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ArticleBMJ open2024

Analytical modelling techniques for enhancing tacrolimus dosing in solid organ transplantation: a systematic review protocol.

Elmira Amooei, Amos Buh, Martin M Klamrowski, Risa Shorr, Christopher R McCudden, James R Green, Babak Rashidi, Manish M Sood, Stephanie Hoar, Ayub Akbari and 2 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Elmira AmooeiOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada eamooei@ohri.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-3464-1195
Amos BuhOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0732-4193
Martin M KlamrowskiOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Risa ShorrDepartment of Health Professions Education, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Christopher R McCuddenEastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
James R GreenCarleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Babak RashidiDepartment of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Manish M SoodDepartment of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9146-2344
Stephanie HoarDepartment of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Ayub AkbariOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Gregory L HundemerOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3559-3531
Ran KleinOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTacrolimus is an immunosuppressant commonly administered in transplant recipients. Given its narrow therapeutic range and susceptibility to various influencing variables, determining its optimal dosage is challenging. This systematic review seeks to identify effective analytical modelling techniques and methods for optimal tacrolimus dose prediction in solid transplant recipients. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This review will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) criteria. The study will review the literature published from database inception to 11 March 2024, that assesses predictive models of tacrolimus dosing through analytical modelling techniques. We will include both randomised and non-randomised, as well as cross-sectional, qualitative and before-and-after studies and will perform our searches in four main databases-Ovid/MEDLINE, PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Embase and Web of Science, and search engines including Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Google Scholar. Papers that are not published in English or French are excluded from this study. A narrative synthesis and meta-analysis will be done if the extracted information permits such analysis. Conference abstracts will be ignored unless they are recent (published within 2 years of the search date). ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics clearance is not required for this study as no primary data will be collected. The completed manuscript will be published, and the results of the study will be presented at conferences. STUDY REGISTRATION: International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO), CRD42024537212.

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Graft RejectionImmunosuppressive AgentsOrgan TransplantationTacrolimusHumansResearch DesignSystematic Reviews as TopicImmunosuppressive AgentsTacrolimusMachine LearningNephrologyTherapeuticsTransplant Medicine

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PMID39486813
PMCPMC11529584

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