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2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of High-Risk EBV Discordance Status on Survival Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Multivariable Analysis
A. Dinesh¹, S. Jackson², T. L. Pruett¹, S. Riad³
¹Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Biostatistics, Analytics Consulting Services- Solid Organ Transplant, M Health Fairview, Minneapolis, MN, ³Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: High-risk EBV discordance has been linked to Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) after kidney transplantation; however, the impact on recipient and graft survival is under-reported.…
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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…
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De-novo Use Comparison Between Extended-release Once-daily Tacrolimus (Envarsus Xr®) and Immediate-release Twice-daily Tacrolimus (Prograf®) – A Single Center’s Experience
N. Singh¹, T. Le¹, M. S. Naseer¹, S. Asmil¹, A. Palermini¹, A. Qamar¹, R. Chand¹, S. Tandukar¹, D. Aultman², H. Shokouh-Amiri², G. Zibari²
¹Transplant, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Medical Center, Shreveport, LA, ²Advanced Surgery, John C. McDonald Regional Transplant Center - Willis Knighton Medical Center, Shreveport, LA
*Purpose: Envarsus XR® is approved for de-novo use post-kidney transplantation at a higher starting dose (0.14mg/kg/day) as compared with Prograf® (0.1 mg/kg/day) despite better bioavailability.…
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Desensitization Using Clazakizumab® (anti-il-6) in Highly-hla Sensitized Patients Awaiting Kidney Transplant (nct03380962)
A. A. Vo¹, N. Ammerman¹, E. Huang¹, M. Toyoda², S. Ge², A. Peng¹, R. Najjar¹, S. Sethi¹, S. Williamson¹, C. Myers¹, K. Lim¹, M. Gillespie¹, S. Jordan¹
¹Kidney Transplant, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, ²Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: IL-6 is a critical cytokine for plasma cell IgG production. Clazakizumab (CSL Behring LLC) is a humanized monoclonal aimed at the cytokine IL-6. Here…
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Kidney Paired Exchange in Children in the United-states
J. Hogan¹, A. G. Thomas², J. Verbesey³, D. L. Segev⁴
¹Transplant Research Center, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Department of Surgery, Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC, ⁴Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Kidney paired exchange (KPE) plays an increasing role in the landscape of adult living donor transplant (LDTx) in the US. LDTx is the treatment…
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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…
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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.…
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Cyp3a5 Extensive Metabolizer Phenotype May be Associated with an Increase in Class 2 Donor Specific Antibodies and Antibody-Mediated Rejection
S. Mirza¹, N. Wilson², J. Van Zyl², P. Nguyen², T. Sam², S. Hall², M. Askar², R. Patel²
¹Texas Tech Univeristy Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Dallas, TX, ²Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Tacrolimus (TAC) metabolism is highly dependent on CYP3A5, yet there is limited data on the effect of CYP3A5 genetic polymorphisms in heart transplant recipients…
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Pregnancy Outcomes in 108 Heart Transplant Recipients
L. A. Coscia¹, A. Yusuf¹, S. Rao², S. Constantinescu³, M. J. Moritz⁴
¹Transplant Pregnancy Registry International, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Virginia Heath System, Charlottesville, VA, ³Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe 185 pregnancies in 108 heart transplant recipients.*Methods: Data regarding conceptions occurring between June 1987 and Dec…
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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…