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The pharmacokinetics of mycophenolate mofetil in renal transplant recipients receiving standard-dose or low-dose cyclosporine, low-dose tacrolimus or low-dose sirolimus: the Symphony pharmacokinetic substudy

Grinyo, Josep M. ; Ekberg, Henrik LU ; Mamelok, Richard D. ; Oppenheimer, Federico ; Sanchez-Plumed, Jaime ; Angel Gentil, Miguel ; Hernandez, Domingo ; Kuypers, Dirk R. and Brunet, Merce (2009) In Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 24(7). p.2269-2276
Abstract
Methods. A 3-month pharmacokinetic substudy of the prospective, randomized, multicentre, open-label Symphony study was performed. Eighty-three adult renal transplant patients received standard-dose cyclosporine, MMF 2 g/day and corticosteroids, or daclizumab induction, MMF 2 g/day and corticosteroids plus low-dose cyclosporine, low-dose tacrolimus or low-dose sirolimus. The area under the concentration-time curve (AUC(0-12)) of MPA and its metabolites between treatment groups was compared. Pharmacokinetic sampling was performed before MMF administration and at 20, 40, 75 min; 2, 3, 6, 8, 10 and 12 h post-dose on Day 7 and Months 1 and 3. Results. Compared with standard-dose cyclosporine, patients receiving low-dose tacrolimus or low-dose... (More)
Methods. A 3-month pharmacokinetic substudy of the prospective, randomized, multicentre, open-label Symphony study was performed. Eighty-three adult renal transplant patients received standard-dose cyclosporine, MMF 2 g/day and corticosteroids, or daclizumab induction, MMF 2 g/day and corticosteroids plus low-dose cyclosporine, low-dose tacrolimus or low-dose sirolimus. The area under the concentration-time curve (AUC(0-12)) of MPA and its metabolites between treatment groups was compared. Pharmacokinetic sampling was performed before MMF administration and at 20, 40, 75 min; 2, 3, 6, 8, 10 and 12 h post-dose on Day 7 and Months 1 and 3. Results. Compared with standard-dose cyclosporine, patients receiving low-dose tacrolimus or low-dose sirolimus had significantly higher AUC(0-12) values for MPA at Day 7 and Month 1 and for free MPA at Day 7, and significantly lower AUC(0-12) values for 7-O-MPA-glucuronide (MPAG) at Month 1 and for acyl-glucuronide at Months 1 and 3 (P < 0.05). AUC(0-12) of MPA and free MPA was significantly greater with low-dose tacrolimus and low-dose sirolimus than with low-dose cyclosporine in the first month (P < 0.05). The ratio of MPA to MPAG exposure was significantly higher in the three low-dose groups than in the standard-dose cyclosporine group (P < 0.05). Conclusions. Standard- and low-dose cyclosporine reduces the exposure of MPA and free MPA compared to low-dose tacrolimus or low-dose sirolimus in patients given the same dose of MMF. (Less)
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mycophenolate mofetil, mycophenolic acid, glucuronide, renal transplantation, pharmacokinetics
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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
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24
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7
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2269 - 2276
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Oxford University Press
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1460-2385
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10.1093/ndt/gfp162
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English
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  abstract     = {{Methods. A 3-month pharmacokinetic substudy of the prospective, randomized, multicentre, open-label Symphony study was performed. Eighty-three adult renal transplant patients received standard-dose cyclosporine, MMF 2 g/day and corticosteroids, or daclizumab induction, MMF 2 g/day and corticosteroids plus low-dose cyclosporine, low-dose tacrolimus or low-dose sirolimus. The area under the concentration-time curve (AUC(0-12)) of MPA and its metabolites between treatment groups was compared. Pharmacokinetic sampling was performed before MMF administration and at 20, 40, 75 min; 2, 3, 6, 8, 10 and 12 h post-dose on Day 7 and Months 1 and 3. Results. Compared with standard-dose cyclosporine, patients receiving low-dose tacrolimus or low-dose sirolimus had significantly higher AUC(0-12) values for MPA at Day 7 and Month 1 and for free MPA at Day 7, and significantly lower AUC(0-12) values for 7-O-MPA-glucuronide (MPAG) at Month 1 and for acyl-glucuronide at Months 1 and 3 (P &lt; 0.05). AUC(0-12) of MPA and free MPA was significantly greater with low-dose tacrolimus and low-dose sirolimus than with low-dose cyclosporine in the first month (P &lt; 0.05). The ratio of MPA to MPAG exposure was significantly higher in the three low-dose groups than in the standard-dose cyclosporine group (P &lt; 0.05). Conclusions. Standard- and low-dose cyclosporine reduces the exposure of MPA and free MPA compared to low-dose tacrolimus or low-dose sirolimus in patients given the same dose of MMF.}},
  author       = {{Grinyo, Josep M. and Ekberg, Henrik and Mamelok, Richard D. and Oppenheimer, Federico and Sanchez-Plumed, Jaime and Angel Gentil, Miguel and Hernandez, Domingo and Kuypers, Dirk R. and Brunet, Merce}},
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  keywords     = {{mycophenolate mofetil; mycophenolic acid; glucuronide; renal transplantation; pharmacokinetics}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{2269--2276}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation}},
  title        = {{The pharmacokinetics of mycophenolate mofetil in renal transplant recipients receiving standard-dose or low-dose cyclosporine, low-dose tacrolimus or low-dose sirolimus: the Symphony pharmacokinetic substudy}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfp162}},
  doi          = {{10.1093/ndt/gfp162}},
  volume       = {{24}},
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