title: [Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) for prevention of kidney transplant rejection. A new immunosuppressive agent. International Mycophenolate Mofetil Study Group].
abstract: 1493 patients were enrolled in 55 centers in Europe, Canada, Australia and the USA comparing the efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in daily doses of 2 and 3 g with placebo/azathioprine (PLA/AZA) for the prevention of acute rejection in renal transplant patients. Acute rejections and graft loss and death at 1 year were measured per trial and these data were combined and analyzed in a pooled fashion. The three pooled treatment groups were well balanced regarding demographic characteristics and cause of renal failure leading to transplantation. At one year the graft survival rate was 90.4% and 89.2% in the MMF 2 g and 3 g groups compared with 87.6% in the PLA/AZA-group. MMF 2 and 3 g were significantly better than PLA/AZA in reducing biopsy proven rejection at one year: 40.8% placebo/aza vs. 19.8% in the MMF 2 g group and 16.5% in the MMF 3 g group.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Urologie und Poliklinik, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wiesel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Staehler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D009173:Mycophenolic Acid; D001379:Azathioprine
vernacular_title: Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) zur Prophylaxe von Nierentransplantatabstossungen. Ein neues Immunsuppressivum. International Mycophenolate Mofetil Study Group.