Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: This prospective, randomized, open-label, multicenter study compared the effects of MMF with AZA in combination with induction therapy, cyclosporine ( Neoral) and corticosteroids in patients receiving their first lung transplant. Primary endpoint was incidence of BOS at 3 years. Secondary endpoints were incidence of acute rejection, time to first rejection event, and survival. RESULTS: The incidence of acute rejection and the time to first rejection event at 1 and 3 years did not differ between groups (54.1% vs. 53.8% and 56.6% vs. 60.3% for MMF and AZA respectively). Survival at 1 year tended to be better in patients receiving MMF (88 vs. 80%, P = 0.07). At year 3, there was no difference in survival or in the incidence, severity or time to acquisition of BOS between the two groups. Treatment was generally well tolerated, however more patients withdrew from AZA treatment than from MMF (59.6% vs. 46.5%, P = 0.02). As a result, there was an imbalance in the observation times of the two groups (876 +/- 395 vs. 947 +/- 326 days). CONCLUSIONS: No differences were seen in the incidence of acute rejection or BOS in lung transplant recipients treated with MMF or AZA. This null result may have been influenced by the shorter observation time for AZA patients.
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Authors | Keith McNeil, Allan R Glanville, Thorsten Wahlers, Christiane Knoop, Rudolf Speich, Richard D Mamelok, Joerg Maurer, Jane Ives, Paul A Corris |
Journal | Transplantation
(Transplantation)
Vol. 81
Issue 7
Pg. 998-1003
(Apr 15 2006)
ISSN: 0041-1337 [Print] United States |
PMID | 16612275
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Mycophenolic Acid
- Azathioprine
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Azathioprine
(adverse effects, therapeutic use)
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans
(etiology, prevention & control)
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Graft Rejection
(prevention & control)
- Humans
- Immunosuppressive Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Lung Transplantation
(adverse effects, immunology)
- Middle Aged
- Mycophenolic Acid
(adverse effects, analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)
- Prospective Studies
- Syndrome
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