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Udomkarnjananun S, Schagen MR, Hesselink DA. A review of landmark studies on maintenance immunosuppressive regimens in kidney transplantation. ASIAN BIOMED 2024; 18:92-108. [PMID: 39175954 PMCID: PMC11338012 DOI: 10.2478/abm-2024-0015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2024]
Abstract
Immunosuppressive medications play a pivotal role in kidney transplantation, and the calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs), including cyclosporine A (CsA) and tacrolimus (TAC), are considered as the backbone of maintenance immunosuppressive regimens. Since the introduction of CNIs in kidney transplantation, the incidence of acute rejection has decreased, and allograft survival has improved significantly. However, CNI nephrotoxicity has been a major concern, believed to heavily impact long-term allograft survival and function. To address this concern, several CNI-sparing regimens were developed and studied in randomized, controlled, clinical trials, aiming to reduce CNI exposure and preserve long-term allograft function. However, more recent information has revealed that CNI nephrotoxicity is not the primary cause of late allograft failure, and its histopathology is neither specific nor pathognomonic. In this review, we discuss the historical development of maintenance immunosuppressive regimens in kidney transplantation, covering the early era of transplantation, the CNI-sparing era, and the current era where the alloimmune response, rather than CNI nephrotoxicity, appears to be the major contributor to late allograft failure. Our goal is to provide a chronological overview of the development of maintenance immunosuppressive regimens and summarize the most recent information for clinicians caring for kidney transplant recipients (KTRs).
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Affiliation(s)
- Suwasin Udomkarnjananun
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok10330, Thailand
- Excellence Center for Solid Organ Transplantation, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok10330, Thailand
- Renal Immunology and Transplantation Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok10330, Thailand
- Center of Excellence on Translational Research in Inflammation and Immunology (CETRII), Department of Microbiology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok10330, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology and Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam3000, The Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology and Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam3000, The Netherlands
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Duan Y, Bai Y, Guo W, Wang L, Dai W, Guo W, Huang H, Liu W, Diao Z. Multitarget therapy with a corticosteroid, cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil for idiopathic membranous nephropathy: a prospective randomized controlled trial. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2023; 39:95-102. [PMID: 37437905 PMCID: PMC10730809 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfad156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The effectiveness of multitarget combination therapy with a corticosteroid, cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil for idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) is unclear. In the present study, we aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of multitarget therapy with a cyclical corticosteroid-cyclophosphamide regimen in patients with IMN. METHODS This was a single-centre, prospective, randomized, controlled trial. We randomly assigned patients with IMN to receive multitarget therapy (a combination of prednisone, cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil) or 6-month cyclical treatment with a corticosteroid and cyclophosphamide. The study patients were followed up for 12 months. The primary outcome was a composite of complete or partial remissions at 12 months. Adverse events were also assessed. RESULTS The study cohort comprised 78 patients, 39 of whom received multitarget therapy and the other 39 cyclical alternating treatment with a corticosteroid and cyclophosphamide. At 12 months, 31 of 39 patients (79%) in the multitarget therapy group and 34 of 39 (87%) in the corticosteroid-cyclophosphamide group had achieved complete or partial remissions (relative risk 0.93; 95% confidence interval 0.72-1.21; P = .85; log-rank test). The prevalence of adverse events was significantly lower in the multitarget therapy group than in the corticosteroid-cyclophosphamide group [46% (18 of 39) vs 74% (29 of 39); P < .05]. CONCLUSIONS Multitarget therapy for IMN patients is noninferior to cyclical alternating treatment with corticosteroid and cyclophosphamide in inducing proteinuria remission and has a better safety profile than the corticosteroid-cyclophosphamide combination.
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- Yajuan Duan
- Department of Nephrology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Balani SS, Jensen CJ, Kouri AM, Kizilbash SJ. Induction and maintenance immunosuppression in pediatric kidney transplantation-Advances and controversies. Pediatr Transplant 2021; 25:e14077. [PMID: 34216190 DOI: 10.1111/petr.14077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Advances in immunosuppression have improved graft survival in pediatric kidney transplant recipients; however, treatment-related toxicities need to be balanced against the possibility of graft rejection. Several immunosuppressive agents are available for use in transplant recipients; however, the optimal combinations of agents remain unclear, resulting in variations in institutional protocols. Lymphocyte-depleting antibodies, specifically ATG, are the most common induction agent used for pediatric kidney transplantation in the US. Basiliximab may be used for induction in immunologically low-risk children; however, pediatric data are scarce. CNIs and antiproliferative agents (mostly Tac and mycophenolate in recent years) constitute the backbone of maintenance immunosuppression. Steroid-avoidance maintenance regimens remain controversial. Belatacept and mTOR inhibitors are used in children under specific circumstances such as non-adherence or CNI toxicity. This article reviews the indications, mechanism of action, efficacy, dosing, and side effect profiles of various immunosuppressive agents available for pediatric kidney transplantation.
