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3%), of which alcoholic cirrhosis (38.8%) was the most frequently occurring type, and hepatocellular carcinoma (18.4%) (FAS). Prior to entering the study, 56 of 98 (57.1%) patients http://www.selleckchem.com/products/z-vad-fmk.html were hypertensive (FAS). The mean total daily dose of tacrolimus BID remained unchanged at 3.7?mg (��1.8) during the entire 6-week period of the tacrolimus-treatment phase in the FAS. The mean total daily dose of tacrolimus QD was 3.7?mg (��1.8) during Week 1 and increased only slightly to 3.9?mg (��1.8) by Week 12. Mean total daily dose calculated in mg/kg showed the same pattern of dosing. During the 6-week tacrolimus BID-treatment phase, mean total daily dose remained stable at 0.05?mg/kg (��0.03) and doses of tacrolimus QD remained stable during the tacrolimus-treatment phase starting at 0.05?mg/kg (��0.03) at Day ?1 and ending at 0.05?mg/kg (��0.03) at Week 12. Overall, there was no significant difference between the mean total daily doses for each treatment period (P?=?0.3201). All patients in the FAS who entered the study on tacrolimus BID monotherapy remained on tacrolimus monotherapy during the QD phase. Following conversion to tacrolimus QD, 73 patients (74.5%) did not require dose adjustment to remain within the target range for trough levels (FAS). Of those subjects who did require a dose adjustment (25.5%), one change was sufficient to achieve recommended trough levels in most cases (64.0%). A dose decrease was required in 15 patients and one or more dose increases was needed in 16 patients. http://www.selleckchem.com/products/ly2157299.html Most dose adjustments occurred during Weeks 2�C4, but were required up to 10?weeks after conversion in some patients (Fig.?3). No particular pattern could be determined for the minority of patients who required a dose adjustment. Mean whole blood tacrolimus trough levels were within and toward the lower end of the recommended range during both treatment phases of the study (FAS; Table?2). After conversion to tacrolimus QD treatment, there was a reduction in the mean tacrolimus trough level from 7.36?ng/ml on Day ?1 to 6.25?ng/ml at Week 1 (FAS), but levels were then stable throughout the remainder of the study period. The mean trough level during the tacrolimus QD phase was significantly lower compared with the tacrolimus BID period (7.5?ng/ml vs. 6.5?ng/ml; P? http://www.selleck.cn/products/s-gsk1349572.html and 7.6?ng/ml. Following conversion from tacrolimus BID to QD, the median whole blood trough level fell and then stabilized to 6.3�C6.5?ng/ml for the remainder of the study (FAS; Fig.?4). Maximum trough values were generally lower during the tacrolimus QD phase (11.5�C16.0?ng/ml) than during the tacrolimus BID phase (15.0�C19.4?ng/ml). Minimum levels were