PMID: 8588227Dec 1, 1995Paper

Analysis of tacrolimus (FK 506) in relation to therapeutic drug monitoring

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
W J Jusko

Abstract

Tacrolimus (FK506) is a macrolide lactone which is used as an immunosuppressant agent for organ transplantation. Patient monitoring during clinical trials initially involved use of extraction/enzyme immunoassays (ELISA) for plasma and whole blood concentrations of FK506. Therapeutic concentrations of FK506 are approximately 0.4-1.2 ng/ml in plasma and 5-20 ng/ml in whole blood. Blood:plasma ratios are variable among patients and range from 11 to 114. A validation and quality assurance program was established to standardize procedures and assure concordance of ELISA analytic results from clinical sites participating in liver/kidney trials. HPLC/ELISA methods have been used for assessing assay specificity. Comparison of the ELISA method with a HPLC-MS procedure (TexMS) shows good correlation, but indicates metabolite inclusion in the ELISA. This method may be of value in conditions of altered FK-506 metabolism. Commercialization of the immunoassay has been made by Incstar with the ELISA and Abbott Laboratories with an IMx procedure; the two methods are generally comparable. Additional methods offering clinical promise are radioreceptor and pentamer complex ELISA assays. There are diverse methods offering sensitive quantitation bu...Continue Reading

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