• José Luis Piñana, Alejandro Perez-Pitarch, Irene Garcia-Cadenas, Pere Barba, Juan Carlos Hernandez-Boluda, Albert Esquirol, María Laura Fox, María José Terol, Josep M Queraltó, Jaume Vima, David Valcarcel, Rafael Ferriols-Lisart, Jorge Sierra, Carlos Solano, and Rodrigo Martino.
• Department of Hematology, Fundación de Investigación INCLIVA, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain; Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitari I Politècnic la Fe, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: jlpinana@gmail.com.
• Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 Jul 1; 23 (7): 1177-1185.

AbstractThere is a paucity of data evaluating acute kidney injury (AKI) incidence and its relationship with the tacrolimus-sirolimus (Tac-Sir) concentrations in the setting of reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). This multicenter retrospective study evaluated risk factors of AKI defined by 2 classification systems, Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome (KDIGO) score and "Grade 0-3 staging," in 186 consecutive RIC allo-HSCT recipients with Tac-Sir as graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis. Conditioning regimens consisted of fludarabine and busulfan (n = 53); melphalan (n = 83); or a combination of thiotepa, fludarabine, and busulfan (n = 50). A parametric model, with detailed Tac-Sir consecutive blood levels, describing time to AKI was developed using the NONMEM software version 7.4. Overall, 81 of 186 (44%) RIC allo-HSCT recipients developed AKI with a cumulative incidence of 42% at a median follow-up of 25 months. Time to AKI was best described using a piecewise function. AKI-predicting factors were melphalan-based conditioning regimen (HR, 1.96; P < .01), unrelated donor (HR, 1.79; P = .04), and tacrolimus concentration: The risk of AKI increased 2.3% per each 1-ng/mL increase in tacrolimus whole blood concentration (P < .01). In multivariate analysis, AKI grades 2 and 3 according to KDIGO staging were independent risk factors for 2-year nonrelapse mortality (HR, 2.8; P = .05; and HR, 6.6; P < .0001, respectively). According to the KDIGO score, overall survival decreased with the increase in severity of AKI: 78% for patients without AKI versus 68%, 50%, and 30% for grades 1, 2, and 3, respectively (P < .0001). In conclusion, AKI is frequent after Tac-Sir-based RIC allo-HSCT and has a negative impact on outcome. This study presents the first predictive model describing time to AKI as a function of tacrolimus drug concentration.Copyright © 2017 The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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