Belatacept and Long-Term Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation
Author(s) -
Flavio Vincenti,
Lionel Rostaing,
J.M. Boria Grinyo,
Kim Rice,
Steven Steinberg,
Luis Gaite,
MarieChristine Moal,
Guillermo Mondragón-Ramírez,
Jatin Kothari,
Martin S. Polinsky,
HerwigUlf MeierKriesche,
Stéphane Munier,
Christian P. Larsen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1506027
Subject(s) - belatacept , immunosuppression , medicine , kidney transplantation , kidney transplant , term (time) , kidney , transplantation , urology , renal function , physics , quantum mechanics
In previous analyses of BENEFIT, a phase 3 study, belatacept-based immunosuppression, as compared with cyclosporine-based immunosuppression, was associated with similar patient and graft survival and significantly improved renal function in kidney-transplant recipients. Here we present the final results from this study.
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