Comparison of steroid-free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Immunosuppression therapy following liver transplantation often includes steroids. However, extended corticosteroid therapy is associated with numerous complications. This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of using basiliximab in place of a corticosteroid for immunosuppression following liver...
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| description | Immunosuppression therapy following liver transplantation often includes steroids. However, extended corticosteroid therapy is associated with numerous complications. This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of using basiliximab in place of a corticosteroid for immunosuppression following liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Chinese patients. The records of 178 patients with HCC who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation from January 2003 to December 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients received immunosuppression therapy that contained either basiliximab (n = 78) or steroids (n = 100) in addition to tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil. Assessments included complications related to liver transplantation, occurrence of steroid side effects, recurrence of HCC, and patient and graft survival. A smaller proportion of patients receiving basiliximab compared with steroids experienced de novo diabetes (38.7% vs. 91.0%, respectively) or long-term de novo diabetes mellitus (7.7% vs. 38.0%, respectively) (both, P<0.0001). The median overall and disease free survival was similar between basiliximab (50.8 months and 19.6 months, respectively) and steroid treated patients (64.2 months and 23.8 months, respectively). The 5-year overall survival and disease free survival rates was also similar between the basiliximab (42.5% and 38.9%, respectively) and steroid (50.5% and 39.2%) groups (all, P>0.730). However, in patients who met the Milan criteria basiliximab was associated with greater 5-year overall survival rate as compared with steroid therapy (88.9% vs. 57.4%, respectively, P = 0.022). These findings provide further evidence of the negative impact of steroids as a part of immunosuppression therapy following liver transplantation for HCC. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d63417b0fd54909a5d52efd9459bcbd2022-12-22T03:41:02ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0188e7125110.1371/journal.pone.0071251Comparison of steroid-free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.Tonghai XingLi HuangZhenhai YuLin ZhongShuyun WangZhihai PengImmunosuppression therapy following liver transplantation often includes steroids. However, extended corticosteroid therapy is associated with numerous complications. This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of using basiliximab in place of a corticosteroid for immunosuppression following liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Chinese patients. The records of 178 patients with HCC who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation from January 2003 to December 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients received immunosuppression therapy that contained either basiliximab (n = 78) or steroids (n = 100) in addition to tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil. Assessments included complications related to liver transplantation, occurrence of steroid side effects, recurrence of HCC, and patient and graft survival. A smaller proportion of patients receiving basiliximab compared with steroids experienced de novo diabetes (38.7% vs. 91.0%, respectively) or long-term de novo diabetes mellitus (7.7% vs. 38.0%, respectively) (both, P<0.0001). The median overall and disease free survival was similar between basiliximab (50.8 months and 19.6 months, respectively) and steroid treated patients (64.2 months and 23.8 months, respectively). The 5-year overall survival and disease free survival rates was also similar between the basiliximab (42.5% and 38.9%, respectively) and steroid (50.5% and 39.2%) groups (all, P>0.730). However, in patients who met the Milan criteria basiliximab was associated with greater 5-year overall survival rate as compared with steroid therapy (88.9% vs. 57.4%, respectively, P = 0.022). These findings provide further evidence of the negative impact of steroids as a part of immunosuppression therapy following liver transplantation for HCC.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3735494?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Tonghai Xing Li Huang Zhenhai Yu Lin Zhong Shuyun Wang Zhihai Peng Comparison of steroid-free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. PLoS ONE |
| title | Comparison of steroid-free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. |
| title_full | Comparison of steroid-free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. |
| title_fullStr | Comparison of steroid-free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of steroid-free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. |
| title_short | Comparison of steroid-free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. |
| title_sort | comparison of steroid free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3735494?pdf=render |
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