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- Shanthi S Balani
- Pediatric Nephrology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Solid Organ Transplant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Pediatric Nephrology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Benjanuwattra J, Pruksakorn D, Koonrungsesomboon N. Mycophenolic Acid and Its Pharmacokinetic Drug‐Drug Interactions in Humans: Review of the Evidence and Clinical Implications. J Clin Pharmacol 2019; 60:295-311. [DOI: 10.1002/jcph.1565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Musculoskeletal Science and Translational Research Center Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai Thailand
- Department of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai Thailand
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai Thailand
- Musculoskeletal Science and Translational Research Center Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai Thailand
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Zhang S, Zhao G, Su C, Li C, Zhou X, Zhao W, Zhong Y, He Z, Peng H, Dong A, Wang B. Neonatal priming and infancy boosting with a novel respiratory syncytial virus vaccine induces protective immune responses without concomitant respiratory disease upon RSV challenge. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2019; 16:664-672. [PMID: 31545125 PMCID: PMC7227690 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1671134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Although respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in infants and young children is a global public health issue, development of a safe RSV vaccine has been impeded by formalin-inactivated RSV-enhanced respiratory disease (ERD). In developing a safer yet effective RSV vaccine for children, a strategy to decrease over-reactive T cells and increase neutralizing anti-RSV antibodies should be considered. We previously demonstrated that adult mice immunized with RSV recombinant G protein plus low-dose Cyclosporine A (G+ CsA) could, upon subsequent RSV challenge, produce increased levels of antigen-specific T regulatory cells in lungs that overcame the ERD. Neutralizing anti-RSV antibodies that prevented viral infection were also elicited. In this study, we investigated if such a G+ CsA vaccine could provide infant mice with the same protection from RSV infection without ERD. The results showed that the G+ CsA vaccine could prevent RSV infection with only a mild loss of body weight. Importantly, there was nearly normal morphology and no mucus appearance in lung tissues after RSV challenge. These results demonstrate that the G+ CsA vaccine strategy achieved similar benefits in the neonatal prime and infancy boost model as in the adult mouse model. The G+ CsA immunization strategy is potentially safe and effective in neonates and infants because it suppresses the devastating ERD.
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- Shuren Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of MOH and MOE and Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of MOH and MOE and Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of MOH and MOE and Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of MOH and MOE and Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of MOH and MOE and Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of MOH and MOE and Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of MOH and MOE and Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Advaccine Biotechnology Co. LTD, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of MOH and MOE and Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Spasić A, Catić-Đorđević A, Veličković-Radovanović R, Stefanović N, Džodić P, Cvetković T. Adverse effects of mycophenolic acid in renal transplant recipients: gender differences. Int J Clin Pharm 2019; 41:776-784. [PMID: 31028595 DOI: 10.1007/s11096-019-00837-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Background Mycophenolic acid is widely used immunosuppressive drug, associated with adverse effects which increase patient morbidity and decrease medication adherence. Objective To evaluate the adverse effects in renal transplant recipients under mycophenolate treatment with respect to gender. Setting University Clinical Centre of Nis, Clinic of Nephrology, Serbia. Method This research included 96 renal transplant recipients, who received immunosuppressive regimen, based on tacrolimus or cyclosporin A, prednisone and mycophenolic acid. The high-performance liquid chromatography method combined with protein precipitation was used for the analysis of mycophelate concentration in human plasma. Drug concentration and dose-adjusted concentration were determined with respect to the patients' gender. An adverse effect scoring system developed by nephrologists within the University of Buffalo Nephrology/Transplant Program was used to monitor adverse effects of therapy. Main outcome measure Individual and scores of adverse effects in relation to the dosing regimen and gender. Results Results showed statistically lower dose and concentrations in men compared to the women in our investigation group. Also, female patients demonstrated higher mean scores (cumulative and subscores) within the same dosing regimens of mycophenolic acid. The gastrointestinal score was significantly higher in women who received a dose greater than 720 mg compared to men (0.20 ± 0.12 vs 0.12 ± 0.12). Women demonstrated higher individual adverse effects such as diarrhea and skin changes (41.7 vs 17.0; p = 0.038 and 62.5 vs 30.2; p = 0.037, respectively). Conclusions The results of our research showed that recipients' gender may play an important role in pharmacokinetic profile of mycophenolic acid, suggesting that women had higher concentration of mycophenolic acid and more serious side effects.
