Sarah Duncan-Park, Claire Dunphy, Jacqueline Becker, Christine D'Urso, Rachel Annunziato, Joshua Blatter, Carol Conrad, Samuel B Goldfarb, Don Hayes, Ernestina Melicoff-Portillo, Marc Schecter, Gary Visner, Brian Armstrong, Hyunsook Chin, Karen Kesler, Nikki M Williams, Jonah N Odim, Stuart C Sweet, Lara Danziger-Isakov, Eyal Shemesh
Remote interventions are increasingly utilized in transplant medicine but have rarely been rigorously evaluated. We investigated a remote intervention targeting immunosuppressant management in pediatric lung transplant recipients. Patients were recruited from a larger multisite trial if they had a Medication Level Variability Index (MLVI) ≥ 2.0, indicating worrisome tacrolimus level fluctuation. The manualized intervention included 3 weekly phone calls and regular follow-up calls. A comparison group included patients who met enrollment criteria after the sub-protocol ended...
March 22, 2021: American Journal of Transplantation