Long-Term Pharmacokinetics of Tacrolimus in Renal Recipients

Catholic University (KU) of Leuven

Status

Completed

Conditions

Renal Transplantation

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00411944

TacLTPK

Details and patient eligibility

About

An evaluation of the effects of genetically determined variant metabolizing and transporting proteins involved in the disposition of the immunosuppressive drug tacrolimus in renal transplant recipients. In a five year follow-up study tacrolimus dose-corrected exposure changes significantly and the effect(s) of single nucleotide polymorphisms of the CYP3A4/CYP3A5 and MDR1 genes on the latter is assessed in this study.

Full description

A 5-year pharmacokinetic follow-up study in 95 renal allograft recipients assessing tacrolimus exposure using repeated abbreviated Area-Under-the-Concentration-time (AUC) curve measurements at regular time points after grafting. The effects of the CYP3A5*1, CYP3A4*1B, MDR1 G2677T/A and C3435T single nucleotide polymorphisms on the evolution of tacrolimus disposition are studied over 5 years in order to clarify the interrelationship between CYP3A5, CYP3A4 and MDR1 genotypes, time-dependent exposure and tacrolimus-related toxicity.

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 75 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria