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Population pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in adult kidney transplant patients: impact of CYP3A5 genotype on starting dose.
Therapeutic drug monitoring - 1 Feb 2014
Bergmann Troels K, Hennig Stefanie, Barraclough Katherine A, Isbel Nicole M, Staatz Christine E
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OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to develop a population pharmacokinetic model of tacrolimus in adult kidney transplant recipients, to use this model to compare cytochrome P450 3A5 (CYP3A5) genotype-based initial dosing of tacrolimus with standard per-kilogram-based dosing, and to predict the best starting dose of tacrolimus based on patient genotype to achieve a trough concentration between 6 and 10 µg/L...
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