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2021 American Transplant Congress
Right Kidneys and Kidneys with Complex Anatomy are More Likely to be Transplanted to the Waiting List in a National Kidney Paired Donation Program
N. Osbun¹, A. Thomas², A. Waterman³, J. Veale¹, D. Segev², D. Leeser⁴
¹Urology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: In the era of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, there is a preference for left kidneys with a single renal artery. In paired exchange, the receiving…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Daratumumab (Dara, Humanized Anti-CD38 Monoclonal Antibody) on Immune Cells In Vitro and in a HLA-Sensitized Kidney Transplant Patient (HS KTx Pt) Desensitized (DES) with Dara
S. Ge¹, M. Chu¹, A. De Guzman¹, E. Ortiz¹, A. Vo², N. Ammerman², S. C. Jordan², M. Toyoda¹
¹Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Antibody-Mediated Rejection (ABMR), primarily mediated by B cells, plasma cells (PC) and antibodies (Ab), is an obstacle for successful transplantation in HS KTx Pts.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Additional Value to Participation in a National Paired Kidney Exchange Program: Exploring Characteristics of Chain End Living Donors and Waitlist Recipients
N. Osbun¹, A. Thomas², M. Cooper³, S. Flechner⁴, D. Segev², J. Veale¹
¹Urology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington DC, DC, ⁴Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Non-directed kidney donors can initiate living donor chains that end to patients on the deceased donor waitlist. While many studies of paired exchange practices…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Infectious Complications After Belatacept Conversion in Kidney Transplant
J. E. Marvin¹, D. Amenyedor¹, M. M. Azar², K. Belfield¹, V. Do¹, R. Formica³, E. Cohen¹
¹Pharmacy, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, ²Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ³Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: Tacrolimus (tac), a calcineurin inhibitor, is associated with multiple adverse effects when used for immunosuppression following kidney transplant (KT). Belatacept (bela) is a monoclonal…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Donor Risk Index: Significance as a Predictor of Kidney Transplant Outcomes Beyond Allograft Survival, Analysis of 18 Adjusted Regression Models Involving Adult Deceased Donor Kidney Recipients
A. Santos, E. Bueno, M. A. Leghrouz
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
*Purpose: We aimed to study the role of kidney donor recipient index (KDRI) as a predictor for multiple transplant-related outcomes in adult deceased-donor (DD) kidney…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Oxalate Nephropathy After Kidney Transplant: Defining Histological Patterns, Contributing Factors and Graft Outcome
N. Jakob¹, A. Chuu¹, J. Ninan¹, E. Lim¹, N. Zhang¹, H. Amer², F. Cosio², H. Wadei³, M. Ryan¹, C. Cortese³, L. Cornell², M. Keddis¹
¹Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ²Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: The objective of this study is to evaluate KTx recipients with biopsy proven oxalate nephropathy (ON) to better define risk factors, histologic patterns and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Worsening Impact of Acute Kidney Rejection on Long Term Graft Survival from 2000 to 2014
D. Leeser¹, W. Irish¹, K. Ravindra², V. Villani², A. Connor², J. Tuttle¹
¹Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, ²Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Acute rejection (AR) has been shown to impact graft survival after kidney transplant (KTx), however there is limited data on its impact on long…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients With Sickle Cell Disease: An Analysis of the 2000-2019 UNOS/OPTN Database
N. Leeaphorn¹, C. Thongprayoon², C. Jadlowiec³, A. Chewcharat⁴, P. Hansrivijit⁵, S. Katari¹, P. Vaitla⁶, L. Cummings¹, M. Cooper⁷, W. Cheungpasitporn²
¹Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, ⁵University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pinnacle, Harrisburg, PA, ⁶University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ⁷Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Lower patient survival has been observed in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients who go on to receive a kidney transplant. This study aimed to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Economic and Clinical Benefit of Cmv Matching in Kidney Transplantation
D. Axelrod¹, S. Chang², A. Olyaei³, D. Malinoski³, D. Norman³, K. Lentine⁴, M. Schnitzler⁴, D. Segev⁵, J. Lockridge³
¹Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²Washington Univ, Seattle, WA, ³Oregon Health Sciences Univ, Portland, OR, ⁴Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO, ⁵Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Recently, kidney transplant (KTx) centers in Oregon collaborated to preferentially allocate cytomegalovirus-seronegative (CMV D-) kidneys to seronegative recipients (CMV R-), successfully reducing high-risk CMV…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Delayed Graft Function on Early versus Late Mortality Following Kidney Transplantation
W. Irish¹, Y. Fu², D. B. Leeser¹, K. V. Ravindra³, C. Haisch¹, J. Tuttle¹
¹Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, ²Mathematics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, ³Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) is associated with increased risk of long-term graft survival but it’s impact on patient survival has not been studied. Using…