid withdrawal (ECSWD) protocol is unknown. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of tacrolimus TTR in an ECSWD RT population. MATERIALS: A retrospective analysis of adult RT recipients maintained on tacrolimus was conducted. Patients were excluded if they were on nonstandard protocol immunosuppression agents <12 months post-RT. Tacrolimus TTR was calculated using the Rosendaal method. Patients were divided into high (TTR-H) and low (TTR-L) TTR groups based on cohort median. The primary outcome was to compare the incidence of acute rejection 12 months post-RT. Secondary outcomes included comparing rejection subtypes, incidence of donor-specific antibody (DSA) and de novo DSA (dnDSA), risk factors for acute rejection and dnDSA development, and allograft function (serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate).

resultsA total of 193 patients were analyzed (TTR-H = 98 and TTR-L = 95). There was no difference in the incidence of acute rejection (TTR-H 20.4% versus TTR-L 20.0%;

conclusionsTacrolimus TTR was not significantly different with regards to acute rejection in an ECSWD population. Future studies are still needed to determine tacrolimus TTR thresholds post-RT and identify populations that may benefit from this intrapatient variability monitoring parameter.

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