Conversion from tacrolimus to belatacept improves renal function in kidney transplant patients with chronic vascular lesions in allograft biopsy.

creatinine clearance immunosuppression kidney transplantation renal biopsy tacrolimus

Journal

Clinical kidney journal
ISSN: 2048-8505
Titre abrégé: Clin Kidney J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101579321

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2019
Historique:
received: 21 08 2018
entrez: 7 8 2019
pubmed: 7 8 2019
medline: 7 8 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Conversion from tacrolimus to belatacept has been shown to be beneficial for an increasing number of kidney transplant (KT) patients. Predicting factors for favorable outcomes are still unknown. We aimed to investigate whether histological vascular lesions at the time of conversion might correlate with greater improvement in renal function post-conversion. The study was conducted on a retrospective cohort of 34 KT patients converted from tacrolimus to belatacept. All patients underwent an allograft biopsy prior to conversion. We analyzed the evolution of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at 3 and 12 months after conversion. Median time to conversion was 6 (2-37.2) months post-transplant. About 52.9% of patients had moderate-to-severe chronic vascular lesions (cv2-3). We observed an increase in eGFR in the whole cohort from 35.4 to 41 mL/min/1.73 m Conversion from tacrolimus to belatacept has a beneficial effect in terms of renal function in KT patients. This benefit might be more significant in patients with cv in the biopsy.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Conversion from tacrolimus to belatacept has been shown to be beneficial for an increasing number of kidney transplant (KT) patients. Predicting factors for favorable outcomes are still unknown. We aimed to investigate whether histological vascular lesions at the time of conversion might correlate with greater improvement in renal function post-conversion.
METHODS METHODS
The study was conducted on a retrospective cohort of 34 KT patients converted from tacrolimus to belatacept. All patients underwent an allograft biopsy prior to conversion. We analyzed the evolution of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at 3 and 12 months after conversion.
RESULTS RESULTS
Median time to conversion was 6 (2-37.2) months post-transplant. About 52.9% of patients had moderate-to-severe chronic vascular lesions (cv2-3). We observed an increase in eGFR in the whole cohort from 35.4 to 41 mL/min/1.73 m
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Conversion from tacrolimus to belatacept has a beneficial effect in terms of renal function in KT patients. This benefit might be more significant in patients with cv in the biopsy.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31384452
doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfy115
pii: sfy115
pmc: PMC6671390
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

586-591

Subventions

Organisme : NIDDK NIH HHS
ID : R37 DK039773
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIDDK NIH HHS
ID : T32 DK007527
Pays : United States

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Auteurs

María José Pérez-Sáez (MJ)

Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Department of Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.

Bryant Yu (B)

Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Audrey Uffing (A)

Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Naoka Murakami (N)

Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Thiago J Borges (TJ)

Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Jamil Azzi (J)

Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Sandra El Haji (S)

Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Steve Gabardi (S)

Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Leonardo V Riella (LV)

Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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