Study protocol: a pilot study to determine the safety and efficacy of induction-therapy, de novo MPA and delayed mTOR-inhibition in liver transplant recipients with impaired renal function. PATRON-study.

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Published in BMC Nephrol on September 14, 2010

Authors

Andreas A Schnitzbauer1, Marcus N Scherer, Justine Rochon, Johannes Sothmann, Stefan A Farkas, Martin Loss, Edward K Geissler, Aiman Obed, Hans J Schlitt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Regensburg University Hospital, Regensburg, Germany. andreas.schnitzbauer@klinik.uni-r.de

Associated clinical trials:

CNI-free de Novo Protocol in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation With Renal Impairment (PATRON07) | NCT00604357

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