Table 8.6b

Immunosuppression Used for Maintenance Prior to Discharge, 1993 to 2002

Recipients with Kidney-Pancreas Transplants

		Year of Transplant
		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Functioning Graft at Discharge		627	706	884	829	817	929	900	883	857	876
With Immunosuppression Info		609	675	877	815	810	921	884	859	841	859
Corticosteroids	Category Usage	98.9%	88.0%	92.4%	96.0%	96.4%	95.1%	97.1%	96.9%	92.0%	87.1%
	Steroids	98.9%	88.0%	92.4%	96.0%	96.4%	95.1%	97.1%	96.9%	92.0%	87.1%
Cyclosporine	Category Usage	98.4%	77.8%	56.1%	53.0%	44.9%	30.1%	21.9%	18.2%	12.0%	9.4%
	Cyclosporin	97.9%	74.5%	49.4%	4.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	Sandimmmune	1.1%	3.1%	3.8%	6.0%	4.2%	2.8%	2.3%	1.3%	0.6%	0.7%
	Neoral	0.2%	0.3%	5.7%	44.3%	40.9%	27.7%	20.4%	16.2%	10.2%	6.9%
	Gengraf	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	1.3%	1.6%
	Eon	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
Tacrolimus	Category Usage	0.0%	11.9%	33.2%	38.7%	52.2%	65.8%	72.1%	79.0%	85.6%	87.1%
	FK506	0.0%	11.9%	33.2%	38.7%	52.2%	65.8%	72.1%	79.0%	85.6%	87.1%
Antimetabolites	Category Usage	95.4%	81.3%	81.1%	82.8%	91.9%	91.0%	90.2%	82.5%	78.8%	80.0%
	Azathioprine	95.4%	81.3%	59.5%	20.5%	8.0%	6.1%	2.1%	2.1%	0.8%	0.9%
	Mycophenolate mofetil	0.0%	0.0%	22.8%	64.7%	86.8%	86.6%	88.3%	80.8%	78.2%	79.2%
Other	Category Usage	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.9%	12.0%	19.6%	17.5%
	Rapamycin	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.7%	11.8%	19.6%	17.5%
	Cytoxan	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%

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.