Tacrolimus Dose Requirements and CYP3A5 Genotype and the Development of Calcineurin Inhibitor-Associated Nephrotoxicity in Renal Allograft Recipients
- 1 August 2010
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
- Vol. 32 (4), 394-404
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ftd.0b013e3181e06818
Abstract
Prolonged calcineurin inhibitor maintenance therapy in kidney allograft recipients is complicated by the development of chronic irreversible drug-induced nephrotoxicity (CNIT). In 304 de novo renal graft recipients, the association among tacrolimus exposure indices (dose, C(0), AUC(0-12h)), CYP3A5, CYP3A4 and ABCB1 polymorphisms, clinical covariables and de novo arteriolar hyalinization as a histologic sign of CNIT was examined. Tacrolimus C(0) and AUC(0-12h) at 3 and 12 months posttransplantation did not differ between patients with and without CNIT. Patients who developed CNIT more often carried the CYP3A5*1 allele (32.4% versus 15.2%, P = 0.01). Twenty-five percent of recipients with tacrolimus dose requirements exceeding 0.2 mg/kg per day at 3 months posttransplantation developed CNIT, whereas 16.2% of patients with dose requirements between 0.10 and 0.20 mg/kg per day and 4.5% of patients who needed less than 0.10 mg/kg per day developed CNIT (P < 0.0001). These early differences in tacrolimus dose requirements between recipients with and without CNIT persisted during subsequent follow-up. In a Cox proportional hazards analysis, the CYP3A5*1 allele (hazard ratio: 2.38; 95% confidence interval: 1.15-4.92) or tacrolimus dose range (hazard ratio: 2.06; 95% confidence interval: 1.30-3.27) and continued corticosteroid therapy (hazard ratio: 4.75; 95% confidence interval: 1.13-19.98) were independently associated with CNIT. A Kaplan-Meier survival curve demonstrated a significant difference in CNIT-free survival (93.5% versus 81.8% versus 66.9%; log-rank test: P = 0.0006) between patients with, respectively, tacrolimus dose requirements less than 0.1, 0.1 or greater, less than 0.2, and 0.2 mg/kg per day or greater. More patients with CNIT sustained graft loss during follow-up (32.3% versus13.7%, P = 0.004). High early tacrolimus dose requirements, predominantly but not exclusively encountered in CYP3A5*1 expressers, are associated with the development of calcineurin inhibitor-related nephrotoxicity, especially in recipients who continue corticosteroid therapy.Keywords
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