TY - JOUR
T1 - Mycophenolic acid in diabetic renal transplant recipients: pharmacokinetics and application of a limited sampling strategy
AU - van Hest, Reinier M.
AU - Mathôt, Ron A. A.
AU - Vulto, Arnold G.
AU - Le Meur, Yann
AU - van Gelder, Teun
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Limited sampling strategies may be useful in optimizing therapeutic drug monitoring of mycophenolic acid (MPA). Their use, however, may be limited by several patient factors, including comorbidity. In this study the pharmacokinetics of MPA in diabetic and nondiabetic renal transplant recipients were compared, and it was evaluated whether a limited sampling strategy developed and validated for nondiabetic patients can also be used in diabetic patients. The pharmacokinetics of MPA were analyzed on days 7 and 11 after transplantation in 136 renal transplant patients, among whom 7 patients had diabetes. All patients received cyclosporine and corticosteroids as maintenance immunosuppressive therapy. A limited sampling strategy [AUC (mg x h/L) = 7.182 + 4.607 C0 + 0.998 C0.67 + 2.149 C2] was developed and validated for nondiabetic patients and was subsequently tested for its usefulness in diabetic patients. Diabetic renal transplant patients did not have significantly different dose-normalized MPA area under concentration-time curve (AUC), MPA clearance, or MPA maximum concentration (Cmax). However, in diabetic patients Tmax (time of Cmax, 1.59 hours) was higher than for nondiabetic patients (0.67 hours) on day 11 (P = 0.04). The developed and validated limited sampling strategy performed acceptably, estimating MPA AUC in nondiabetic patients with a mean bias of 0.2 mg x h/L (95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 1.6 mg x h/L). Applying the limited sampling strategy in diabetic patients revealed a mean bias of -1.5 (-5.7, 2.7 mg x h/L). In conclusion, although diabetic renal transplant patients exhibit increased Tmax, this does not affect the accuracy of the limited sampling strategy
AB - Limited sampling strategies may be useful in optimizing therapeutic drug monitoring of mycophenolic acid (MPA). Their use, however, may be limited by several patient factors, including comorbidity. In this study the pharmacokinetics of MPA in diabetic and nondiabetic renal transplant recipients were compared, and it was evaluated whether a limited sampling strategy developed and validated for nondiabetic patients can also be used in diabetic patients. The pharmacokinetics of MPA were analyzed on days 7 and 11 after transplantation in 136 renal transplant patients, among whom 7 patients had diabetes. All patients received cyclosporine and corticosteroids as maintenance immunosuppressive therapy. A limited sampling strategy [AUC (mg x h/L) = 7.182 + 4.607 C0 + 0.998 C0.67 + 2.149 C2] was developed and validated for nondiabetic patients and was subsequently tested for its usefulness in diabetic patients. Diabetic renal transplant patients did not have significantly different dose-normalized MPA area under concentration-time curve (AUC), MPA clearance, or MPA maximum concentration (Cmax). However, in diabetic patients Tmax (time of Cmax, 1.59 hours) was higher than for nondiabetic patients (0.67 hours) on day 11 (P = 0.04). The developed and validated limited sampling strategy performed acceptably, estimating MPA AUC in nondiabetic patients with a mean bias of 0.2 mg x h/L (95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 1.6 mg x h/L). Applying the limited sampling strategy in diabetic patients revealed a mean bias of -1.5 (-5.7, 2.7 mg x h/L). In conclusion, although diabetic renal transplant patients exhibit increased Tmax, this does not affect the accuracy of the limited sampling strategy
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1097/00007691-200412000-00006
DO - https://doi.org/10.1097/00007691-200412000-00006
M3 - Article
C2 - 15570185
SN - 0163-4356
VL - 26
SP - 620
EP - 625
JO - Therapeutic drug monitoring
JF - Therapeutic drug monitoring
IS - 6
ER -