Observational studyTransplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation2023
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Mycophenolic Acid Identifies Kidney Transplant Recipients Responsive to Two SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Doses.
Observational study in Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Abstract
Immune-responsiveness to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination is reduced in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Previous reports point to a role of mycophenolic acid (MPA). Our observational cohort study included all KTRs at University Hospital Zurich receiving two SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine doses more than 6 months post-transplantation, who were assessed by measuring anti-spike immunoglobulin G (IgG). We applied principles of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) to correlate MPA exposure and lymphocyte counts with SARS-CoV-2 IgG. MPA trough levels differ largely among KTRs with a median of 3.1 mg/L (range 0.7-9.5 mg/L). 34 of 84 KTRs (40%) developed positive SARS-CoV-2 IgG after two vaccine doses. KTRs who developed positive SARS-CoV-2 IgG showed significantly higher eGFR (
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