title: Conversion to sirolimus in pediatric renal transplantation recipients.
abstract: We retrospectively evaluated the efficacy and safety of sirolimus (SRL) in 16 pediatric renal transplant recipients, who were 9.4 +/- 4.1 years of age when they first received SRL. The indications for SRL therapy were rescue from steroid-resistant acute rejection (31.3%), neoplasia (31.3%), diabetes (12.5%), polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (6.3%), chronic allograft dysfunction (6.3%), calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity (6.3%), and hemolytic uremic syndrome (6.3%). Mean follow-up after the switch to SRL was 17.7 +/- 15 months. The final immunosuppression was CNI + SRL + prednisone (PRED) in five patients, SRL + PRED in six, SRL + mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) + PRED in four, and SRL + MMF in one. The use of SRL in these selected pediatric renal recipients was successful, except when creatinine was high at the moment of conversion. Further studies are necessary to assess the beneficial outcomes versus adverse events among the pediatric transplant population receiving SRL for immunosuppression.
authors.affiliation: Santo Antônio Children's Hospital, Santa Casa Porto Alegre Hospital Complex, School of Medical Sciences, Correa Lima 1493, Porto Alegre, 90850-250 Brazil. cdgarcia1@uol.com.br
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Bittencourt
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tumelero
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Antonello
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malheiros
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012449:Safety; D020123:Sirolimus / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D020123:Sirolimus