Effect of coadministered HIV-protease inhibitors on tacrolimus and sirolimus blood concentrations in a kidney transplant recipient

Fundam Clin Pharmacol. 2009 Aug;23(4):423-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2009.00706.x.

Abstract

A patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection and end-stage renal disease received a renal transplant. At the time of surgery, the patient was on quadruple antiretroviral therapy (lamivudine, zidovudine, and amprenavir/ritonavir). Immunosuppression was initiated with basiliximab, corticosteroid, mycophenolate mofetil, and a single 0.5 mg dose of tacrolimus. In the following days, an increase in tacrolimus concentration was observed with a peak of 37 ng/mL. Tacrolimus half-life was 6.5 days and tacrolimus maintenance dose was 0.5 mg every 4 days. Eleven months later, the patient had developed Kaposi sarcoma. Tacrolimus was replaced by sirolimus (first dose 1 mg), and the patient was stabilized with 1.5 mg of sirolimus once a week. Increased tacrolimus half-life and increased dose interval of sirolimus and tacrolimus were due to CYP3A4/5 and/or P-glycoprotein inhibition by protease inhibitors. Close monitoring is required in the management of tacrolimus and sirolimus dosing regimens when combined with ritonavir boosted HIV-1 protease inhibitors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Drug Interactions
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Half-Life
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / pharmacokinetics*
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / drug therapy
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / etiology
  • Sirolimus / pharmacokinetics*
  • Sirolimus / therapeutic use
  • Tacrolimus / pharmacokinetics*
  • Tacrolimus / therapeutic use

Substances

  • HIV Protease Inhibitors
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Sirolimus
  • Tacrolimus