title: Long-term results of a prospective randomized trial comparing tacrolimus versus cyclosporine in African-American recipients of primary cadaver renal transplant.
abstract: The ideal immunosuppressive treatment for African-American kidney transplant recipients has not been established. We performed a long-term prospective randomized trial comparing the results of tacrolimus (TAC) and cyclosporine (CSA) in the African-American population. Thirty-five African-American primary cadaveric renal transplant (CRT) recipients were enrolled in the study. Group I (n = 14) received TAC and group II (n = 21) received CSA; mean follow up was 78 months. We found no difference in patient/graft survival rates between the groups. Twelve patients in the CSA group were converted to TAC, mostly because of hypercholesterolemia or as a rescue for an acute rejection episode. Significant lower creatinine and cholesterol levels were seen at 1 year post-transplant, but this difference lost significance at 3 and 5 years, possibly because of conversion of most patients from CSA to TAC. In conclusion, African-American recipients of primary CRTs can achieve excellent long-term results with TAC-based immunosuppression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jarzembowski
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Panaro
authors.forename: Vandad
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Raofi
authors.forename: Guanglong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Giuliano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sankary
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benedetti
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000453:epidemiology; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015994:Incidence; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine; D002784:Cholesterol; D003404:Creatinine; D016559:Tacrolimus