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P Wienand1, T Schröder, C Baldamus
1Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Köln-Lindenthal, Köln, FRG.
Abstract:
In a prospective randomized trial, 57 renal transplant patients (group A) received a sequential course of 14 days conventional immunosuppression (anti-lymphocyte globulin (ALG), azathioprine and steroids) and cyclosporine and steroids thereafter, while 57 patients (group B) received the conventional immunosuppression for 2 days followed by cyclosporine and steroids. In group A, ALG was tolerated for a mean of 7.8 days while, in group B, conventional therapy had to be changed to cyclosporine therapy after a mean of 2.1 days due to ALG intolerance. Patient survival rates 1 and 2 years after transplantation were 95% and 92% in group A and 96% and 92% in group B, and graft survival rates were 79% and 79% in group A and 89% and 82% in group B. In group A, the dialysis frequency in the second, third and fourth weeks after transplantation was significantly higher than in group B. Serum creatinine 1 year post-transplant showed no significant difference between the two groups.
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