Clinical application of the method
In order to carry out an exploratory study of the clinical application
of this assay, 145 plasma samples from 11 early post-transplant renal
allograft recipients receiving sodium mycophenolate were analyzed.
All plasma samples had been received for routine analysis of tMPA at
our TDM laboratory and otherwise destined for disposal; then the
study was considered exempt from ethical considerations by the
internal review board. The demographic and clinical characteristics of
these patients are shown in Table 2.