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ArticleScientific reports2025

Time in therapeutic range of tacrolimus in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients is associated with acute graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis.

Naoki Yoshikawa, Yukina Ehara, Yusei Yamada, Yuki Matsusaki, Kazuya Shimoda, Ryuji Ikeda

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Naoki YoshikawaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Miyazaki Hospital, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake-cho, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan. naoki_yoshikawa@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp.
Yukina EharaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Miyazaki Hospital, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake-cho, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan.
Yusei YamadaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Miyazaki Hospital, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake-cho, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan.
Yuki MatsusakiDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Miyazaki Hospital, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake-cho, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan.
Kazuya ShimodaDivision of Hematology, Diabetes, and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
Ryuji IkedaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Miyazaki Hospital, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake-cho, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan.

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP23K06236
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Abstract

Intra-patient variability in immunosuppressive blood drug concentrations is a potential biomarker in managing organ transplant patients. However, the association between the time in therapeutic range of tacrolimus blood concentrations and its efficacy in preventing graft-versus-host disease remains unknown. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between the time in therapeutic range of tacrolimus blood concentrations and its efficacy in acute graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Eligible patients administered tacrolimus were categorized into two groups based on the grade of acute graft-versus-host disease, and propensity score matching was performed using graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis protocols and days to the disease onset to compare time in therapeutic range. In patients with tacrolimus blood concentration therapeutic range ≥ 10 ng/mL, time in therapeutic range during the first 4 weeks post-transplantation was significantly lower in the Grade II-III than in the Grade 0-I group. Among propensity score matching-extracted patients, the Grade II-III group had significantly lower time in therapeutic range during the first 2 and 4 weeks post-transplantation. Our results suggest that high time in therapeutic range early post-transplantation, particularly within 4 weeks, may avert the severity of acute graft-versus-host disease.

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Graft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationImmunosuppressive AgentsTacrolimusAcute DiseaseAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPropensity ScoreRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsTransplantation, HomologousImmunosuppressive AgentsTacrolimusGraft-versus-host diseaseHematopoietic stem cell transplantationTacrolimusTherapeutic drug monitoringTime in therapeutic range

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PMCPMC11772651

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