Improved allograft survival of strong immune responder-high risk recipients with adjuvant antithymocyte globulin therapy

Transplantation
R H KermanB D Kahan

Abstract

The pretransplant cellular immune responsiveness of 90 renal failure patients was correlated with subsequent allograft survival. Patients were subdivided in two bases: whether the pretransplant immune parameter values were above (strong responder) or below (weak responder) the group median, and whether they were responsive or anergic to recall skin test antigens. In a group of 72 cadaveric renal allograft recipients, treated with only Imuran and prednisone, the overall 1-year graft survival was 48%. Pretransplant immunocompetence correlated with graft survival: factors predicting longer allograft survival (P < 0.01) included: percentage of active T rosette-forming cells (A-T RFCs) < 36.5%, anergy to microbial skin test (ST) antigens, in vitro spontaneous blastogenesis (SB) < 14,600 cpm, and response to a panel of five donors in mixed lymphocyte culture (PMLC) < 28,000 cpm. In the two groups, weak and strong responders, the 1-year graft survival rates differed: 63% versus 32% when segregated by the A-T RFC parameter, 63% versus 33% for ST, 57% versus 36% for SB, and 63% versus 35% for PMLC. There were no significant differences in the number of HLA mismatches between the two groups. An additional group of 18 patients was treated...Continue Reading

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