Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of tacrolimus in solid organ transplantation

CE Staatz, SE Tett - Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2004 - Springer
The aim of this review is to analyse critically the recent literature on the clinical
pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of tacrolimus in solid organ transplant recipients …

Mechanisms of clinically relevant drug interactions associated with tacrolimus

U Christians, W Jacobsen, LZ Benet… - Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2002 - Springer
The clinical management of tacrolimus, a macrolide used as immunosuppressant after
transplantation, is complicated by its narrow therapeutic index in combination with inter-and …

Metabolism of tacrolimus (FK506) and recent topics in clinical pharmacokinetics

K Iwasaki - Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, 2007 - Elsevier
Tacrolimus (FK506), an immunosuppressive drug, is co-medicated with multiple drugs under
clinical conditions. Tacrolimus is highly lipophilic and is excreted from the body after …

Cytochrome P4503A (CYP3A) metabolism: Prediction ofIn Vivo activity in humans

GR Wilkinson - Journal of pharmacokinetics and biopharmaceutics, 1996 - Springer
CYP3A is one of the most important cytochrome P450 isoforms responsible for drug
metabolism by humans because it is the major such enzyme in critical tissues such as the …

Interpreting tacrolimus concentrations during pregnancy and postpartum

MF Hebert, S Zheng, K Hays, DD Shen, CL Davis… - …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Pregnancy after solid organ transplantation, although considered high risk for maternal,
fetal, and neonatal complications, has been quite successful. Tacrolimus pharmacokinetic …

Clinical utility of monitoring tacrolimus blood concentrations in liver transplant patients

R Venkataramanan, LM Shaw, L Sarkozi… - The Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between the dose of tacrolimus, trough tacrolimus blood concentration, and
selected clinical endpoints (acute rejection, nephrotoxicity, and other toxicities) were …

The use of a DNA biobank linked to electronic medical records to characterize pharmacogenomic predictors of tacrolimus dose requirement in kidney transplant …

KA Birdwell, B Grady, L Choi, H Xu, A Bian… - Pharmacogenetics …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objective Tacrolimus, an immunosuppressive drug widely prescribed in kidney
transplantation, requires therapeutic drug monitoring due to its marked interindividual …

New developments in the immunosuppressive drug monitoring of cyclosporine, tacrolimus, and azathioprine

VW Armstrong, M Oellerich - Clinical biochemistry, 2001 - Elsevier
The calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporine and tacrolimus form the cornerstones of most
immunosuppression protocols. Because of their variable pharmacokinetics, and their narrow …

The interactions of age, sex, body mass index, genetics, and steroid weight-based doses on tacrolimus dosing requirement after adult kidney transplantation

P Stratta, M Quaglia, T Cena, R Antoniotti… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different clinical covariates on
tacrolimus dose requirements in adult kidney transplant patients with a specific focus on …

Immunosuppressant-induced nephropathy: pathophysiology, incidence and management

AJ Olyaei, AM De Mattos, DWM Bennett - Drug safety, 1999 - Springer
Immunosuppressant-induced nephrotoxicity, in particular chronic progressive
tubulointerstitial fibrosis/arteriopathy induced by the calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporin and …