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Table 8.6i

Immunosuppression Use for Antirejection Treatment from Transplant

to One Year Following Transplantation, 1998 to 2007

Recipients with Kidney-Pancreas Transplants

  Year of Transplant
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Transplants 972 941 915 891 905 871 881 903 924 862
Tx with Antirejection Treatments 286 260 232 194 191 153 127 118 107 93
Antibodies Any in Category 44.4% 42.3% 41.4% 32.0% 50.8% 58.2% 63.0% 50.8% 49.5% 51.6%
Atgam/NRATG/NRATS 10.1% 6.5% 3.9% 0.5% 2.6% 2.0% 3.1% 2.5% 2.8% 0.0%
OKT3 35.7% 24.6% 22.8% 12.4% 10.5% 9.8% 11.8% 11.0% 6.5% 9.7%
Thymoglobulin 3.1% 16.2% 15.1% 20.6% 34.0% 39.9% 44.1% 39.0% 34.6% 37.6%
Zenapax 1.7% 1.5% 1.7% 1.0% 4.7% 11.8% 7.1% 7.6% 9.3% 9.7%
Simulect 0.0% 0.4% 2.2% 0.5% 1.0% 1.3% 1.6% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0%
Campath 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 3.9% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2.2%
Corticosteroids Any in Category 77.6% 80.8% 82.8% 87.1% 76.4% 68.6% 68.5% 71.2% 68.2% 67.7%
Steroids 77.6% 80.8% 82.8% 87.1% 76.4% 68.6% 68.5% 71.2% 68.2% 67.7%
Antimetabolites Any in Category 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0%
Cytoxan 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Methotrexate 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0%


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

Individual drug percentages will not necessarily add up to the drug category percentages, as patients may be prescribed more than one drug within the same category.



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