Immunosuppression in liver transplant

T Di Maira, EC Little, M Berenguer - Best Practice & Research Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing potency of immunosuppression (IS) agents resulted in significantly
decreased rates of steroid resistant rejection and rejection related graft loss in liver …

Intrapatient variability of tacrolimus exposure in solid organ transplantation: a novel marker for clinical outcome

DRJ Kuypers - Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The calcineurin‐inhibitor tacrolimus (Tac) provides an acceptable balance between
prevention of allograft rejection and drug‐related adverse effects, making it the standard of …

[HTML][HTML] Analyses of the short-and long-term graft survival after kidney transplantation in Europe between 1986 and 2015

M Coemans, C Süsal, B Döhler, D Anglicheau… - Kidney international, 2018 - Elsevier
The evolution of kidney allograft survival remains insufficiently studied in the context of the
changing donor and recipient demographics. Since European data are lacking we …

Class II eplet mismatch modulates tacrolimus trough levels required to prevent donor-specific antibody development

C Wiebe, DN Rush, TE Nevins, PE Birk… - Journal of the …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Despite more than two decades of use, the optimal maintenance dose of tacrolimus for
kidney transplant recipients is unknown. We hypothesized that HLA class II de novo donor …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical outcomes following DAA therapy in patients with HCV-related cirrhosis depend on disease severity

LAP Krassenburg, R Maan, A Ramji, MP Manns… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims HCV-infected patients with cirrhosis achieve high sustained virological
response (SVR) rates with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) even after hepatic …

[HTML][HTML] HLA-DR/DQ molecular mismatch: a prognostic biomarker for primary alloimmunity

C Wiebe, V Kosmoliaptsis, D Pochinco… - American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Alloimmune risk stratification in renal transplantation has lacked the necessary prognostic
biomarkers to personalize recipient care or optimize clinical trials. HLA molecular mismatch …

Understanding medication nonadherence after kidney transplant

TE Nevins, PW Nickerson, MA Dew - Journal of the American …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Alloimmunity remains a barrier to long-term graft survival that necessitates lifelong
immunosuppressive therapy after renal transplant. Medication nonadherence has been …

Pharmacokinetic considerations related to therapeutic drug monitoring of tacrolimus in kidney transplant patients

LM Andrews, YI Li, BCM De Winter, YY Shi… - Expert opinion on …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Tacrolimus (Tac) is the cornerstone of immunosuppressive therapy
after solid organ transplantation and will probably remain so. Excluding belatacept, no new …

Therapeutic drug monitoring and dosage adjustments of immunosuppressive drugs when combined with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in patients with COVID-19

F Lemaitre, K Budde, T Van Gelder… - Therapeutic Drug …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) consists of a peptidomimetic inhibitor (nirmatrelvir) of the
SARS-CoV-2 main protease and a pharmacokinetic enhancer (ritonavir). It is approved for …

Detecting, preventing and treating non-adherence to immunosuppression after kidney transplantation

I Gandolfini, A Palmisano, E Fiaccadori… - Clinical kidney …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Medication non-adherence (MNA) is a major issue in kidney transplantation and it is
associated with increased risk of rejection, allograft loss, patients' death and higher …