Table 12.6b

Immunosuppression Used for Maintenance Prior to Discharge, 1993 to 2002

Recipients with Lung Transplants

		Year of Transplant
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Functioning Graft at Discharge		597	643	775	706	809	756	804	860	949	954
With Immunosuppression Info		596	637	763	634	803	752	792	850	940	898
Corticosteroids	Category Usage	97.1%	98.1%	97.2%	97.0%	98.6%	97.3%	98.1%	97.5%	98.9%	98.6%
	Steroids	97.1%	98.1%	97.2%	97.0%	98.6%	97.3%	98.1%	97.5%	98.9%	98.6%
Cyclosporine	Category Usage	91.1%	92.2%	76.9%	70.8%	74.5%	73.4%	66.5%	62.2%	51.7%	42.8%
	Cyclosporin	91.1%	88.2%	60.8%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	Sandimmmune	0.7%	3.8%	13.2%	19.4%	16.8%	11.8%	10.9%	6.9%	5.9%	4.7%
	Neoral	0.0%	0.5%	4.5%	50.3%	59.8%	63.6%	59.3%	56.4%	40.6%	32.2%
	Gengraf	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%	6.3%	7.7%
	Eon	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.2%
Tacrolimus	Category Usage	5.9%	5.2%	9.0%	21.0%	24.8%	26.6%	30.2%	38.0%	49.4%	56.7%
	FK506	5.9%	5.2%	9.0%	21.0%	24.8%	26.6%	30.2%	38.0%	49.4%	56.7%
Antimetabolites	Category Usage	97.8%	96.1%	90.6%	90.4%	90.7%	92.0%	91.5%	93.4%	92.2%	90.3%
	Azathioprine	97.8%	95.8%	87.4%	80.8%	72.0%	69.9%	63.9%	58.1%	50.4%	46.2%
	Mycophenolate mofetil	0.0%	0.3%	3.7%	11.4%	20.8%	23.8%	29.2%	35.9%	42.8%	45.2%
Other	Category Usage	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.5%	0.3%	1.0%	2.7%	4.1%	2.2%
	Rapamycin	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.6%	2.4%	4.0%	1.9%
	Cytoxan	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%	0.3%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

Individual drug percentages will not necessarily add up to the drug category percentages, as patients may

be prescribed more than one drug within the same category.