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In order to assess whether cyclosporine (CsA) affects the endocrine and exocrine pancreas, 105 patient courses comprised of 87 living related donor (LRD) and 18 cadaver donor (CAD) transplants treated with cyclosporine and prednisolone (Pred) were compared with the results of historical controls of 170 LRD and 10 CAD transplants treated with azathioprine (Az) and Pred. All of the recipients were followed for over 6 months after transplantation. There were no differences in age, sex, Broca index, family history, and preoperative evaluation on diabetic dispositions between the two treatment groups. The incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) requiring insulin therapy was higher in CsA-treated recipients (18/105, 17.1%) than in Az-treated recipients (23/180, 12.8%; P less than 0.05), although both the daily Pred and cumulative doses of methylprednisolone (MP) at the onset of DM were significantly smaller in the CsA group than in the Az group (26.1 +/- 2.2 mg v 41.4 +/- 3.4 mg, P less than 0.01 and 3,086 +/- 626 mg v 7,133 +/- 1,129 mg, P less than 0.01, respectively). Diabetic patients with CsA showed higher levels of blood glucose (401 +/- 46 mg/dL), but lower amounts of urinary glucose (40 +/- 4.3 g/d) compared with patients treated with Az (239 +/- 31 mg/dL, and 61.4 +/- 4.6 g/d, respectively, P less than 0.05). In the CsA group, the onset of DM was related to high CsA plasma trough levels (greater than 350 ng/mL) in 23% of patients. Insulin could be withdrawn within 3 months in six of eight patients who had been converted from CsA to Az.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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