Randomized Trial of Ciclosporin with 2-h Monitoring vs. Tacrolimus with Trough Monitoring in Liver Transplantation : DELTA Study

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Background and Aims: Previous trials comparing cyclosporine and tacrolimus after liver transplantation (LT) showed conflicting results. Most used trough monitoring for cyclosporine (C0), leading to less accurate dosing than with 2-h monitoring (C2). Only one larger trial compared C2 with tacrolimus based on trough level (T0) after LT, with similar treated biopsy-proven acute rejection (tBPAR) and graft loss, while a smaller trial had less tBPAR with C2 compared to T0. Therefore, it is still unclear which calcineurin inhibitor is preferred after LT. We aimed to demonstrate superior efficacy (tBPAR), tolerability, and safety of C2 or T0 after first LT.

Methods: Patients after first LT were randomized to C2 or T0. tBPAR, patient- and graft survival, safety and tolerability were the main endpoints, with analysis by Fisher test, Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and log-rank test.

Results: In intention-to-treat analysis 84 patients on C2 and 85 on T0 were included. Cumulative incidence of tBPAR C2 vs. T0 was 17.7% vs. 8.4% at 3 months (p=0.104), and 21.9% vs. 9.7% at 6 and 12 months (p=0.049). One-year cumulative mortality C2 vs. T0 was 15.5% vs. 5.9% (p=0.049) and graft loss 23.8% vs. 9.4% (p=0.015). Serum triglyceride and LDL-cholesterol was lower with T0 than with C2. Incidence of diarrhea in T0 vs, C2 was 64% vs. 31% (p≤0.001), with no other differences in safety and tolerability.

Conclusions: In the first year after LT immunosuppression with T0 leads to less tBPAR and better patient-/re-transplant-free survival as compared to C2.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical and translational hepatology - 11(2023), 4 vom: 28. Aug., Seite 839-849

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ruijter, Bastian N [VerfasserIn]
Inderson, Akin [VerfasserIn]
van den Berg, Aad P [VerfasserIn]
Metselaar, Herold J [VerfasserIn]
Dubbeld, Jeroen [VerfasserIn]
Tushuizen, Maarten E [VerfasserIn]
Porte, Robert J [VerfasserIn]
Polak, Wojciech [VerfasserIn]
van der Helm, Danny [VerfasserIn]
van Reeven, Marjolein [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Girondo, Mar [VerfasserIn]
van Hoek, Bart [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adverse effects
Ciclosporin
Journal Article
Liver transplantation
Outcome
Randomized controlled trial
Rejection
Renal function
Survival
Tacrolimus

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Date Revised 18.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.14218/JCTH.2022.00348

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359099572