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Articles tagged "Azathioprine"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Mycophenolate Mofetil and the Incidence of Skin Cancer in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    S. J. Yusuf1, H. Bheemreddy1, A. Imtiaz2, N. Krishnan3

    1Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom, 2Dermatology, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom, 3Renal Unit, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom

    *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

    P. Cravedi1, P. Ruggenenti2, E. Gotti2, A. Plati2, S. Sandrini3, N. Bossini3, F. Citterio4, E. Minetti5, D. Montanaro6, R. Tardanico3, E. Sabadini2, F. Gaspari7, A. Villa7, F. Peraro7, G. Remuzzi7

    1Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 2ASST Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy, 3ASST degli Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy, 4Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy, 5ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy, 6Presidio Ospedaliero Universitario Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy, 7Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Bergamo, Italy

    *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

    L. Bowman,1 T. Horwedel,1 J. Hagopian,1 D. Brennan.2

    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).…

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