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  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Assesment of a Novel Chronic Kidney Disease Educational and Goal Setting Tool among Liver Transplant Recipients

    R. Leek,1 J. Park,1 C. Koerschner,2 J. Mawby,3 J. Wright Nunes,4 C. Sonnenday,3 P. Sharma.2

    1College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 2Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 3Transplantation Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 4Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

    Background: Stage 4-5 chronic kidney disease(CKD) among liver transplant(LT) recipients is common and associated with diminished patient and graft outcomes. Our previous study showed that…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Occupational and Financial Outcomes of Directed and Non-Directed Living Liver Donors

    J. Steel, M. Dulovich, K. Kingsley, S. Ganesh, O. Ola, A. Lai, S. Shen, N. Zharichenko, S. Nawaz, A. Tevar, C. Hughes, A. Humar.

    Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

    Background: Few transplant centers accept directed and non-directed living liver donors. The aims of this study were to compare the occupational and financial outcomes of…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Treatment and Outcomes of Orthotopic Liver Transplant Patients Secondary to Hepatitis C Virus: A Single Center Experience

    T. Chen,1 M. Moaddab,1 B. Pierce,1 R. Ghobrial.2

    1Department of Pharmacy, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; 2Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.

    Background: Treatment of acute cellular rejection (ACR) in patients with orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) secondary to hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains a major challenge due…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Prostate Cancer Characteristics in Men on Immunosuppressive Medications

    M. Eltemamy, A. Elshafei, A. Salah, Y. Nyame, H. Arora, A. Wee, V. Krishnamurthi, S. Jones.

    Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.

    INTRODUCTION: To assess the prevalence of prostate cancer (PCa) in men receiving immunosuppressive medications undergoing transrectal ultrasound guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy.METHODS: A total of 468…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion in Liver and Kidney Transplantation of Extended Criteria Donors: A Phase-1 of Clinical Trial

    M. Ravaioli,1 V. De Pace,1 M. Cescon,1 M. Del Gaudio,1 V. R. Bertuzzo,1 A. Siniscalchi,1 A. D'Errico,2 G. Comai,2 G. La Manna,2 A. D. Pinna.1

    1General Surgery and Transplantation, University of Bologna Sant'Orsola - Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy; 2Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna Sant'Orsola- Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Emilia Romagna, Italy.

    In the field of liver (LT) and kidney transplantation (KT), extended criteria donors (ECD) offer an additional organ source that is more vulnerable for early…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Is Kidney Transplantation Safe in Patients over 71 Years Old?

    G. Andani, P. Tulissi, M. Gropuzzo, S. Crestani, C. Vallone, U. Baccarani, D. Montanaro, A. Risaliti.

    Department of Kidney & Liver Transplantation, ASUIUD, Udine, Italy.

    Introduction: Kidney transplantation in elderly patients is superior over dialysis as therapy for end stage renal disease (ESRD). We analyzed different parameters to evaluate patient…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    An Effective Tolerance Approach for Porcine Islet Xenotransplantation in Humanized Mice

    F. Lee,1 A. Dangi,1 M. Burnette,1 X. Zhang,1 B. Hering,2 X. Luo.1

    1Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; 2Diabetes/Endocrinology, Diabetes Institute, Minneapolis, MN.

    Purpose: Tolerance for pig-to-human islet transplantation could render a feasible and sustainable cure for T1D. We have previously described a triple therapy (TT) approach consisting…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Transplant Hospitals Increase Volumes and Acceptance Rates under the COIIN Project

    D. Klassen, H. Haskell, K. Sisaithong, M. McBride, R. Carrico, M. Curry.

    United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond.

    Introduction. Transplant center performance monitoring is based on one-year patient and graft survival. Through the OPTN contract with HRSA, UNOS created the Collaborative Innovation and…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    The THINKER Trial: Quality of Life Results at 6- and 12-Month Follow-Up among Hepatitis C-Negative Patients Who Received Kidney Transplants from Deceased Donors with Hepatitis C Infection

    V. Potluri, D. Goldberg, A. Peter, B. Emily, B. Roy, S. Deirdre, M. Levine, J. Trofe-Clark, M. Bleicher, S. Goral, A. Sicilia, S. Nazarian, R. Reddy, P. Porrett, P. Reese.

    Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

    Background: Short-term (6-month) data from the first 10 subjects in the pilot THINKER-1 trial (NCT02743897; funder: Merck) suggested that kidneys from HCV-infected donors could be…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Molecular Profiling of the Injury-Repair Response in Early Subclinical Inflammation

    M. Seifert, D. Della Manna, X. Liu, F. Rosenblum, M. Yanik, E. Yang, J. Pollock, R. Mannon.

    UAB School of Medicine, Birmingham.

    Purpose: Surveillance biopsies can detect subclinical T-cell mediated rejection (SC-TCMR) or subclinical borderline rejection (SC-B-TCMR) in kidney transplants with normal/stable creatinine. Some consider SC-B-TCMR to…
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