Tacrolimus: 20 years of use in adult kidney transplantation. What we should know about its nephrotoxicity

Y Bentata - Artificial organs, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Tacrolimus (or FK506), a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) introduced in field of
transplantation in the 1990s, is the cornerstone of most immunosuppressive regimens in …

Donor-derived cell-free DNA as a diagnostic tool in transplantation

M Oellerich, K Budde, B Osmanodja… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There is a need to improve personalized immunosuppression in organ transplantation to
reduce premature graft loss. Biomarkers are needed to better detect rejection, asymptomatic …

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 …

Voclosporin: a novel calcineurin inhibitor for the treatment of lupus nephritis

T van Gelder, E Lerma, K Engelke… - Expert review of clinical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Lupus nephritis (LN) is a severe manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus.
Standard-of-care immunosuppressive therapies achieve poor complete renal response …

Tacrolimus exposure prediction using machine learning

JB Woillard, M Labriffe, J Debord… - Clinical Pharmacology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this work is to estimate the area‐under the blood concentration curve of
tacrolimus (TAC) following bid or qd dosing in organ transplant patients, using Xgboost …

A multicentre, patient-and assessor-blinded, non-inferiority, randomised and controlled phase II trial to compare standard and torque teno virus-guided …

F Haupenthal, J Rahn, F Maggi, F Gelas, P Bourgeois… - Trials, 2023 - Springer
Background Immunosuppression after kidney transplantation is mainly guided via plasma
tacrolimus trough level, which cannot sufficiently predict allograft rejection and infection. The …

Ultrasensitive sandwich-type SERS-biosensor-based dual plasmonic superstructure for detection of tacrolimus in patients

X Zheng, J Ye, W Chen, X Wang, J Li, F Su, C Ding… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tacrolimus (FK506) is widely used in the prevention of organ transplant rejection and the
treatment of autoimmune diseases, but it is difficult to detect within the low and narrow …

Meropenem use and therapeutic drug monitoring in clinical practice: a literature review

NA Steffens, ES Zimmermann… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
What is known and objective Meropenem, a carbapenem antibiotic, is widely prescribed for
the treatment of life‐threatening infections. The main parameter associated with its …

Pharmacologic treatment of transplant recipients infected with SARS-CoV-2: considerations regarding therapeutic drug monitoring and drug–drug interactions

L Elens, LJ Langman, DA Hesselink… - Therapeutic drug …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: COVID-19 is a novel infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory
distress (SARS)-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Several therapeutic options are currently …

Insights into the pharmacogenetics of tacrolimus pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

M Brunet, M Pastor-Anglada - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The influence of pharmacogenetics in tacrolimus pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
needs further investigation, considering its potential in assisting clinicians to predict the …