title: Pancreas transplantation in African American patients using basiliximab induction.
abstract: The long-term outcome of pancreas transplant (PT) in African Americans (AA) using interleukin-2 receptor antibody induction has not been well documented. We retrospectively analyzed the 7-year outcomes of 45 AA and 73 white recipients of primary PT at our center. All PT were performed with enteric-systemic drainage. Basiliximab induction, tacrolimus, mycophenolic acid, and steroid maintenance were used as the primary immunotherapy. There was no difference by Kaplan-Meier analysis in patient (P = 0.94), pancreas graft (P = 0.76), or death-censored graft survival (P = 0.71) over 7 years between the AA and white groups. Clinically treated pancreas rejection episodes were slightly higher in AA than in white patients. Similarly, cytomegalovirus infection rates and comparable quality of graft function were noted in both groups over 7 years. Excellent long-term patient and pancreas graft survivals can be achieved in AA recipients of PT by using interleukin-2 receptor antibody induction and combination of tacrolimus, mycophenolic acid, and steroid maintenance.
authors.affiliation: Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. rzhang@tulane.edu
authors.forename: Rubin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Sander
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Florman
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paramesh
authors.forename: Tareq
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: April
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zarifian
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: L Lee
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Hamm
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Slakey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077552:Basiliximab; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D013256:Steroids; D000077552:Basiliximab