Real life experience of mycophenolate mofetil monotherapy in liver transplant patients

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Lassailly, Guillaume | Dumortier, Jerome | Saint-Marcoux, Franck | El Amrani, Mehdi | Boulanger, Juliette | Boleslawski, Emmanuel | Millet, Guillaume | Ningarhari, Massih | Truant, Stéphanie | Canva, Valerie | Goria, Odile | Boillot, Olivier | Louvet, Alexandre | Mathurin, Philippe | Lebuffe, Gilles | Pruvot, Francois-Rene | Marquet, Pierre | Dharancy, Sebastien

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International audience. BACKGROUND: Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) monotherapy following liver transplantation (LT) remains controversial due to a risk of acute rejection. The aim of this study was to report the largest multicenter experience of the use a MMF monotherapy guided by therapeutic drug monitoring using pharmacoslope modeling and Bayesian estimations of the MPA inter-dose AUC (BEMPAMETHODS: MMF daily doses were adjusted to reach the BEMPARESULTS: From 2000-2014, in 2 transplantation centers, 94 liver transplant recipients received MMF monotherapy 6.5±4 years after LT. The mean BEMPACONCLUSIONS: MMF monotherapy regimen appears usually safe and beneficial, with low risk of acute rejection and eGFR improvement. Therapeutic drug monitoring strategy seemed useful by identifying 14% of patients with low MMF exposure.

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