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Table 15.5a

Steroid Withdrawal Rate at Two Years Following Transplantation, 1998 to 2006

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers

Discharge Regimen Year of Transplant
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Patients 2,487 2,812 2,770 2,973 2,953 3,165 2,645 2,545
Steroids Withdrawn 1,343 1,723 1,802 1,979 2,000 2,137 1,910 1,871
Rate 54.0% 61.3% 65.1% 66.6% 67.7% 67.5% 72.2% 73.5%
CyA Patients 267 181 88 69 47 37 34 14
Steroids Withdrawn 124 101 57 53 28 27 25 8
Rate 46.4% 55.8% 64.8% 76.8% 59.6% 73.0% 73.5% 57.1%
Tac Patients 1,008 965 988 1,183 1,064 1,070 858 686
Steroids Withdrawn 590 653 676 801 749 690 603 482
Rate 58.5% 67.7% 68.4% 67.7% 70.4% 64.5% 70.3% 70.3%
CyA+MMF Patients 242 208 169 130 120 127 112 94
Steroids Withdrawn 109 87 89 72 70 84 87 69
Rate 45.0% 41.8% 52.7% 55.4% 58.3% 66.1% 77.7% 73.4%
Tac+MMF Patients 641 944 1,089 1,210 1,418 1,607 1,447 1,589
Steroids Withdrawn 389 587 704 815 969 1,117 1,047 1,195
Rate 60.7% 62.2% 64.6% 67.4% 68.3% 69.5% 72.4% 75.2%
CyA+Aza Patients 119 95 46 37 1 22 11 4
Steroids Withdrawn 38 47 30 19 0 14 10 3
Rate 31.9% 49.5% 65.2% 51.4% 0.0% 63.6% 90.9% 75.0%
Tac+Aza Patients 82 60 58 72 75 24 2 1
Steroids Withdrawn 29 25 32 46 45 17 0 0
Rate 35.4% 41.7% 55.2% 63.9% 60.0% 70.8% 0.0% 0.0%
CyA+Siro Patients 2 10 7 20 16 18 16 3
Steroids Withdrawn 2 7 3 13 9 15 16 2
Rate 100.0% 70.0% 42.9% 65.0% 56.3% 83.3% 100.0% 66.7%
Tac+Siro Patients 4 129 118 85 39 48 34 40
Steroids Withdrawn 1 84 84 66 26 29 20 31
Rate 25.0% 65.1% 71.2% 77.6% 66.7% 60.4% 58.8% 77.5%
Siro+MMF Patients 2 23 38 32 30 28 26 15
Steroids Withdrawn 0 17 28 22 23 22 19 13
Rate 0.0% 73.9% 73.7% 68.8% 76.7% 78.6% 73.1% 86.7%
Other Regimen Patients 120 197 169 135 143 184 105 99
Steroids Withdrawn 61 115 99 72 81 122 83 68
Rate 50.8% 58.4% 58.6% 53.3% 56.6% 66.3% 79.0% 68.7%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

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.

Transplants prior to year 1998 are not reported due to insufficient reporting of immunosuppressive drug use.

CyA: Cyclosporine; Tac: Tacrolimus; MMF: Include MMF(Mycophenolate Mofetil) and MPA(Mycophenolate Sodium); Aza: Azathioprine; Siro: Sirolimus.



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