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. 2022 Mar 21;35:10239. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10239

TABLE 2.

RTR Immunosuppression Treatment on third vaccine Day Stratified by Antibody Response.

Immunosuppressive therapy Total cohort (N = 99) Negative (N = 14) Positive (N = 85) p value
 Tacrolimus, n (%) 87 (87.9) 12 (85.7) 75 (88.2) 0.79
 Tacrolimus daily dose (mg) on 3rd vaccine date [median (IQR)] 2 (1.5–3.0) 2.5 (1.5–3.0) 2 (2.0–3.0) 0.66
 Tacrolimus daily dose (mg) per weight (kg) on 3rd vaccine day [median (IQR)] 0.03 (0.02–0.04) 0.03 (0.01–0.04) 0.03 (0.02–0.04) 0.74
 Tacrolimus trough level 1M average before 3rd vaccine day (μg/L) [median (IQR)] 6.79 (5.6–7.7) 6.4 (5.8–7.6) 6.8 (5.4–7.9) 0.73
 Mycophenolic acid (MPA), n (%) 79 (76.8) 13 (92.9) 63 (74.1) 0.12
 MPA daily dose (mg) on 3rd vaccine date, [median (IQR)] 720 (360–720) 720 (360–720) 720 (0.0–720) 0.19
 MPA daily dose (mg) per weight (kg) on 3rd vaccine date, [median (IQR)] 7.7 (3.6–9.5) 8.2 (5.1–10.3) 7.4 (0.0–9.2) 0.25
 Prednisone, n (%) 74 (74.75) 10 (71.4) 64 (75.3) 0.76
 Prednisone daily dose (mg) on 3rd vaccine date, [median (IQR)] 5.0 (0.0–5.0) 5.0 (0.0–5.0) 5.0 (3.0–5.0) 0.58
 Prednisone daily dose (mg) per weight (kg) on 3rd vaccine date, [median (IQR)] 0.05 (0.00–0.07) 0.06 (0.00–0.06) 0.05 (0.03–0.07) 0.57
Immunosuppressive regimen
 Tacrolimus + MPA + prednisone, n (%) 45 (45.5) 7 (50) 38 (44.7) 0.71
 Tacrolimus + MPA, n (%) 22 (22.2) 4 (28.6) 18 (21.2) 0.54
 Tacrolimus + prednisone, n (%) 16 (16.2) 1 (7.1) 15 (17.6) 0.32
 Cyclosporine + MPA + prednisone, n (%) 5 (5.1) 1 (7.1) 4 (4.7) 0.7
 Tacrolimus + azathioprine, n (%) 2 (2.02) 0 (0) 2 (2.4) 0.56
 Tacrolimus + azathioprine + prednisone, n (%) 2 (2.02) 0 (0) 2 (2.4) 0.56
 mTORi (everolimus or sirolimus), n (%) 5 (5.1) 0 (0) 5 (5.9) 0.35

Abbreviations: MPA, mycophenolic acid; mTORi- mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor.