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. 2010 Jan 20;2010(1):CD003897. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003897.pub3

Daclizumab double 1999.

Methods
  • Parallel RCT

Participants
  • International, multi centre study: Europe (15), Australia (2), Canada (2)

  • First cadaveric kidney transplant

  • Mean age ± SD

    • Treatment: 44 ± 13

    • Control: 46 ± 12

  • Number enrolled (treatment/control): 275 (141/134)

  • Sex (M/F)

    • Treatment: 104/36

    • Control: 90/43

Interventions Treatment group
  • Daclixumab: 1.0 mg/kg, first dose pre transplant and total of 5 doses every 2 weeks


Control group
  • Placebo: first dose pre transplant and total of 5 doses every 2 weeks


Baseline immunosuppression
  • CSA: initial dose 5 mg/kg twice daily and then as per centre's determined blood therapeutic range

  • Steroids: As per institutional protocol

Outcomes
  • Mortality

  • Graft loss

  • Acute rejection

  • Infection/CMV

  • Delayed graft function

  • Malignancy

Notes Pooled analysis of Daclizumab double and triple therapy studies published after primary studies. Data used only when presented separately for each study. 3 year follow‐up
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Stated "randomised, double‐blind placebo‐controlled" no further information provided
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 Objective outcomes Unclear risk Double blind, blinding of outcome assessors not stated
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 Subjective outcomes Unclear risk Double blind, blinding of outcome assessors not stated
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk ITT analysis reported for the primary analyses of efficacy and safety, all patients followed up or accounted for
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Primary outcomes for this review (death, graft loss and acute rejection) have been reported. No study protocol available to assess secondary outcomes of study
Other bias High risk Not stated, but author list includes employees of Hoffmann‐LaRoche Inc