Effect of delayed CNI-based immunosuppression with Advagraf® on liver function after MELD-based liver transplantation [IMUTECT]

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 14 - Trang 1-6 - 2014
Susanne Richter1, Georg Polychronidis1, Daniel N Gotthardt2, Philipp Houben1, Thomas Giese3, Anja Sander4, Colette Dörr-Harim5, Markus K Diener1, Peter Schemmer1
1Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery, Heidelberg, Germany
2Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
3Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
4Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
5Study Centre of the German Surgical Society (SDGC), Heidelberg, Germany

Tóm tắt

MELD-based allocation for liver transplantation follows the “sickest-patient-first” strategy. The latter patients present with both, decreased immune competence and poor kidney function which is further impaired by immunosuppressants. In this prospective observational study, 50 patients with de novo low-dose standard Advagraf®-based immunosuppression consisting of Advagraf®, Mycophenolat-mofetil and Corticosteroids after liver transplantation will be evaluated. Advagraf® trough levels of 7-10 μg/l will be reached at the end of the first postoperative week. Immunostatus, infectious complications, graft and kidney function are compared between patients with a pretransplant calculated MELD-score of ≤20 and >20. Each group comprises of 25 consecutive patients. Prior to liver transplantation and on the postoperative days 1, 3 and 7, the patients’ graft function (LiMAx test) will be evaluated. On the postoperative days 3, 5 and 7 the patients’ immune status will be evaluated by the measurement of their monocytic HLA-DR status. Infectious complications (CMV-reactivation, wound infection, urinary tract infection, and pneumonia), graft- and kidney function will be analysed on day 0, within the first week, and 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after liver transplantation. This study was designed to assess the effect of a standard low-dose Calcineurin inhibitor-based immunosuppression regime with Advagraf® on the rate of infectious complications, graft and renal function after liver transplantation. The trial is registered at “Clinical Trials” ( http://www.clinicaltrials.gov ), NCT01781195.

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