[Therapeutic drug monitoring of mycophenolate mofetil, sirolimus and cyclosporine at C2]

Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2003 May-Jun;61(3):251-8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The evolutions in treatments and clinical practices in organ transplantations led to modifications in the therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of immunosuppressive drugs. A focus is made regarding the C2 sampling of cyclosporin, as well as the TDM of mycophenolate mofetil and sirolimus. A review of literature about the evolution of drug monitoring, technical methods and sampling strategies is described. Arguments in favour of TDM are thus a decrease in the frequency of both graft rejection and adverse drug reactions, however, new strategies or new targets are needed in new associations or indications.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biological Availability
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Cyclosporine / pharmacokinetics*
  • Drug Monitoring / methods*
  • Drug Monitoring / standards
  • Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique
  • Graft Rejection
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / pharmacokinetics*
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Mycophenolic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Mycophenolic Acid / pharmacokinetics*
  • Patient Selection
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sirolimus / pharmacokinetics*
  • Time Factors
  • Transplantation Immunology

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Cyclosporine
  • Mycophenolic Acid
  • Sirolimus