Table 5.6b

Immunosuppression Used for Maintenance Prior to Discharge, 1993 to 2002

Recipients with Kidney Transplants

		Year of Transplant
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Functioning Graft at Discharge		9,763	10,086	10,578	10,872	11,234	11,964	12,211	13,041	13,789	14,343
With Immunosuppression Info		9,411	9,545	10,347	10,655	11,181	11,869	11,955	12,783	13,626	13,908
Corticosteroids	Category Usage	99.2%	93.1%	93.3%	97.1%	97.4%	96.5%	97.2%	95.6%	93.6%	91.1%
	Steroids	99.2%	93.1%	93.3%	97.1%	97.4%	96.5%	97.2%	95.6%	93.6%	91.1%
Cyclosporine	Category Usage	94.6%	86.2%	81.7%	75.8%	76.5%	67.7%	61.6%	51.2%	37.5%	30.0%
	Cyclosporin	94.1%	84.7%	73.7%	8.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	Sandimmmune	0.8%	1.9%	5.9%	12.4%	7.4%	5.4%	5.4%	3.1%	2.5%	1.3%
	Neoral	0.0%	0.2%	6.2%	59.4%	69.6%	62.8%	56.4%	47.5%	30.4%	21.9%
	Gengraf	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.9%	4.7%	6.6%
	Eon	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
Tacrolimus	Category Usage	2.0%	5.1%	6.7%	12.5%	18.7%	26.4%	32.8%	43.9%	56.2%	63.2%
	FK506	2.0%	5.1%	6.7%	12.5%	18.7%	26.4%	32.8%	43.9%	56.2%	63.2%
Antimetabolites	Category Usage	86.0%	78.4%	77.4%	80.2%	86.3%	85.0%	86.1%	80.2%	79.6%	81.4%
	Azathioprine	85.9%	78.4%	64.6%	31.9%	20.0%	12.1%	7.8%	5.3%	4.1%	2.3%
	Mycophenolate mofetil	0.0%	0.0%	13.7%	50.2%	67.3%	73.7%	78.7%	75.2%	76.0%	79.3%
Other	Category Usage	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	1.7%	3.6%	3.2%	2.8%	13.2%	17.0%	14.8%
	Rapamycin	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	1.5%	3.4%	3.0%	2.5%	13.0%	17.0%	14.7%
	Cytoxan	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%

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.