INTRODUCTION: Data on age-related differences in rejection rates, infectious episodes, and tacrolimus exposure in pediatric kidney transplant recipients (pKTRs) on a tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive regimen are scarce. METHODS: We performed a large-scale analysis of 802 pKTRs from the Cooperative European Paediatric Renal Transplant Initiative (CERTAIN) registry from 40 centers in 14 countries. The inclusion criteria were a tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive regimen and at least 2 years of follow-up. The patient population was divided into 3 age groups (infants and young children aged <6 years, school-aged children 6-12 years, and adolescents aged >12 years) to assess age-related differences in outcome. RESULTS: Median follow-up was 48 months (interquartile range [IQR], 36-72). Within the first 2 years posttransplant, infants, and young children had a significantly higher incidence of infections (80.6% vs. 55.0% in adolescents, P < 0.001) and a significantly higher number of cumulative hospital days (median 13 days vs. 7 days in adolescents, P < 0.001). Adolescents had a significantly higher rate of biopsy-proven acute rejection episodes in the first-year posttransplant (21.7%) than infants and young children (12.6%, P = 0.007). Infants and young children had significantly lower tacrolimus trough levels, lower tacrolimus concentration-to-dose (C/D) ratios as an approximation for higher tacrolimus clearance, and higher tacrolimus interpatient variability (TacIPV) (all P < 0.01) than adolescents. CONCLUSION: This is the largest study to date in European pKTRs on a tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive regimen, and it shows important age-related differences in rejection rates, infection episodes, as well as tacrolimus exposure and clearance. This data suggests that immunosuppressive therapy in pKTRs should be tailored and personalized according to the age-specific risk profiles of this heterogeneous patient population. The data may serve as a benchmark for future studies with novel immunosuppressive drugs.
- Klíčová slova
- allograft rejection, hospitalization, infection, pediatric kidney transplantation, tacrolimus,
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
OBJECTIVES: The extent and relevance of altered bone metabolism for statural growth in children with chronic kidney disease is controversial. We analyzed the impact of renal dysfunction and recombinant growth hormone therapy on a panel of serum markers of bone metabolism in a large pediatric chronic kidney disease cohort. METHODS: Bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP), tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b (TRAP5b), sclerostin and C-terminal FGF-23 (cFGF23) normalized for age and sex were analyzed in 556 children aged 6-18 years with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 10-60 ml/min/1.73 m2. 41 children receiving recombinant growth hormone therapy were compared to an untreated matched control group. RESULTS: Standardized levels of BAP, TRAP5b and cFGF-23 were increased whereas sclerostin was reduced. BAP was correlated positively and cFGF-23 inversely with eGFR. Intact serum parathormone was an independent positive predictor of BAP and TRAP5b and negatively associated with sclerostin. BAP and TRAP5B were negatively affected by increased C-reactive protein levels. In children receiving recombinant growth hormone, BAP was higher and TRAP5b lower than in untreated controls. Sclerostin levels were in the normal range and higher than in untreated controls. Serum sclerostin and cFGF-23 independently predicted height standard deviation score, and BAP and TRAP5b the prospective change in height standard deviation score. CONCLUSION: Markers of bone metabolism indicate a high-bone turnover state in children with chronic kidney disease. Growth hormone induces an osteoanabolic pattern and normalizes osteocyte activity. The osteocyte markers cFGF23 and sclerostin are associated with standardized height, and the markers of bone turnover predict height velocity.
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- adaptorové proteiny signální transdukční MeSH
- alkalická fosfatasa krev MeSH
- biologické markery krev MeSH
- chronická renální insuficience * krev patofyziologie MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- fibroblastové růstové faktory krev MeSH
- fibroblastový růstový faktor 23 MeSH
- genetické markery MeSH
- izoenzymy krev MeSH
- kosti a kostní tkáň metabolismus MeSH
- kostní morfogenetické proteiny krev MeSH
- kyselá fosfatasa rezistentní k tartarátu MeSH
- kyselá fosfatasa krev MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lidský růstový hormon aplikace a dávkování MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- vyšetření funkce ledvin MeSH
- Check Tag
- dítě MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- klinické zkoušky MeSH
- multicentrická studie MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Názvy látek
- adaptorové proteiny signální transdukční MeSH
- alkalická fosfatasa MeSH
- biologické markery MeSH
- FGF23 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
- fibroblastové růstové faktory MeSH
- fibroblastový růstový faktor 23 MeSH
- genetické markery MeSH
- izoenzymy MeSH
- kostní morfogenetické proteiny MeSH
- kyselá fosfatasa rezistentní k tartarátu MeSH
- kyselá fosfatasa MeSH
- lidský růstový hormon MeSH
- SOST protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
