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Observational studyInternational journal of medical sciences2021

Timing of mTORI usage and outcomes in kidney transplant recipients.

Lee-Moay Lim, Lan-Fang Kung, Mei-Chuan Kuo, A-Mei Huang, Hung-Tien Kuo

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Observational study in International journal of medical sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lee-Moay LimDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Lan-Fang KungDepartment of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Mei-Chuan KuoDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
A-Mei HuangGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Hung-Tien KuoDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Kaohsiung Medical University · TWKaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The introduction of mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors (mTORi) as immunosuppressive agents has changed the landscape of calcineurin inhibitor-based immunosuppressive regimens. However, the timing of mTORi conversion and its associated outcomes in kidney transplantation have conflicting results. This study investigated the effect of early or late mTORi post-transplant initiation on major transplant outcomes, including post-transplant malignancy, in kidney transplant recipients in our center. We enrolled 201 kidney transplant recipients with surviving function grafts of >3 months between 1983 and 2016. Patients were divided into three groups: early mTORi (initiated within 6 months of kidney transplantation), late mTORi, (mTORi initiation >6 months after kidney transplantation) and no mTORi. The mean creatinine at conversion was 1.46 ± 0.48 mg/dL and 1.30 ± 0.53 mg/dL for the early and late mTORi groups, respectively. During the study period, 10.5% of mTORi users and 19.2% of mTORi nonusers developed malignancy, mainly urothelial carcinoma. After adjustment for confounding factors, mTORi users were found to have a lower incidence of post-transplant malignancy than did nonusers (adjusted OR: 0.28,

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AdultAntineoplastic AgentsCalcineurin InhibitorsEverolimusFemaleGraft RejectionHumansImmunocompromised HostImmunosuppressive AgentsIncidenceKidney TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsAntineoplastic AgentsCalcineurin InhibitorsEverolimusImmunosuppressive AgentsMTOR protein, humanSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine Kinasesimmunosuppressantkidney transplantationmalignancymammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor (mTORI)outcomes

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PMID33526978
PMCPMC7847621
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