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- Ana Spasić
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Bulevar dr Zorana Djindjica 81, Nis, 18000, Serbia.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Bulevar dr Zorana Djindjica 81, Nis, 18000, Serbia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Bulevar dr Zorana Djindjica 81, Nis, 18000, Serbia.,Clinic of Nephrology, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Bulevar dr Zorana Djindjica 81, Nis, 18000, Serbia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Bulevar dr Zorana Djindjica 81, Nis, 18000, Serbia
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- Clinic of Nephrology, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia.,Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia
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Fu R, Tajima S, Suetsugu K, Watanabe H, Egashira N, Masuda S. Biomarkers for individualized dosage adjustments in immunosuppressive therapy using calcineurin inhibitors after organ transplantation. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2019; 40:151-159. [PMID: 29950613 DOI: 10.1038/s41401-018-0070-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs), such as cyclosporine A and tacrolimus, are widely used immunosuppressive agents for the prevention of post-transplantation rejection and have improved 1-year graft survival rates by up to 90%. However, CNIs can induce severe reactions, such as acute or chronic allograft nephropathy, hypertension, and neurotoxicity. Because CNIs have varied bioavailabilities, narrow therapeutic ranges, and individual propensities for toxic effects, therapeutic drug monitoring is necessary for all CNIs. Identifying the genetic polymorphisms in drug-metabolizing enzymes will help to determine personalized dosage regimens for CNIs, as CNIs are substrates for CYP3A5 and P-glycoprotein (P-gp, MDR1). CNIs are often concomitantly administered with voriconazole or proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), giving rise to drug interaction problems. Voriconazole and PPIs can increase the blood concentrations of CNIs, and both are primarily metabolized by CYP2C19. Thus, it is expected that interactions between CNIs and voriconazole or PPI would be affected by CYP2C19 and CYP3A5 polymorphisms. CNI-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious complication of transplantations. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and kidney injury molecule 1 (KIM-1) are noninvasive urinary biomarkers that are believed to be highly sensitive to CNI-induced AKI. In this article, we review the adverse events and pharmacokinetics of CNIs and the biomarkers related to CNIs, including CYP3A5, CYP2C19, MDR1, NGAL, and KIM-1. We hope that these data will help to identify the optimal biomarkers for monitoring CNI-based immunosuppressive therapy after organ transplantation.
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Jesus D, Rodrigues M, da Silva JAP, Inês L. Multitarget therapy of mycophenolate mofetil and cyclosporine A for induction treatment of refractory lupus nephritis. Lupus 2018; 27:1358-1362. [DOI: 10.1177/0961203318758508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Standard induction therapy for lupus nephritis (LN) with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) or cyclophosphamide (CYC) is often ineffective. Evidence on rescue induction regimens is scarce. We analyzed efficacy and tolerability of multitarget immunosuppression with MMF and cyclosporine A (CsA) as induction treatment for LN (class III/IV/V) refractory to CYC and/or MMF. We included all six refractory LN patients (class IV = 3, class V = 2, class III = 1) from our 400-patient tertiary Lupus Clinic observed between 2012 and 2015. Four patients had previously received pulse CYC. All six received MMF as first or second induction therapy and CsA was added once failure to reach remission was established. Daily dose of MMF was 2–3 g and CsA was dosed up to 2.6–3.7 mg/kg/day. Mean proteinuria was reduced from 2407 mg/24 hours at the start of the MMF+CsA regimen to 544 mg/day after six months. The mean prednisolone dose was reduced from 17.5 to 6 mg/day after six months of MMF+CsA. Four patients achieved a complete renal response, one patient had a partial renal response and one failed to respond. None of the patients presented with adverse events. These data suggest that adding CsA to MMF can induce complete remission of refractory LN and is well tolerated.
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- D Jesus
- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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Mechanisms of rejection, new pharmacologic approaches, and genomic medicine are major foci for current research in transplantation. It is hoped that these new agents and personalized immunosuppression will provide for less toxic regimens that are effective in preventing both acute and chronic allograft rejection. Until new agents are available, practitioners must use various combinations of currently approved agents to find the best regimens for improved long-term outcomes.
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- Curtis D Holt
- Clinical Research Program, UCLA Department of Surgery, Dumont-UCLA Transplant Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 650 CE Young Drive South, Room 77-123CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7054, USA.
