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Clinical consequences of non adherence to immunosuppressive medication in kidney transplant patients

Denhaerynck, Kris and Burkhalter, Felix and Schäfer-Keller, Petra and Steiger, Jürg and Bock, Andeas and De Geest, Sabina. (2009) Clinical consequences of non adherence to immunosuppressive medication in kidney transplant patients. Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation ... [et al.], Vol. 22. pp. 441-446.

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Abstract

Little is known of the long-term clinical effects of non adherence on transplanted kidneys, especially regarding newer immunosuppressive regimens. In a study of 356 adult Swiss kidney transplant patients, non adherence was measured at inclusion by means of self-reporting, electronic monitoring, collateral reporting and blood assay. Long-term clinical outcomes regarding graft loss and creatinine levels were collected prospectively over a period of 5 years. A Cox proportional hazards model and mixed regression analysis were used, respectively, to examine the effects of non adherence on kidney survival and kidney function. The majority of patients (62%) were on immunosuppressive regimens that included mycophenolate mofetil, tacrolimus or sirolimus. No associations were found between non adherence and kidney graft survival or graft function. Notwithstanding weaknesses of this study, this negative result suggests that high adherence may protect patients against detrimental clinical outcomes, and/or that immunosuppressive regimens containing newer drugs allow wider non adherence margins than those based on previous generation medications such as cyclosporine, azathioprine and corticosteroids.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Nephrologie
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Nephrologie
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Public Health > Institut für Pflegewissenschaft
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Former Units at DBM > Transplantation Immunology and Nephrology (Palmer/Steiger)
UniBasel Contributors:Bock, H. Andreas and De Geest, Sabina M. and Steiger, Jürg U.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Blackwell
ISSN:1432-2277
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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