The intracellular pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus in CD3+ T lymphocytes
- Conditions
- Immunosuppressive drug10038430
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 31
- Age * 18 years.
- Recipient of a kidney transplant at the Erasmus MC.
- Use once-daily tacrolimus as part of routine maintenance immunosuppression
starting the day of surgery.
- Written informed consent.
Patients who receive lymphocyte depleting agents (thymoglobuline,
anti-thymocyte globulin, and alemtuzumab) as an induction therapy or
anti-rejection treatment before enrolment. Recipients using medication known to
have a pharmacokinetic (drug-drug) interaction with tacrolimus: Antibiotics
(Clarithromycin, Doxycyclin, Erythromycin, Rifampicin), Antiepileptics
(Carbamazepine, Phenobarbital, Phenytoin), Antihypertensive and antiarrhythmic
agents (Amiodarone, Diltiazem, Verapamil), Antimycotic drugs (Fluconazole,
Itraconazole, Ketoconazole), Other (HIV protease inhibitors, Theophyllin)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method