2020 American Transplant Congress
Mycophenolate Mofetil and the Incidence of Skin Cancer in Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Over the years there has been a shift in the use of anti-metabolites agents from azathioprine to mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) based immunosuppression., due to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Mycophenolate Mofetil versus Azathioprine in Kidney Transplant Recipients on Steroid-Free Low-Dose Cyclosporine Immunosuppression: The ATHENA Trial
*Purpose: Registration trials using old sandimmune formulation of cyclosporine (CsA) led to the general idea that Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) prevents acute cellular rejection (ACR) more…2015 American Transplant Congress
Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Mycophenolate Versus Azathioprine in a Large Cohort of Renal Transplant Recipients
1Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis; 2Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis.
Purpose: Early studies comparing mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) to azathioprine (AZA) post-renal transplantation demonstrated superiority of MMF over AZA for the prevention of acute rejection (AR).…