• Seminars in perinatology · Dec 2007

    Review

    Immunosuppressant therapy in pregnant organ transplant recipients.

    • Karin M Fuchs and Donald R Coustan.
    • Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA. kmf2121@columbia.edu
    • Semin. Perinatol. 2007 Dec 1; 31 (6): 363-71.

    AbstractTransplant recipients are becoming pregnant with increasing frequency, and successful pregnancy outcomes have now been reported for women with all types of solid organ transplants. To prevent rejection of the transplanted organ, these patients are maintained on a life-long immunosuppressive regimen that must also be continued through pregnancy. Controlled human studies of the safety of these drugs have not been conducted, and knowledge regarding the pharmacokinetics of these medications in pregnancy is limited. Significant experience and safety data regarding the use of some of the more common immunosuppressants in pregnancy have, however, been accumulated from large case series and national registries. These observational studies suggest that successful pregnancy outcomes are possible in female organ transplant recipients, although sporadic adverse outcomes have been reported after immunosuppressant use in pregnancy. In this chapter, we will outline the information available regarding the use of immunosuppressive medications in pregnant transplant recipients as well as general concepts regarding fetal exposure to immunosuppressants.

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