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Table 15.5b

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

Recipients of Living Donor Livers

Discharge Regimen Year of Transplant
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Patients 133 247 344 236 191 183 164 140
Steroids Withdrawn 60 132 222 147 121 121 112 97
Rate 45.1% 53.4% 64.5% 62.3% 63.4% 66.1% 68.3% 69.3%
CyA Patients 10 14 5 5 6 - 1 1
Steroids Withdrawn 6 9 3 5 4 - 1 1
Rate 60.0% 64.3% 60.0% 100.0% 66.7% - 100.0% 100.0%
Tac Patients 63 93 121 89 64 61 56 58
Steroids Withdrawn 29 49 75 59 33 42 38 35
Rate 46.0% 52.7% 62.0% 66.3% 51.6% 68.9% 67.9% 60.3%
CyA+MMF Patients 7 14 22 13 13 9 7 2
Steroids Withdrawn 4 4 17 10 12 8 6 2
Rate 57.1% 28.6% 77.3% 76.9% 92.3% 88.9% 85.7% 100.0%
Tac+MMF Patients 37 92 143 98 99 95 86 75
Steroids Withdrawn 17 53 98 57 67 60 57 57
Rate 45.9% 57.6% 68.5% 58.2% 67.7% 63.2% 66.3% 76.0%
CyA+Aza Patients 3 3 1 4 2 2 2 -
Steroids Withdrawn 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 -
Rate 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 100.0% 100.0% -
Tac+Aza Patients 4 2 - 2 - - 0 -
Steroids Withdrawn 1 1 - 2 - - - -
Rate 25.0% 50.0% - 100.0% - - - -
CyA+Siro Patients - 2 3 2 - 1 - -
Steroids Withdrawn - 1 3 1 - 1 - -
Rate - 50.0% 100.0% 50.0% - 100.0% - -
Tac+Siro Patients - 10 22 9 1 2 1 1
Steroids Withdrawn - 7 13 5 1 2 1 0
Rate - 70.0% 59.1% 55.6% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Siro+MMF Patients - 1 3 2 - 1 1 -
Steroids Withdrawn - 0 0 2 - 1 1 -
Rate - 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% - 100.0% 100.0% -
Other Regimen Patients 9 16 24 12 6 12 10 3
Steroids Withdrawn 3 7 13 4 3 5 6 2
Rate 33.3% 43.8% 54.2% 33.3% 50.0% 41.7% 60.0% 66.7%


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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