Study	Reason for exclusion
Benitez 2010	Randomised clinical trial comparing RATG with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Boillot 2005	Randomised clinical trial comparing daclizumab with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Cosimi 1987	Randomised clinical trial comparing muromonab CD3 with glucocorticosteroids for treatment of acute rejection; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Cuervas‐Mons 2009	Randomised clinical trial comparing mycophenolate mofetil with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Day 2004	Randomised clinical trial comparing continuation of tacrolimus monotherapy with tacrolimus discontinuation and replacement with mycophenolate mofetil and glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
De Simone 2007	Randomised clinical trial comparing basiliximab with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Filipponi 2004	Method reports study as a randomised clinical trial with ITT. Results are reported instead as a per‐treatment analysis with patients moved between arms for analysis as a result of a data‐dependent process. This does not appear to have been carried out using pre‐specified criteria. Our inclusion criteria state that we are only considering randomised clinical trials that present their data in an ITT analysis for this review. We made attempts to contact the author to request the original data so that ITT analysis could be completed.
Foroncewicz 2009	Randomised clinical trial comparing daclizumab with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Ganschow 2007	Randomised clinical trial comparing high‐ and low‐dose glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Hu 2013	Non‐randomised clinical trial comparing multiple immunosuppression regimens
Jonas 2001	Randomised clinical trial comparing tacrolimus‐based dual therapy with cyclosporine A‐based quadruple therapy in which glucocorticosteroid withdrawal was assessed as an outcome; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Junge 2005	Randomised clinical trial comparing mycophenolate mofetil with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Kato 2007	Randomised clinical trial comparing daclizumab with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Klintmalm 2011	Randomised clinical trial comparing daclizumab with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Lupo 2008	Randomised clinical trial comparing basiliximab with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Manousou 2009	Randomised clinical trial comparing monotherapy of tacrolimus with triple therapy of tacrolimus, azathioprine and glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
McDiarmid 1995	Randomised clinical trial comparing glucocorticosteroid continuation with glucocorticosteroid withdrawal over 1 year post‐transplant; investigation of alteration in an existing immunosuppression strategy rather than a primary immunosuppression strategy
Nair 2006	Randomised clinical trial comparing RATG with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Nair 2008	Randomised clinical trial comparing PEG interferon alpha 2b, ribavirin and amantadine with PEG interferon alpha 2b and ribavirin in 2 glucocorticosteroid‐free arms; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Neumann 2012	Randomised clinical trial comparing daclizumab with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Otero 2009	Randomised clinical trial comparing daclizumab with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Saliba 2012	Randomised clinical trial comparing concentration‐controlled mycophenolate mofetil with fixed‐dose mycophenolate mofetil and glucocorticosteroids; differences in concomitant immunosuppression therefore no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Spada 2006	Randomised clinical trial comparing basiliximab with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Takada 2013	Randomised clinical trial comparing mycophenolate mofetil with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Teisseyre 2006	Randomised clinical trial comparing saline with methylprednisolone for prevention of ischaemia reperfusion injury; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal for post‐transplantation immunosuppression possible
Turner 2006	Randomised clinical trial comparing RATG with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible
Washburn 2001	Randomised clinical trial comparing daclizumab with glucocorticosteroids; no comment on glucocorticosteroid avoidance or withdrawal possible

ITT: intention‐to‐treat
 Muromonab CD3: muromonab cluster of differentiation 3
 PEG: pegylated
 RATG: rabbit antithymocyte globulin