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Table 9.6i

Immunosuppression Use for Antirejection Treatment from Transplant

to One Year Following Transplantation, 1997 to 2006

Recipients with Liver Transplants

  Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Transplants 4,188 4,516 4,751 4,997 5,195 5,332 5,673 6,170 6,443 6,650
Tx with Antirejection Treatments 1,324 1,184 1,466 1,499 1,417 1,301 1,041 994 1,036 822
Antibodies Any in Category 12.1% 13.1% 12.5% 14.5% 16.7% 17.5% 17.8% 21.2% 14.9% 15.1%
Atgam/NRATG/NRATS 1.4% 1.4% 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 0.8% 0.8% 1.1% 0.5%
OKT3 11.1% 9.7% 6.8% 6.3% 6.7% 5.9% 5.4% 5.7% 4.5% 3.6%
Thymoglobulin 0.0% 0.3% 1.4% 3.2% 5.2% 5.6% 7.0% 11.3% 7.5% 8.9%
Zenapax 0.2% 0.9% 1.7% 2.4% 1.6% 1.9% 1.3% 3.4% 0.8% 0.9%
Simulect 0.1% 1.2% 3.1% 3.1% 4.2% 4.0% 3.0% 0.8% 0.9% 0.6%
Campath 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 2.0% 1.4% 1.0% 1.3%
Corticosteroids Any in Category 84.1% 87.3% 89.5% 90.7% 89.1% 90.3% 91.6% 88.5% 91.5% 92.2%
Steroids 84.1% 87.3% 89.5% 90.7% 89.1% 90.3% 91.6% 88.5% 91.5% 92.2%
Antimetabolites Any in Category 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1%
Cytoxan 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
Methotrexate 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

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.



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