Rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) versus IL-2 receptor antagonist induction therapies in tacrolimus-based immunosuppression era: a meta-analysis

Background The aim of this meta-analysis is to explore the effect of IL-2RA vs rATG on the rate of acute rejection, post-transplant infections, and graft as well as patient’s survival in standard- and high-risk renal transplant patients receiving tacrolimus-based maintenance immunotherapy. Methods Random effects model was the method used for identifying risk difference. Confidence interval including the value 1 was used as evidence for statistically significant risk difference. Heterogeneity was assessed using Der Simonian analysis. Heterogeneity was evident at the level of P value < 0.1 Results The random effects model showed no significant differences in both acute rejection rates between IL-2RA and rATG induction therapies with relative risk of 1.24 graft survival with relative risk 0.90. Patient survival also did not demonstrate any significant difference with a relative risk of 1.19. Random effects for CMV infection showed a lesser tendency for CMV infection in IL-2RA group compared to ATG group the with a relative risk of 0.73.In subgroup analysis, the random effects model for acute rejection rates in high-risk transplants showed a higher risk of acute rejection in the IL-2RA group compared to rATG (relative risk equals 1.55) In standard-risk transplants, there were no significant differences between both groups with relative risk equals 1.02 Conclusions This meta-analysis revealed no significant difference in patient and graft survival when using IL-2RA vs rATG with the tacrolimus-based maintenance immunosuppression era. However, subgroup analysis showed less incidence of rejection in high-risk renal transplant recipient’s population using rATG compared to IL-2RA..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

Enthalten in:

International urology and nephrology - 52(2020), 4 vom: 13. März, Seite 791-802

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ali, Hatem [VerfasserIn]
Soliman, Karim M. [VerfasserIn]
Shaheen, Ihab [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jon Jin [VerfasserIn]
Kossi, Mohsen El [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Ajay [VerfasserIn]
Pararajasingam, Ravi [VerfasserIn]
Halawa, Ahmed [VerfasserIn]

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BKL:

44.88

Themen:

Calcineurin inhibitors
Induction therapy
Outcomes
Renal transplant
Tacrolimus

doi:

10.1007/s11255-020-02418-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR039319962