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Table 3 Final clinical diagnosis following a post-randomization investigator-initiated biopsy in response to suspected rejectiona

From: Histological findings to five years after early conversion of kidney transplant patients from cyclosporine to everolimus: an analysis from the randomized ZEUS study

 

No. events

% based on number of patients with ≥1 suspected rejection

% based on number of ITT patients

Everolimus

CsA

Everolimus N = 52

CsA N = 50

P valueb

Everolimus N = 154

CsA N = 146

P valueb

Acute cellular rejectionc

17

26

32.7

52.0

0.071

11.0

17.8

0.102

Acute & chronic rejection

1

2

1.9

4.0

0.614

0.6

1.4

0.614

Borderline lesions

17

17

32.7

34.0

1.000

11.0

11.6

1.000

CNI-induced toxicity

14

14

26.9

28.0

1.000

9.1

9.6

1.000

Acute tubular necrosis

4

6

7.7

12.0

0.521

2.6

4.1

0.533

Chronic allograft nephropathy

9

9

17.3

18.0

1.000

5.8

6.2

1.000

Infection

0

3

0

6.0

0.114

0

2.1

0.114

Normal

13

10

25.0

20.0

0.638

8.4

6.8

0.668

Other

23

20

44.2

40.0

0.692

14.9

13.7

0.869

  1. aMore than one clinical diagnosis was possible
  2. bFisher's exact test (two-sided)
  3. cIncludes diagnosis made in advance of biopsy results (everolimus 2, CsA 1)
  4. CNI calcineurin inhibitor, CsA cyclosporine