The safety of calcineurin inhibitors for kidney-transplant patients

Expert Opinion on Drug Safety
Paolo Malvezzi, Lionel Rostaing

Abstract

Cyclosporine-A and tacrolimus are the cornerstones in modern immunosuppression after organ transplantation. They are potent inhibitors of calcineurin, that is, so-called calcineurin-inhibitors (CNIs). However, because these drugs have narrow therapeutic windows, they are associated with many side-effects, with some being dose related. The most frequent side-effect of CNIs is nephrotoxicity, which in the long term can contribute, to allograft deterioration. Other frequent side-effects include metabolic disorders (new onset of diabetes, dyslipidemia), neurotoxicity, or promoting of de novo cancers. In kidney transplantation, many strategies have been developed to minimize nephrotoxicity while maintaining efficacy of immunosuppression: for example, the minimization of CNI in addition to either full-dose mycophenolic acid or low doses of m-TOR inhibitors, mainly everolimus (EVR). Attempts made to eliminate CNIs by replacing them with m-TOR inhibitors have been unsuccessful because of occurrence of de novo donor-specific alloantibodies in a substantial number of patients, associated with antibody-mediated rejection. Conversely, CNI-avoidance by replacing them by Belatacept is feasible with very good renal function in the long term d...Continue Reading

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