PMID: 8459068Apr 1, 1993Paper

Is intravenous glucocorticoid therapy better than an oral regimen for asymptomatic cardiac rejection? A randomized trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
J KobashigawaH Laks

Abstract

This study assessed whether treatment with oral prednisone (bolus plus tapered doses) is comparable to intravenous methylprednisolone sodium succinate (Solu-Medrol) therapy in patients with asymptomatic moderate cardiac allograft rejection episodes without hemodynamic compromise. Intravenous Solu-Medrol therapy is frequently administered for moderate rejection episodes after heart transplantation but has not previously been compared with an oral prednisone therapy for asymptomatic cardiac rejection in a randomized trial. Compared with oral prednisone therapy, the administration of intravenous Solu-Medrol is more costly and resource intensive, and it can require loss of work time for patients and the family members who accompany them to treatment. Forty-one heart transplant patients with 43 episodes of asymptomatic moderate cardiac rejection were randomized to receive 3 days of 1,000 mg of intravenous Solu-Medrol (20 episodes) or prednisone as a bolus dose of 100 mg orally for 3 days, tapering to the previous maintenance dosage over 14 days (23 episodes). Follow-up endomyocardial biopsies were performed at 2 and 4 weeks. Infectious complications were monitored and the cost of the two forms of therapy was assessed. Resolution of ...Continue Reading

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