To assess equivalence in the rates of functional graft survival at 12 months after transplantation in patients receiving continuous therapy with cyclosporine (CsA, Sandimmune, Neoral) and sirolimus versus induction with CsA and sirolimus followed by CsA elimination and concentration-controlled sirolimus.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
408
Equivalence of graft survival at month 12
Renal function; biopsy-confirmed acute rejection, grade of acute rejection; subject and graft survival; incidence of infection, malignancy, treatment failure, and of chronic rejection as determined by protocol biopsies; quality of life.
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