title: Successful treatment of 115 pediatric renal transplant recipients with tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive therapy: a 7-year multicenter study in Japan.
abstract: The safety and efficacy of tacrolimus (Tac)-based immunosuppressive treatments were studied in 115 pediatric renal transplant recipients (mean follow-up period, approximately 20 months). The acute rejection rate was 22.7% 6 months after transplantation and the steroid-resistant acute rejection rate was 6.4%. The 5-year patient and graft survival rates were 98.6% and 95.9%, respectively. Major adverse effects included infection, ie, cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia (41.7%), renal dysfunction (29.6%), and impaired glucose tolerance (20.9%). The incidences of these adverse events were significantly decreased among patients who had undergone transplantation after March 2000 (n = 43), namely, 30.2%, 18.6%, and 11.6%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Toho University School of Medicine, Omori-nishi, Tokyo, Japan. akirah@med.toho-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sonoda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000453:epidemiology; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D007564:Japan; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016559:Tacrolimus