Safety and metabolic advantages of steroid withdrawal after 6 months posttransplant in de novo kidney transplantation: A 1-year prospective cohort study.

In conclusion, a 6-month withdrawal of steroids in recipients with low immunological risk and stable graft function can be safely conducted and result in improvement of metabolic profiles. Stable recipients without biopsy-proven acute rejection and proteinuria can safely withdraw from steroids out of a maintenance immunosuppressive regimen 6-months posttransplant. A long-term follow-up study is needed to verify our results.