Abstract
Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is a prodrug of mycophenolic acid (MPA) and is frequently used to prevent acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) in patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, optimal doses of MMF and target MPA concentrations in HSCT patients have not been defined. In this study, relationships between pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic markers of MPA and successful aGVHD prevention and neutrophil engraftment were evaluated to inform individualized MPA treatments in HSCT patients. We recruited 35 patients undergoing cord blood transplantation (CBT) who were treated with MMF. Area under the concentration–time curves from 0 to 24 hours (AUC0-24) for free MPA and MPA acyl glucuronide (AcMPAG) at 1 week after the start of MMF treatments were significantly higher in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) aGVHD at stage ≥I than those at stage 0. Patients with faster neutrophil engraftment had higher free MPA AUC0-24 at 1 week after the start of MMF treatments compared with those with slower neutrophil engraftment. Inosine-5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes that were previously associated with MPA pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics were not an independent predictor for the clinical outcomes. Receiver-operating characteristic model analyses showed that cutoff values of AUC0-24 for successful GI aGVHD prevention were .689 and 15.6 µg⋅hour⋅mL−1 for free MPA and AcMPAG, respectively. In addition, the cut-off value of free MPA AUC0-24 for neutrophil engraftment by day 25 was .405 µg⋅hour⋅mL−1. In conclusion, free MPA AUC0-24 may be a better predictor of the prevention of GI aGVHD and neutrophil engraftment compared with that of total MPA in patients receiving CBT. Hence, monitoring of the free MPA AUC0-24 between .405 and .689 µg⋅hour⋅mL−1 could be considered informative of individualized MPA treatments in CBT patients.
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