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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Pharmacol. 2018 Oct 29;59(3):309–325. doi: 10.1002/jcph.1325

Table 2.

Final Covariates Included in the Models

Pharmacokinetic Parameter Number of Studies With Significant Covariate(s) Number of Significant Covariates Covariate (Number of Studies Where It Was Retained as Significant)
CL(/F) 62 29 bCYP3A5*3 (n = 29), POD (n = 25),HCT (n = 18), BW (n = 16), ASAT (n = 7), Age (n = 7), tBIL (n = 6), ALB (n = 4), SCR (n = 4), DOSE (n = 4), immunosuppressant treatment (n = 4), interactive drugs use (n = 4), ALAT (n = 3),W/S (n = 3), LBW (n = 3),ALP (n = 2),GW(n = 2), tPROT (n = 2),GW/BW(n = 2), γGT (n = 2), dCYP3A4*22 (n = 1), ABCB1 mRNA (n = 1), ABCB1 haplotype (n = 2), ABCC2 haplotype (n = 1), FV (n = 1), DAY (n = 1),Population (n = 1), INR (n = 1),UREA (n = 1)
V(/F) 29 13 BW(n = 15), POD (n = 4), LBW (n = 2),HCT (n = 2), tPROT (n = 2),BSA (n = 1), ALAT (n = 1),Height (n = 1), E/P (n = 1), FORM (n = 2), immunosuppressant treatment (n = 1), BMI (n = 1), HB (n = 1)
aF 8 10 POD (n = 3), CYP3A5*3 (n = 3), Cotreatment (n = 2),DOSE (n = 2), BW (n = 1), tBIL (n = 1), FORM (n = 1), CF (n = 1), Age (n = 1), sex (n = 1)
Vp(/F) 7 5 BW(n = 3), LBW (n = 3), BSA (n = 1), RBC (n = 1),HCT (n = 1)
CLp(/F) 6 3 BW(n = 3), LBW (n = 3),HCT (n = 1)
ka 4 3 FORM (n = 2), Time of drug intake (n = 1), sub study (n = 1)
TLag 3 3 Diabetes mellitus (n = 1), POD (n = 1), substudy (n = 1)
Ktr 2 2 FORM (n = 1), CF (n = 1)

ALAT indicates alanine aminotransferase; ALB, serum albumin; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ASAT, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; BSA, body surface area; BW, total body weight;CF, cystic fibrosis;CL(/F), (apparent) central clearance; CLp(/F), (apparent) peripheral clearance;d-, donor (recipient otherwise); DAY, day of tacrolimus therapy; DOSE, total tacrolimus daily dose; E/P, erythrocyte to plasma ratio; F, bioavailability; FORM, tacrolimus formulation (immediate or prolonged-release); FV, factor V; γGT, γ-glutamyltransferase; GW, graft weight; HB, hemoglobin; HCT, hematocrit; INR, international normalized ratio; ka, absorption rate constant; ktr, transit compartment rate constant; LBW, lean body weight; POD, time posttransplant; Population, patient versus healthy volunteers RBC, red blood cells count; SCR, serum creatinine; tBIL, total bilirubin; TLag, absorption lag time; tPROT, total proteinemia; UREA, blood/serum urea nitrogen; V(/F), (apparent) central volume; Vp(/F), (apparent) peripheral volume; W/S, whole/split transplant.

a

F was estimated in 2 studies with intravenous data available, fixed to value from the literature 23% in 1 study. In 6 studies, covariates were reported on F relative to the value of 1.

b

CYP3A5*3 rs776746: recipient (n = 20 studies), donor (n = 2), both recipient and donor combined (n = 1) or not combined (n = 1), CYP3A5*3*6*7 genotypes (n = 1), CYP3A5*3 and CYP3A4*1G rs2242480 combined (n = 2), CY3A5*3 and CYP3A4*22 rs35599367 combined (n = 1), CYP3A5*3 and POR*28 rs1057868 combined (n = 1).