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Table 5 List of therapeutic abortions and congenital malformations identified among 25 offspring of male kidney transplant recipients exposed to immunosuppressive medication

From: Paternity in male kidney transplant recipients: a French national survey, the PATeRNAL study

Therapeutic abortion, n = 12

Year of pregnancy

Year of transplant

Paternal agea

Medical reason for abortion

Male KT recipients’ medication regimen at the time of conception

1986

1981

NA

Genetic disorder

AZA, prednisone

NA

1994

NA

Trisomy 21

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus, prednisone

2005

1979

31

Spina bifida and Arnold Chiari

AZA, prednisone

2012

2006

48

Ectopic pregnancy

MMF/MPA, cyclosporine

2013

2007

34

Trisomy 21

MMF/MPA, cyclosporine

2014

2010

36

missing

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus, prednisone

2015

2006

34

missing

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus, prednisone

2016

2009

40

missing

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus, prednisone

2016

2008

35

missing

Tacrolimus, prednisone

2016

2011

35

Multiple malformations

Tacrolimus, everolimus, prednisone

2018

2014

33

missing

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus, prednisone

2018

2013

43

missing

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus, prednisone

Congenital malformation, n = 13

Year of birth

Year of transplant

Paternal agea

Congenital malformation

Male KT recipients’ medication regimen at the time of conception

1998

1996

33

Cleft lip and palate

AZA, cyclosporine

2000

NA

NA

Deafness

AZA, cyclosporine, prednisone

2001

1998

32

Congenital phimosis

MMF/MPA, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, prednisone

2001

2000

NA

Cleft lip and palate

AZA, tacrolimus, prednisone

2002

1989

41

Complex cardio-facial syndrome

AZA, tacrolimus, prednisone

2005

2004

34

Left thumb’s agenesis

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus, prednisone

2006

1992

25

Pyloric stenosis

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus, prednisone

2009

2007

21

Renal hypoplasia

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus

2012

2007

30

Hypospadias

MMF/MPA, cyclosporine

2015

2011

26

Hypoplastic toes

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus, prednisone

2015

2013

32

Urinary tract malformation

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus

2016

2010

32

Plagiocephaly

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus, prednisone

2017

2006

38

Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

MMF/MPA, tacrolimus, prednisone

  1. MMF/MPA Mycophelonate mofetil/Mycophenolic acid, AZA Azathioprine
  2. a Age at conception of the pregnancy, in years