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| Journal Article | PreJuSER-2206 |
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2008
Springer Science + Business Media B.V
Dordrecht [u.a.]
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1007/s11085-007-9090-x
Abstract: Cyclosporine (CsA) dosing is traditionally based on trough blood levels (C0) rather than area under the concentration-time curve (AUC), although AUC correlates better with posttransplantation clinical events. For Neoral, AUC based on limited sampling correlates closely with full 12-hr AUC. The purpose of our study was to correlate C0 with AUC based on CsA levels at 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 hr after dose (PK0-4) and to compare this AUC with C0 in predicting acute rejection (AR) and acute cyclosporine nephrotoxicity (CsANT) in de novo first kidney transplant patients.PK0-4 was done 2-4 days after starting Neoral for 156 patients. All received CsA-based triple-drug immunosuppression without antibody induction. AUC was calculated as projected 12-hr (AUC0-12) and actual 4-hr (AUC0-4) from the PK0-4 using the parallel trapezoid rule. Neoral dosing was based on C0 not AUC. AUC was retrospectively compared with C0 as a predictor of AR and CsANT during the first 90 days.C0 correlated poorly with AUC0-12 and AUC0-4 (r=0.61 and r=0.42). C0 (mean+/-SEM) levels were not significantly different in 34 patients with and 109 without AR (293+/-21 vs. 294+/-11 microg/L, P=0.95). AUC0-12 and AUC0-4 were significantly lower in patients with than without AR (AUC0-12 9090+/-598 vs. 10608+/-336 microg x h/L, P=0.01; AUC0-4 3934+/-306 vs. 4802+/-166 microg.h/L, P=0.006). In stepwise regression analysis only AUC0-12 or AUC0-4 (P=0.03/P=0.02) and delayed graft function (P=0.007) predicted AR. AUC0-12, AUC0-4, and C0 were all significantly higher in patients with CsANT than without CsANT (AUC0-12 11746+/-650 vs. 10023+/-301 microg x h/L, P=0.01; AUC0-4 5270+/-358 vs. 4474+/-150 microg x h/L, P=0.01; C0 343+/-18 vs. 287+/-10 microg/L, P=0.01), but in stepwise regression analysis C0 was not an independent predictor of CsANT. Patients with AUC0-12 in the range of 9500 to 11500 microg x h/L or AUC0-4 between 4400 and 5500 microg x h/L had the lowest incidence of AR (13% and 7%, respectively) without significantly higher risk for CsANT.C0 correlates poorly with AUC based on PK0-4. Early AUC based on PK0-4 is more closely associated with AR and CsANT than is C0. Our data suggest that a target AUC0-12 of 9500-11500 or AUC0-4 of 4400-5500 microg x h/L may provide optimal Neoral immunosuppression.
Keyword(s): Acute Disease (MeSH) ; Adult (MeSH) ; Area Under Curve (MeSH) ; Biological Availability (MeSH) ; Cyclosporine: administration & dosage (MeSH) ; Cyclosporine: pharmacokinetics (MeSH) ; Cyclosporine: therapeutic use (MeSH) ; Cyclosporine: toxicity (MeSH) ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug (MeSH) ; Drug Monitoring: methods (MeSH) ; Female (MeSH) ; Graft Rejection: prevention & control (MeSH) ; Humans (MeSH) ; Immunosuppressive Agents: therapeutic use (MeSH) ; Kidney Diseases: chemically induced (MeSH) ; Kidney Transplantation: immunology (MeSH) ; Male (MeSH) ; Middle Aged (MeSH) ; Time Factors (MeSH) ; Immunosuppressive Agents ; Cyclosporine ; J ; chromia (auto) ; water vapor (auto) ; hydrogen (auto) ; internal oxidation (auto)
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