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. 2020 Aug 16;22(6):e13427. doi: 10.1111/tid.13427

Table 2.

Summary of available immunosuppressant therapies

Baseline treatment frequency (%) Treatment changes after COVID‐19 infection Newly prescribed (number of reported cases)
Total available Cases = 325 Not Changed** Decreased or discontinued** Increased**
Glucocorticoids 204 (62.8%) 113/145 (77.9%) 6/145 (4.1%) 26/145 (17.9%) 21
Antimetabolites
Mycophenolate mofetil 227 (69.8%) 33/210 (15.7%) 177/210 (84.3%) 0/210 (0%) 0
Azathioprine or Mizoribine 11 (3.4%)
Calcineurin inhibitors 289 (88.9%) 139/256 (54.3%) 116/256 (45.3%) 1/256 (0.4%) 3
Immunoglobulin‐based therapies 7 (2.1%) 2/2 (100%) 0/2 (0%) 0/2 (0%) 41
mTOR Inhibitor 22 (6.8%) 2/18 (11.1%) 16/18 (88.9%) 0/18 (0%) 0
Cept (TNF Inhibitor—Belatacept) 6 (1.8%) Data are only available about one discontinued case
**

Number of cases with the change status/total case under the regimen as their baseline treatment (with pre‐ and post‐COVID‐19 infection available data).