Drug-drug interactions of ritonavir-boosted SARS-CoV-2 protease inhibitors in solid organ transplant recipients : experience from the initial use of lopinavir-ritonavir

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OBJECTIVES: To review the drug-drug interactions between tacrolimus and lopinavir/ritonavir in 23 patients who received solid organ transplant during the first wave of COVID-19 and to determine the efficacy as well as safety of prednisone monotherapy.

METHODS: Observational study performed between March and June 2020 in solid organ transplant recipients admitted with an established diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection who received lopinavir/ritonavir (≥2 doses). Once lopinavir/ritonavir therapy was initiated, calcineurin inhibitor treatment was temporarily switched to prednisone monotherapy (15-20 mg/d) to avoid drug-drug interactions and toxicity. After lopinavir/ritonavir treatment completion, immunosuppressive treatment was restarted with reduced doses of prednisone-tacrolimus (target minimum blood concentration -C0- approximately 5 ng/mL). Patients were observed for 3 months to confirm the absence of rejection.

RESULTS: The median time from discontinuation of tacrolimus to initiation of lopinavir/ritonavir was 14 hours (interquartile range [IQR], 12-15) and from discontinuation of lopinavir/ritonavir to resumption of tacrolimus 58 hours (IQR, 47-81). The duration of lopinavir/ritonavir treatment was 7 days (IQR, 5-7). Nine of the 21 (42.8%) patients on tacrolimus treatment had C0 above the cutoff point after lopinavir/ritonavir initiation, despite having been substituted with prednisone before lopinavir/ritonavir initiation. Three patients had very high concentrations (>40 ng/mL) and developed toxicity. No episodes of acute rejection were diagnosed.

DISCUSSION: We did not observe toxicity in patients for whom tacrolimus was discontinued 24 hours before starting lopinavir/ritonavir and reintroduced at half dose 48 to 72 hours after lopinavir/ritonavir discontinuation. Prednisone monotherapy during lopinavir/ritonavir therapy was safe with no episodes of acute rejection. Experience with lopinavir/ritonavir may be applicable to the use of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir, but larger multicentre studies are needed to confirm these findings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 29(2023), 5 vom: 16. Mai, Seite 655.e1-655.e4

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gonzalez-García, Ruben [VerfasserIn]
Roma, Joan-Ramon [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-García, María [VerfasserIn]
Arranz, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Ambrosioni, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Bodro, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Castel, Maria-Ángeles [VerfasserIn]
Cofan, Federic [VerfasserIn]
Crespo, Gonzalo [VerfasserIn]
Diekmann, Fritz [VerfasserIn]
Farrero, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Forner, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
LLigoña, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Marcos, Maria Ángeles [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Asunción [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Soy, Dolors [VerfasserIn]
Brunet, Mercè [VerfasserIn]
Miró, Jose M [VerfasserIn]
Tuset, Montse [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2494G1JF75
Clinical research/practice
Drug interaction
Immunosuppressant
Journal Article
Lopinavir
Lopinavir/ritonavir
O3J8G9O825
Observational Study
Prednisone
Protease Inhibitors
Ritonavir
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Solid organ transplantation
Tacrolimus
VB0R961HZT
WM0HAQ4WNM

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Date Completed 28.04.2023

Date Revised 28.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cmi.2023.01.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351519602