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Finding
Finding
improvement
Seven of 10 kidney transplant recipients who attempted weaning from oral immunosuppression were successfully maintained rejection-free on belatacept monotherapy alone, with stable excellent graft function for over 1 year.
| Effect size | 7/10 patients weaned to belatacept monotherapy successfully |
| Follow-up | over 1 year |
| Comparator | Standard triple immunosuppression with calcineurin inhibitor + mycophenolate + steroids (current standard requires lifelong multi-drug oral therapy) |
| Effect summary | improvement; 7/10 patients weaned to belatacept monotherapy successfully |
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Source
PMC4642731
Renal Transplantation Using Belatacept Without Maintenance Steroids or Calcineurin Inhibitors