Fixed Dose MMF vs Concentration Controlled MMF After Renal Transplantation

Summary

Determine the value of a clinically feasible strategy of therapeutic drug monitoring compared with fixed dosing in de novo MMF treated renal transplant recipients with respect to the incidence of treatment failure.

Timeline

Start

2003-05

Primary completion

2005-03

Completion

2006-04

Publications

• Background van Gelder T, Hilbrands LB, Vanrenterghem Y, Weimar W, de Fijter JW, Squifflet JP, Hene RJ, Verpooten GA, Navarro MT, Hale MD, Nicholls AJ. A randomized double-blind, multicenter plasma concentration controlled study of the safety and efficacy of oral mycophenolate mofetil for the prevention of acute rejection after kidney transplantation. Transplantation. 1999 Jul 27;68(2):261-6. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199907270-00018.
• Results van Gelder T, Silva HT, de Fijter JW, Budde K, Kuypers D, Tyden G, Lohmus A, Sommerer C, Hartmann A, Le Meur Y, Oellerich M, Holt DW, Tonshoff B, Keown P, Campbell S, Mamelok RD. Comparing mycophenolate mofetil regimens for de novo renal transplant recipients: the fixed-dose concentration-controlled trial. Transplantation. 2008 Oct 27;86(8):1043-51. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318186f98a.
• Hocker B, van Gelder T, Martin-Govantes J, Machado P, Tedesco H, Rubik J, Dehennault M, Garcia Meseguer C, Tonshoff B; FDCC Study Group. Comparison of MMF efficacy and safety in paediatric vs. adult renal transplantation: subgroup analysis of the randomised, multicentre FDCC trial. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2011 Mar;26(3):1073-9. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfq450. Epub 2010 Jul 28.
• van Gelder T, Tedesco Silva H, de Fijter JW, Budde K, Kuypers D, Arns W, Soulillou JP, Kanellis J, Zelvys A, Ekberg H, Holzer H, Rostaing L, Mamelok RD. Renal transplant patients at high risk of acute rejection benefit from adequate exposure to mycophenolic acid. Transplantation. 2010 Mar 15;89(5):595-9. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181ca7d84.
• van Schaik RH, van Agteren M, de Fijter JW, Hartmann A, Schmidt J, Budde K, Kuypers D, Le Meur Y, van der Werf M, Mamelok R, van Gelder T. UGT1A9 -275T>A/-2152C>T polymorphisms correlate with low MPA exposure and acute rejection in MMF/tacrolimus-treated kidney transplant patients. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2009 Sep;86(3):319-27. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2009.83. Epub 2009 Jun 3.

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Indications

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