Pretransplantation Pharmacokinetic Curves of Tacrolimus in HIV-Infected Patients on Ritonavir-Containing cART: A Pilot Study
Pretransplantation Pharmacokinetic Curves of Tacrolimus in HIV-Infected Patients on Ritonavir-Containing cART: A Pilot Study
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DOI:
10.1097/tp.0b013e3182734651
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发表时间:
2013-01-27
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6.2
通讯作者:
van Zuilen, Arjan D.
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van Maarseveen, Erik M.;Crommelin, Heleen A.;van Zuilen, Arjan D.
Background. Ritonavir is an extremely strong inhibitor of P450 cytochrome 3A, which is the main metabolizing enzyme of tacrolimus. Subsequently, the pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus are affected to a large extend by the coadministration of ritonavir in HIV-infected transplant recipients. Therefore, to prevent overexposure directly posttransplantation in HIV-infected patients on ritonavir-containing cART, the predictive value of a pretransplantation pharmacokinetic curve of tacrolimus was explored.Methods. A pretransplantation pharmacokinetic model of tacrolimus in these patients was developed, and a posttransplantation dosing advice was established for each individual patient. The pharmacokinetic population parameters were compared with HIV-negative patients, and predictive value of the pretransplantation curves was assessed in patients after the transplantation procedure.Results. No significant difference was found between the model-predicted and actual posttransplantation 24 h-tacrolimus levels (14.6 vs. 17.8 ng/mL, P=0.19). As the simulated pharmacokinetic curves lacked an absorption peak every 12 h, the mean 12 h-AUC was approximately 40 % lower compared with AUC's reported in HIV-negative recipients, when similar trough levels were targeted.Conclusion. In conclusion, pretransplantation curves of tacrolimus seem a promising tool to prevent overexposure directly posttransplantation in patients on ritonavir-containing cART and raising trough levels to achieve an exposure equivalent to HIV-negative recipients is suggested.