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In contrast, immunosuppression is considered to increase the risk of mortality, infection, and malignancy. We aimed to assess the evidence regarding superiority of early or late withdrawal of maintenance immunosuppression post renal transplant failure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A literature search of the PubMed, WOS, Ovid, and Scopus databases was conducted. Combined relative risks, (RRs), mean differences, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by using a random-effect model.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ten studies involving 1187 patients with kidney transplant failure\u00a0were included. No difference could be detected between patients with early withdrawal of \u00a0immunosuppressive drugs\u00a0(\u2264\u20093\u00a0months) or prolonged immunosuppressive treatment (&amp;gt;\u20093\u00a0months) regarding mortality (95% CI 0.91\u20132.28), panel reactive antibodies (PRAs) (95% CI \u2212\u20090.75\u201330.10), re-transplantation rate (95% CI 0.55\u20131.35), infectious episodes (95% CI 0.67, 1.17), cancer (95% CI 0.26\u20131.54), and graft nephrectomy (95% CI 0.82\u20131.63). Similarly, no difference was found between immunosuppressive drug withdrawal over\u2009&amp;lt;\u20096 or\u2009\u2265\u20096\u00a0months regarding mortality (95% CI 0.16, 2.89), re-transplantation rate (95% CI 0.85\u20131.55), cancer (95% CI 0.37\u20131.63), and allograft nephrectomy (95% CI 0.87\u20134.33).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prolonged maintenance immunosuppression post kidney transplant failure\u00a0is not associated with increased risk of mortality, infection, or malignancy, or reduced risk of sensitization or allograft nephrectomy compared with early withdrawal.<\/jats:p>\n                  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