Table 8.6a

Immunosuppression Use for Induction, 1994 to 2003

Recipients with Kidney-Pancreas Transplants

  Year of Transplant
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Transplants 748 919 860 853 972 943 914 891 905 870
Tx With Immunosuppression Info 748 918 860 851 970 937 906 887 898 845
No Induction Drugs Recorded 51.6% 34.4% 18.6% 25.6% 34.7% 33.9% 26.7% 24.4% 23.5% 21.1%
Drugs 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
ALG
ATG/NRATG/NRATS 1.5% 7.1% 32.2% 36.8% 13.4% 6.2% 3.0% 2.6% 2.8% 1.9%
OKT3 47.5% 60.5% 52.3% 42.8% 27.7% 15.5% 8.2% 3.6% 1.2% 0.2%
Thymoglobulin 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% 8.6% 23.0% 28.7% 39.1% 48.6%
Zenapax 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 20.5% 27.0% 21.9% 20.0% 16.4% 8.4%
Simulect 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 8.5% 17.1% 27.2% 31.1% 26.4% 16.2%
Campath 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7.3%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 3, 2004.

Induction drugs include any reported antilymphocyte antibodies and antibodies directed against lymphocyte receptors.