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. 2019 Dec 16;2019(12):CD004290. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004290.pub3

Ferreira 2019.

Methods Single centre RCT enrolling adult recipients of ECD donors
Participants 171 enrolled
Interventions All receive single dose of 1 gm methylprednisolone & then oral prednisone & induction with 4 doses of ATG
Group 1
  • EVL from day 1 and TAC from day 8


Group 2
  • MPA from day 1 and TAC from day 8

Outcomes
  • The primary endpoint was the cumulative incidence of first CMV infection/disease during the first year after transplantation

  • Other outcomes treatment failure, BPAR

Notes The institution “Hospital do Rim” have received research grants from Novartis and Sanofi to conduct this study