Pharmacokinetic Study of Adoport® (Tacrolimus) in Patients With de Novo Kidney Transplantation (IMPAKT)

Interventional Multicentre Pharmacokinetic Study of Adoport® (Tacrolimus) in Patients With de Novo Kidney Transplantation

Tacrolimus is a calcineurin inhibitor widely used for the prevention of allograft rejection in solid organ and bone marrow transplantation. It is characterized by a narrow therapeutic index and large inter-individual pharmacokinetic variability. Adoport® is an immediate-release formulation of tacrolimus, to be administered twice daily. Because of a narrow therapeutic window and a better correlation between pre-dose level and effects than between dose and effect, therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) based on trough whole blood tacrolimus concentrations is recommended for Adoport®. TDM helps to minimize the risk of acute rejection and the occurrence of adverse effects (mainly nephrotoxicity and, to a lesser extent, neurotoxicity).

As reported in a consensus document from a consortium of European experts on tacrolimus TDM, the interdose area-under-the curve (AUC0-12h) is expected to be the best marker of tacrolimus exposure. However, tacrolimus monitoring based on full AUC0-12h is difficult to set up in routine, due to clinical constraints and the necessity of multiple samples. Calculation of the AUC0-12h using Bayesian estimation and a limited sampling strategy, i.e. a few blood samples collected during the early phase post-dose would represent an elegant solution, as already done for other tacrolimus formulations.

Furthermore, the pharmacokinetics (PK) of tacrolimus is influenced by a single nucleotide polymorphism within intron 3 of cytochrome P450 3A5 (CYP3A5). Patients who carry at least one CYP3A5*1 allele are considered to be CYP3A5 expressors (about 12% of the Caucasian population, Hapmap project) and thus require a 1.5 to 2-fold higher starting dose than CYP3A5*3/*3 carriers to reach the predefined target exposure early after transplantation. Although this polymorphism showed no impact on the performance of the Bayesian estimators previously developed for other tacrolimus formulation, the patient status for CYP3A5*3 will be considered in this pharmacokinetic study as a potential covariate in, or confounding factor of, the PK model. Specifically, owing to a 12% frequency in the White European population, about 4 patients carriers of the CYP3A5*1 allele are expected in this study; the performance of the PK model and Bayesian estimator developed will be specifically evaluated in this subgroup.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Transplantation; Pharmacokinetic; Kidney
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Tacrolimus monohydrate (ADOPORT®)

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Amiens, France, 80054
    • Amiens Picardie University Hospital
  • Limoges, France, 87042
    • Limoges University Hospital
  • Poitiers, France, 86000
    • Poitiers University Hospital
  • Rouen, France, 76013
    • CHU de Rouen
  • Tours, France, 37000
    • Tours University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subject's written informed consent of the study
2. Male and female (>= 18 years)
3. Recipients of a first kidney allograft
4. Patients transplanted for less than 7 days at enrolment
5. Patients affiliated to a social security system

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients presenting any contraindication to tacrolimus according to the summary of product characteristics of Adoport®
2. Patient presenting anti-HLA antibodies against the graft in pre-transplantation (DSA)
3. Recipients of any transplanted organ other than the kidney
4. Pregnant (positive BHCG test) or lactating women
5. Women without any method of contraception, except for women with no childbearing potential (according to the guidelines of the working group, Clinical Trial Facilitation Group, related to contraception and pregnancy test in clinical trials)
6. Patients participating in any other interventional clinical study at inclusion as well as during the whole course of the current study
7. Patient under judicial protection
8. Patients incapable of understanding the purposes and risks of the study, who cannot give written informed consent, or who are unwilling to comply with the study protocol

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Tacrolimus monohydrate (ADOPORT®); patients with de novo Kidney Transplantation under Tacrolimus (ADOPORT®) treatment.	Drug: Tacrolimus monohydrate (ADOPORT®); Pharmacokinetic of Tracrolimus (ADOPORT®) on 9 blood sampling by kinetics on 4 kinetics

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Tacrolimus bayesian estimator performance	The evaluation of Bayesian estimator performance will be based on its capacity to predict tacrolimus AUC (Area Under the Curve), expressed as the bias (%) between the predicted AUC with the PK model and the tacrolimus AUC calculated using the linear trapezoidal rule.	Month 3

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Tacrolimus concentrations predicted by the PK model using a limited sample strategy	The evaluation of the Bayesian estimator performance will be based on its capacity to predict, using a limited number of samples collected during the early phase post-dose, observed tacrolimus AUC0-12h measured using the non-compartmental trapezoidal method with all the time points	Month 3

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Limoges
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Pierre MARQUET, MD, University Hospital, Limoges

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Marquet P, Destere A, Monchaud C, Rerolle JP, Buchler M, Mazouz H, Etienne I, Thierry A, Picard N, Woillard JB, Debord J. Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Bayesian Estimators for the Individual Dose Adjustment of a Generic Formulation of Tacrolimus in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2021 May;60(5):611-622. doi: 10.1007/s40262-020-00959-y. Epub 2020 Nov 24.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 12, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 31, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): July 31, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 2, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 6, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): March 10, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 20, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 16, 2025
• Last Verified: July 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: pharmacokinetic; Transplantation; Kidney; bayesian estimators
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Calcineurin Inhibitors; Tacrolimus
• Other Study ID Numbers: I16009 (IMPAKT)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No