A Prospective Randomized Trial on Mycophenolate Mofetil in Risk Penetrating Keratoplasty

Summary

The purpose of this prospectively randomized multicentre study was to prove the efficacy and safety of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) to preventing graft rejection and improvement of clear graft survival following high-risk keratoplasty. The patients of the MMF group receive MMF orally 2x1 g daily for 6 months. Endpoints were immune reaction free and clear graft survival and the occurence of side-effects.

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• Results Reinhard T, Mayweg S, Sokolovska Y, Seitz B, Mittelviefhaus H, Engelmann K, Voiculescu A, Godehardt E, Sundmacher R. Systemic mycophenolate mofetil avoids immune reactions in penetrating high-risk keratoplasty: preliminary results of an ongoing prospectively randomized multicentre study. Transpl Int. 2005 Jun;18(6):703-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00126.x.
• Birnbaum F, Mayweg S, Reis A, Bohringer D, Seitz B, Engelmann K, Messmer EM, Reinhard T. Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) following penetrating high-risk keratoplasty: long-term results of a prospective, randomised, multicentre study. Eye (Lond). 2009 Nov;23(11):2063-70. doi: 10.1038/eye.2008.402. Epub 2009 Jan 16.

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