Everolimus in Combination With Cyclosporine Microemulsion in de Novo Renal Transplant Recipients

Inclusion Criteria: * Recipients of deceased, living unrelated, or non-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) identical living related donor renal transplant who actually have a viable kidney transplant at the time of randomization (within 24 hours of graft reperfusion) * The renal cold ischemic time must be \< 36 hours. * The age of the donor must be between 15 and 65 years. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are recipients of multiple organ transplants, including more than one kidney * Patients who have previously received an organ transplant which failed within one year * Patients with current panel reactive T-cell antibody titers of 50% or more * Patients who are recipients of A-B-O incompatible transplants or T-cell crossmatch positive transplant Other protocol-defined exclusion criteria may apply.