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Gouvêa ALF, Cosendey RIJ, Nascimento ALR, Carvalho FR, Silva AA, de Moraes HP, Rochael MC, Varella RB, Almeida SG, Almeida JR, Lugon JR. BK polyomavirus nephropathy in two kidney transplant patients with distinct diagnostic strategies for BK virus and similar clinical outcomes: two case reports. J Med Case Rep 2017; 11:146. [PMID: 28535782 PMCID: PMC5442665 DOI: 10.1186/s13256-017-1300-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy is an important cause of post-transplantation renal failure. We present two cases of BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy who were submitted to contrasting strategies of clinical follow-up to BK polyomavirus reactivation, but progressed to a similar final outcome. Case presentation Case 1 is a 37-year-old white man whose graft had never presented a good glomerular filtration rate function, with episodes of tacrolimus nephrotoxicity, and no urinary monitoring for BK polyomavirus; stage B BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy was diagnosed by biopsy at 14 months post-transplant. Despite clinical treatment (dosage decrease and immunosuppressive drug change), he progressed to stage C BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy and loss of graft function 30 months post-transplant. Case 2 is a 49-year-old mulatto man in his second renal transplantation who was submitted to cytological urinary monitoring for BK polyomavirus; he presented early, persistent, and massive urinary decoy cell shedding and concomitant tacrolimus nephrotoxicity. Even with decreasing immunosuppression, he developed BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy 1-year post-transplant. Loss of graft function occurred 15 months post-transplant. Conclusions Cytological urinary monitoring was an efficient strategy for monitoring BK virus reactivation. Decoy cell shedding may be related to BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy when extensive and persistent. The presence of associated tacrolimus nephrotoxicity may be a confounding factor for the clinical diagnosis of BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy.
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- Ana Luisa Figueira Gouvêa
- Laboratório Multiusuário de Apoio à Pesquisa em Nefrologia e Ciências Médicas (LAMAP), Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Marquês do Paraná, 303, Niterói, 24033-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Department of Pathology, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil.
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- Laboratório Multiusuário de Apoio à Pesquisa em Nefrologia e Ciências Médicas (LAMAP), Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Marquês do Paraná, 303, Niterói, 24033-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório Multiusuário de Apoio à Pesquisa em Nefrologia e Ciências Médicas (LAMAP), Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Marquês do Paraná, 303, Niterói, 24033-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório Multiusuário de Apoio à Pesquisa em Nefrologia e Ciências Médicas (LAMAP), Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Marquês do Paraná, 303, Niterói, 24033-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Pathology, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil
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- Department of Pathology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório Multiusuário de Apoio à Pesquisa em Nefrologia e Ciências Médicas (LAMAP), Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Marquês do Paraná, 303, Niterói, 24033-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório Multiusuário de Apoio à Pesquisa em Nefrologia e Ciências Médicas (LAMAP), Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Marquês do Paraná, 303, Niterói, 24033-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório Multiusuário de Apoio à Pesquisa em Nefrologia e Ciências Médicas (LAMAP), Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rua Marquês do Paraná, 303, Niterói, 24033-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Bamoulid J, Staeck O, Halleck F, Khadzhynov D, Paliege A, Brakemeier S, Dürr M, Budde K. Immunosuppression and Results in Renal Transplantation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eursup.2016.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Garcia VD, Meinerz G, Keitel E. A safety evaluation of belatacept for the treatment of kidney transplant. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2016; 15:1125-32. [PMID: 27309154 DOI: 10.1080/14740338.2016.1202236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Improving long-term survival in kidney transplantation is one of the main goals in modern immunosuppressive research. Current standard immunosuppression based in a combination of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) and antiproliferatives, with or without steroids, has improved short-term graft survival. In the last decade, belatacept has been evaluated as a CNI free option regimen addressing better kidney transplant outcomes. AREAS COVERED This paper reviewed the indications, mechanisms of action, pharmacology and published trials using belatacept in different clinical situations. The main objective was to evaluate the safety of this immunosuppressive drug. EXPERT OPINION Kidney transplant patients receiving belatacept demonstrated improvement in renal function, less chronic allograft nephropathy, a more favorable metabolic profile and lower donor-specific antibody formation compared with cyclosporine. Based on the published data and on our personal experience, we have good expectations on belatacept use in the future. If these characteristics will translate in sustained better renal function, less chronic kidney disease-related complications and lower cardiovascular risk, improving patient and graft survival and quality of life, is still to be assessed with longer term follow-up and a larger number of exposed patients.
