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ArticleNefrologia

Impact of immunosuppression regimen on COVID-19 mortality in kidney transplant recipients: Analysis from a Colombian transplantation centers registry.

Camilo Montero, Rodolfo Torres, Carlos Benavidez, Paola Garcia, Sandra Jimenez, Nancy Yomayusa, Diana Gayon, Jorge Perez, Diego Rosselli, Hector Restrepo and 1 more

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Article in Nefrologia. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Camilo MonteroRenal Transplantation Group, Clinica Colombia, University Clinic, Bogota, Colombia; Translational Investigation Group, Fundacion Universitaria Sanitas, Bogota, Colombia; Renal Transplantation Group, Hospital de San Jose, University Hospital, Bogota, Colombia; Renal Transplantation Group, Clinica del Country, Bogota, Colombia. Electronic address: camilomontero@hotmail.com.
Rodolfo TorresRenal Transplantation Group, Clinica Colombia, University Clinic, Bogota, Colombia; Translational Investigation Group, Fundacion Universitaria Sanitas, Bogota, Colombia; Renal Transplantation Group, Hospital de San Jose, University Hospital, Bogota, Colombia.
Carlos BenavidezSolid Organ Transplantation Group, Fundacion Cardioinfantil, University Clinic, Bogota, Colombia.
Paola GarciaRenal Transplantation Group, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia.
Sandra JimenezRenal Transplantation Group, Fundacion Santafe, University Clinic, Bogota, Colombia.
Nancy YomayusaTranslational Investigation Group, Fundacion Universitaria Sanitas, Bogota, Colombia.
Diana GayonRenal Transplantation Group, Clinica Colombia, University Clinic, Bogota, Colombia.
Jorge PerezRenal Transplantation Group, Clinica Colombia, University Clinic, Bogota, Colombia.
Diego RosselliClinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia.
Hector RestrepoClinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Fundacion Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Bogota, Colombia.
Carlos Alvarez-MorenoInfectious Diseases Department, Clinica Colombia, University Clinic, Bogota, Colombia.
Hospital Universitario Infantil San José · COPontificia Universidad Javeriana · COFundación Santa Fe de Bogotá · COFundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud · COFundación Universitaria Sanitas · COInstitute of Cardiology · CO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe impact of immunosuppression in solid organ transplant recipients with SARS-CoV-2 infection is unknown. The knowledge about the behavior of different immunosuppression schemes in clinical outcomes is scarce. This study aimed to determine the risk of death in kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19 under two different schemes of immunosuppression.

methodsWe describe our experience in kidney transplant recipients with SARS-CoV-2 infection in seven transplant centers during the first year of the pandemic before starting the vaccination programs in the city of Bogotá. Demographic characteristics, clinical presentation, immunosuppression schemes at presentation, and global treatment strategies were compared between recovered and dead patients; survival analysis was carried out between calcineurin inhibitors based regimen and free calcineurin inhibitors regimen.

resultsAmong 165 confirmed cases, 28 died (17%); the risk factors for mortality identified in univariate analysis were age older than 60 years (p=.003) diabetes (p=.001), immunosuppression based on calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) (p=.025) and patients receiving steroids (p=.041). In multivariable analysis, hypoxemia (p=.000) and calcineurin inhibitors regimen (p=.002) were predictors of death. Survival analysis showed increased mortality risk in patients receiving CNI based immunosuppression regimen vs. CNI free regimens mortality rates were, respectively, 21.7% and 8.5% (p=.036).

conclusionsOur results suggest that the calcineurin inhibitors probably do not provide greater protection compared to calcineurin inhibitor free schemes being necessary to carry out analyzes that allow us to evaluate the outcomes with different immunosuppression schemes in solid organ transplant recipients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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COVID-19Kidney TransplantationCalcineurin InhibitorsColombiaGraft RejectionHumansImmunosuppression TherapyImmunosuppressive AgentsMiddle AgedSARS-CoV-2Calcineurin InhibitorsImmunosuppressive AgentsBelataceptCalcineurin inhibitorsCOVID-19ImmunosuppressionInhibidores de calcineurinainhibidor mTORInmunosupresiónKidney transplantationmTOR inhibitorsSARS-CoV-2Trasplante renal

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PMCPMC9851167
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