TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of mycophenolate mofetil suspension as part of induction therapy after living-donor liver transplant
AU - Harada, Noboru
AU - Yoshizumi, Tomoharu
AU - Yoshiya, Shohei
AU - Takeishi, Kazuki
AU - Toshima, Takeo
AU - Itoh, Shinji
AU - Ikegami, Toru
AU - Fukuda, Mio
AU - Masuda, Satohiro
AU - Mori, Masaki
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors have no sources of funding for this study and have no conflicts of interest to declare. The authors thank the pharmacologist staff in Kyushu University Hospital for helping with measuring the concentration of mycophenolate mofetil. We thank Edanz Group (www.edanzediting.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate recipient safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of mycophenolate mofetil suspension compared with mycophenolate mofetil capsules as part of induction therapy after living-donor liver transplant. Materials and Methods: Between July 2017 and April 2019, we retrospectively enrolled 20 adult primary living-donor liver transplant recipients. Recipients were divided into 3 groups: group 1 received mycophenolate mofetil suspension of 3000 mg (n = 6), group 2 received 3000 mg mycophenolate mofetil via opened capsules (n = 8), and group 3 received mycophenolate mofetil suspension of 2000 mg (n = 6). Administration was started on postoperative day 1, with tacrolimus administered on postoperative day 2 or day 3. Results: The values of area under the plasma concentration time curve for 0 to 12 hours were significantly higher in the 3000 mg/day mycophenolate mofetil suspension group than in the 2000 mg/day mycophenolate mofetil suspension group (P = .024) and in the 3000mg/day mycophenolate mofetil capsule group (P = .013). Significant positive correlations were shown between blood concentration at 8 hours after administration and the plasma concentration time curve for 0 to 12 hours (r2 = 0.96; P < .001) in patients in the suspension group. No patients required mycophenolate mofetil reduction because of leukopenia and diarrhea. Only 1 biopsy-proven acute cellular rejection was recognized in the mycophenolate mofetil suspension group (at 2000 mg/day). There were no significant differences in frequency of opportunistic infections among the 3 groups. Conclusions: Mycophenolate mofetil suspension is useful as part of immunosuppressive induction therapy after living-donor liver transplant because its concentration increases greater than that of mycophenolate mofetil capsules and because of the low risk of rejection and adverse events.
AB - Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate recipient safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of mycophenolate mofetil suspension compared with mycophenolate mofetil capsules as part of induction therapy after living-donor liver transplant. Materials and Methods: Between July 2017 and April 2019, we retrospectively enrolled 20 adult primary living-donor liver transplant recipients. Recipients were divided into 3 groups: group 1 received mycophenolate mofetil suspension of 3000 mg (n = 6), group 2 received 3000 mg mycophenolate mofetil via opened capsules (n = 8), and group 3 received mycophenolate mofetil suspension of 2000 mg (n = 6). Administration was started on postoperative day 1, with tacrolimus administered on postoperative day 2 or day 3. Results: The values of area under the plasma concentration time curve for 0 to 12 hours were significantly higher in the 3000 mg/day mycophenolate mofetil suspension group than in the 2000 mg/day mycophenolate mofetil suspension group (P = .024) and in the 3000mg/day mycophenolate mofetil capsule group (P = .013). Significant positive correlations were shown between blood concentration at 8 hours after administration and the plasma concentration time curve for 0 to 12 hours (r2 = 0.96; P < .001) in patients in the suspension group. No patients required mycophenolate mofetil reduction because of leukopenia and diarrhea. Only 1 biopsy-proven acute cellular rejection was recognized in the mycophenolate mofetil suspension group (at 2000 mg/day). There were no significant differences in frequency of opportunistic infections among the 3 groups. Conclusions: Mycophenolate mofetil suspension is useful as part of immunosuppressive induction therapy after living-donor liver transplant because its concentration increases greater than that of mycophenolate mofetil capsules and because of the low risk of rejection and adverse events.
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U2 - 10.6002/ect.2020.0041
DO - 10.6002/ect.2020.0041
M3 - Article
C2 - 32490763
AN - SCOPUS:85089358957
VL - 18
SP - 485
EP - 490
JO - Experimental and Clinical Transplantation
JF - Experimental and Clinical Transplantation
SN - 1304-0855
IS - 4
ER -