Developments in immunosuppression.

Curr Opin Organ Transplant

Transplant Laboratory, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.

Published: February 2021

Purpose Of Review: In this review, we discuss achievements in immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients published at last 18 months.

Recent Findings: Results of recent trials with everolimus in low-risk primary kidney transplant recipients suggest that lowTAC/EVR combination is noninferior and CMV and BKV viral infections are less frequent to standTAC/MPA. Iscalimab monoclonal antibody, which prevents CD40 to CD154 binding, has just recently entered phase II clinical studies in kidney transplantation. Eculizumab, anti-C5 monoclonal antobody was recently shown to improve outcomes in DSA+ living-donor kidney transplant recipients requiring pretransplant desensitization because of crossmatch positivity. Proximal complement C1 inhibition in patients with antibody-mediated rejection was studied in several phase I trials.

Summary: Recent knowledge creates a path towards future immunosuppression success in sensitized recipients and in those in high risk of viral infections or CNI nephrotoxicity.

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