Dosing Strategies for de Novo Once-daily Extended Release Tacrolimus (LCPT) in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Patients will be identified when an organ from live or deceased donor becomes available for kidney transplant. Prior to receiving their kidney transplant, subjects will be screened for inclusion/exclusion criteria on the day of transplantation. During the pre-operative preparation for transplant, patients will be consented for surgery and consented for the study at the same time if they volunteer to be included. The transplant surgeon performing the transplant operation will be responsible for screening the patients for inclusion and exclusion criteria as well as obtaining informed consent. Patients will need to provide informed consent to be included in the study, and will receive a copy of their consent. Each potential participant will be approached by the transplant surgeon and informed of all information pertinent to the study prior to providing consent. No advertisements for recruitment will be performed and no compensation will be provided for participation. This study is a single center prospective observational study conducted at Temple University Hospital (TUH). All participants will be consented for all procedures involved in this study. This study will utilize the QUEST questionnaire (attached) to evaluate the severity of tremors at 1 month. Data to be collected includes tacrolimus trough levels, study drug dosing, hemoglobin A1c, incidence and severity of tremors, potassium, glomerular filtration rate, and rejection episodes. Day 0 Study drug (tacrolimus) initiated at 0.13/mg/kg/day for all patients (the day of initiation decided per transplant surgeon discretion) Day 0-4 Inpatient laboratory parameters checked every 24 hours (serum creatinine, tacrolimus level, glomerular filtration rate, potassium, blood glucose) Day 4-30 Outpatient laboratory parameters checked three times weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (serum creatinine, tacrolimus level, glomerular filtration rate, potassium, blood glucose) Day 30 visit (within 5 days) Draw tacrolimus trough levels, serum creatinine, estimated glomerular filtration rate, serum potassium, and blood glucose. Complete tremor questionnaire with participant. During or prior to Day 30 visit Oral swab performed to be analyzed for testing of metabolic enzymatic activity (This will be performed to determine ability of the patient to metabolize tacrolimus)