Tan, KK and Hue, KL and Strickland, SE and Trull, AK and Smyth, RL and Scott, JP and Kelman, AW and Whiting, B and Higenbottam, TW and Wallwork, J (1990) Altered pharmacokinetics of cyclosporin in heart-lung transplant recipients with cystic fibrosis. Ther Drug Monit , 12 (6) 520 - 524.
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Abstract
The cyclosporin dose versus blood concentration relationship for 11 heart-lung transplant recipients with cystic fibrosis was studied retrospectively. Eleven patients, closely matched for age and gender, who received heart-lung transplantation for other diseases were selected as controls. Cystic fibrosis patients received 16.7 (SD 7.2) mg/kg/day of oral cyclosporin compared with 8.2 (SD 1.9) mg/kg/day given to the control patients (p less than 0.01). Nine of the cystic fibrosis patients received higher mean daily doses of cyclosporin. Mean blood cyclosporin concentrations were, however, not significantly different (p = 0.58), and there were no apparent differences in clinical outcome in terms of rejection, infection, and nephrotoxicity in the two groups. The apparent oral clearance of cyclosporin was significantly higher (p less than 0.01) in cystic fibrosis patients. Cyclosporin dosage individualization with the aid of cyclosporin blood concentration measurements is critically important in this subpopulation of heart-lung transplant recipients.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Altered pharmacokinetics of cyclosporin in heart-lung transplant recipients with cystic fibrosis. |
| Location: | UNITED STATES |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Administration, Oral, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Cyclosporins, Cystic Fibrosis, Female, Heart-Lung Transplantation, Humans, Male, Retrospective Studies |
| UCL classification: | UCL > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Child Health |
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