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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 32, 1828-1831, Copyright © 1986 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Relationships of cyclosporine concentrations in serum, whole blood, and bile after renal and hepatic transplantation

W Vine, MW Flye and P Jatlow

"Trough" (minimum inter-dose) cyclosporine concentrations were measured by liquid chromatography in samples of serum and whole blood or bile obtained from renal- and hepatic-transplant patients. Overall, concentrations in whole blood correlated poorly with concentrations in concurrently obtained serum. The poor correlation also held for individual patients over time. The degree of variability observed for individuals is especially disconcerting. Although cyclosporine measurements in whole blood may mitigate time- and temperature- dependent changes in the drug's distribution after collection, concentrations in serum separated after distribution are less dependent on the cellular mass in blood, and may better reflect the amount of drug available to receptor sites. This consideration may be particularly important in the postoperative period, when fluctuations in the cellular mass of blood are frequent. Concentrations of cyclosporine were also determined in concurrently collected bile and serum samples after liver transplantation. Concentrations of unchanged drug in bile were variably higher than those in serum. Bile/serum concentration ratios ranged from 65/1 to 4.6/1. It is postulated that bile/blood concentration ratios may reflect liver function.




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