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Table 15.4a
Steroid Withdrawal Rate at Two Years Following Transplantation, 2000 to 2007
Recipients of Deceased Donor Kidneys
Discharge Regimen
Year of Transplant
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Total
Patients
4,995
5,191
5,302
5,034
4,971
3,951
3,582
3,519
Steroids Withdrawn
279
427
511
540
636
624
466
480
Rate
5.6%
8.2%
9.6%
10.7%
12.8%
15.8%
13.0%
13.6%
CyA
Patients
170
77
71
77
80
23
19
19
Steroids Withdrawn
4
8
12
9
3
1
1
1
Rate
2.4%
10.4%
16.9%
11.7%
3.8%
4.3%
5.3%
5.3%
Tac
Patients
157
207
195
117
160
139
80
85
Steroids Withdrawn
20
34
33
24
50
36
8
10
Rate
12.7%
16.4%
16.9%
20.5%
31.3%
25.9%
10.0%
11.8%
CyA+MMF
Patients
2,032
1,572
1,388
1,097
934
502
331
251
Steroids Withdrawn
57
55
61
90
77
32
18
24
Rate
2.8%
3.5%
4.4%
8.2%
8.2%
6.4%
5.4%
9.6%
Tac+MMF
Patients
1,565
2,128
2,686
2,832
3,069
2,759
2,594
2,843
Steroids Withdrawn
124
207
262
283
403
440
373
391
Rate
7.9%
9.7%
9.8%
10.0%
13.1%
15.9%
14.4%
13.8%
CyA+Aza
Patients
198
100
44
23
13
6
6
9
Steroids Withdrawn
6
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
Rate
3.0%
4.0%
2.3%
4.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Tac+Aza
Patients
46
73
51
39
23
8
16
9
Steroids Withdrawn
14
9
14
7
1
0
1
0
Rate
30.4%
12.3%
27.5%
17.9%
4.3%
0.0%
6.3%
0.0%
CyA+Siro
Patients
248
234
146
139
89
67
63
47
Steroids Withdrawn
9
16
15
11
8
10
0
5
Rate
3.6%
6.8%
10.3%
7.9%
9.0%
14.9%
0.0%
10.6%
Tac+Siro
Patients
214
310
209
262
172
97
158
48
Steroids Withdrawn
15
46
37
38
11
12
11
3
Rate
7.0%
14.8%
17.7%
14.5%
6.4%
12.4%
7.0%
6.3%
Siro+MMF
Patients
62
173
192
148
119
83
73
34
Steroids Withdrawn
2
10
18
24
22
12
15
6
Rate
3.2%
5.8%
9.4%
16.2%
18.5%
14.5%
20.5%
17.6%
Other Regimen
Patients
303
317
320
300
312
267
242
174
Steroids Withdrawn
28
38
58
53
61
81
39
40
Rate
9.2%
12.0%
18.1%
17.7%
19.6%
30.3%
16.1%
23.0%
Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.
Includes patients receiving first transplants of any organ with steroid use at transplant discharge, and who have a functioning
graft and maintenance drug use two years after transplantation.
CyA: Cyclosporine; Tac: Tacrolimus; MMF: Include MMF(Mycophenolate Mofetil) and MPA(Mycophenolate Sodium); Aza: Azathioprine;
Siro: Sirolimus.