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- Valter Duro Garcia
- a Head of Renal and Pancreas Transplant Department , Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre (ISCMPA) , Porto Alegre , Brazil
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- b Post-Graduation Program in Pathology , Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFSCPA) , Porto Alegre , Brazil.,c Renal and Pancreas Transplant Department , ISCMPA , Porto Alegre , Brazil
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- b Post-Graduation Program in Pathology , Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFSCPA) , Porto Alegre , Brazil.,c Renal and Pancreas Transplant Department , ISCMPA , Porto Alegre , Brazil
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Ascha MS, Ascha ML, Hanouneh IA. Management of immunosuppressant agents following liver transplantation: Less is more. World J Hepatol 2016; 8:148-161. [PMID: 26839639 PMCID: PMC4724578 DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v8.i3.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Revised: 09/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Immunosuppression in organ transplantation was revolutionary for its time, but technological and population changes cast new light on its use. First, metabolic syndrome (MS) is increasing as a public health issue, concomitantly increasing as an issue for post-orthotopic liver transplantation patients; yet the medications regularly used for immunosuppression contribute to dysfunctional metabolism. Current mainstay immunosuppression involves the use of calcineurin inhibitors; these are potent, but nonspecifically disrupt intracellular signaling in such a way as to exacerbate the impact of MS on the liver. Second, the impacts of acute cellular rejection and malignancy are reviewed in terms of their severity and possible interactions with immunosuppressive medications. Finally, immunosuppressive agents must be considered in terms of new developments in hepatitis C virus treatment, which undercut what used to be inevitable viral recurrence. Overall, while traditional immunosuppressive agents remain the most used, the specific side-effect profiles of all immunosuppressants must be weighed in light of the individual patient.
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Li C, Zhou X, Zhong Y, Li C, Dong A, He Z, Zhang S, Wang B. A Recombinant G Protein Plus Cyclosporine A-Based Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Elicits Humoral and Regulatory T Cell Responses against Infection without Vaccine-Enhanced Disease. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 196:1721-31. [PMID: 26792805 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1502103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection can cause severe disease in the lower respiratory tract of infants and older people. Vaccination with a formalin-inactivated RSV vaccine (FI-RSV) and subsequent RSV infection has led to mild to severe pneumonia with two deaths among vaccinees. The vaccine-enhanced disease (VED) was recently demonstrated to be due to an elevated level of Th2 cell responses following loss of regulatory T (Treg) cells from the lungs. To induce high levels of neutralizing Abs and minimize pathogenic T cell responses, we developed a novel strategy of immunizing animals with a recombinant RSV G protein together with cyclosporine A. This novel vaccine induced not only a higher level of neutralizing Abs against RSV infection, but, most importantly, also significantly higher levels of Treg cells that suppressed VED in the lung after RSV infection. The induced responses provided protection against RSV challenge with no sign of pneumonia or bronchitis. Treg cell production of IL-10 was one of the key factors to suppress VED. These finding indicate that G protein plus cyclosporine A could be a promising vaccine against RSV infection in children and older people.
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- Chaofan Li
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Division for Respiratory Viral Vaccines of National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing 100050, China; and
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- Beijing Advaccine Biotechnology Company, Ltd., Beijing 100085, China
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- Beijing Advaccine Biotechnology Company, Ltd., Beijing 100085, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China;
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Bamoulid J, Staeck O, Halleck F, Khadzhynov D, Brakemeier S, Dürr M, Budde K. The need for minimization strategies: current problems of immunosuppression. Transpl Int 2015; 28:891-900. [PMID: 25752992 DOI: 10.1111/tri.12553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 12/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
New immunosuppressants and the better use of immunosuppressant combination therapy have led to significant improvements in renal allograft outcomes over the last decades. Yet, despite dramatic reduction in rejection rates and improvement in 1-year graft survival, long-term graft attrition rates remained rather constant. Current immunosuppressant combinations are frequently leading to overimmunosuppression and are increasing cardiovascular risk. Importantly, calcineurin inhibitors are nephrotoxic, contribute to cardiovascular risk and chronic allograft dysfunction. Furthermore, immunosuppressant-associated toxicities aggravate immune-mediated nephron injury and side effects lead to nonadherence, an identified important reason for late acute and chronic antibody-mediated rejections. The frequent development of a chronic humoral response indicates rather insufficient immunosuppression of current combinations than simple under-immunosuppression. While there is no evidence that increasing immunosuppressive doses will improve outcomes or reduce de novo HLA-antibody formation, there is clear evidence that adequate minimization strategies will reduce side effect burden. Because of low rejection risk, but frequent side effects, drug minimization is particularly relevant for the many maintenance patients. In summary, new therapeutic strategies need to be developed from adequately powered clinical trials for reduction of the many side effects of immunosuppressants. Such evidence-based and time-dependent immunosuppressive minimization strategies are needed to achieve better long-term outcomes in the future.
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- Jamal Bamoulid
- Department of Nephrology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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