Excellent efficacy and beneficial safety during observational five year follow-up of Rapid Steroid withdrawal after renal transplantation (Harmony FU study).
Julian StumpfOliver ThomuschMirian OpgenoorthMichael WiesenerAndreas PascherRainer Peter WoitasBarbara SuwelackMarkus RentschOliver WitzkeThomas RathBernhard BanasUrs BenckClaudia SommererChristine KurschatKai LopauJulia Weinmann-MenkeBernd JaenigenEvelyn TripsChristian HugoPublished in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association (2023)
With all limitations of a post-trial follow up study, the Harmony follow-up data confirms excellent efficacy and beneficial safety aspects of rapid steroid withdrawal under modern immunosuppressive therapy over the course of 5 years after kidney transplantation in an immunologically low-risk, elderly population of Caucasian kidney transplant recipients.(Clinical trial registration number: Investigator Initiated Trial (NCT00724022, follow-up study DRKS00005786).