Impact of anti-HCV direct antiviral agents on graft function and immunosuppressive drug levels in kidney transplant recipients : a call to attention in the mid-term follow-up in a single-center cohort study

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The medium-term impact on graft function and immunosuppressive drug pharmacokinetics of direct antiviral agents (DAAs) among hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected kidney transplant (KT) recipients remain unclear. We compared pre- and post-treatment 12-month trajectories of estimated glomerular filtration rate (ΔeGFR) and 24-h proteinuria (Δ24-h proteinuria) in 49 recipients treated with DAAs (mostly sofosbuvir plus ledipasvir). Among evaluable patients, 66.7% and 100.0% had undetectable viral load by week 4 and end of therapy (EoT). The sustained virologic response rate at 12 weeks was 95.8%. Overall, 80.6% of patients receiving tacrolimus required dose escalation while on DAA-based therapy (median increase of 66.7%) to maintain target levels. Tacrolimus levels resulted to be higher at 12 months compared to EoT (7.8 ± 2.1 vs. 6.7 ± 2.0 ng/ml; P-value = 0.002). No changes in graft function during the course of therapy were observed. However, eGFR significantly decreased (P-value <0.001) throughout the first 12 months after EoT. Median ΔeGFR and Δ24-h over pre- and post-treatment periods were 3.9% and -6.1% (P-value = 0.002) and -5.3% and 26.2% (P-value = 0.057). Caution should be exercised when adjusting immunosuppression in HCV-infected KT recipients upon initiation of DAAs, followed by mid-term monitoring of immunosuppressive drug levels and graft function.

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CommentIn: Transpl Int. 2018 Aug;31(8):867-869. - PMID 29480973

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation - 31(2018), 8 vom: 11. Aug., Seite 887-899

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fernández-Ruiz, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Polanco, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
García-Santiago, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Muñoz, Raquel [VerfasserIn]
Hernández, Ana M [VerfasserIn]
González, Esther [VerfasserIn]
Mercado, Verónica R [VerfasserIn]
Fernández, Inmaculada [VerfasserIn]
Aguado, José María [VerfasserIn]
Praga, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Andrés, Amado [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Direct antiviral agents
Hepatitis C virus
Journal Article
Kidney transplantation
Medium-term graft function
Therapeutic drug monitoring

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Date Completed 14.11.2018

Date Revised 17.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Transpl Int. 2018 Aug;31(8):867-869. - PMID 29480973

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/tri.13118

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM280179332