Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 126 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

2020 American Transplant Congress
Your Path to Transplant Tailored Education Increases Living Donation Transplant Actions and Wait-Listing Rates: Final Randomized Controlled Trial Findings
A. Waterman¹, Y. Cui², J. L. Beaumont², J. D. Peipert³, A. Paiva⁴, M. L. Robbins⁴
¹Transplant Research and Education Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁴Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
*Purpose: Tailoring education and behavior change interventions to address gaps in individual patients’ knowledge, readiness, and socio-economic challenges may help more end-stage kidney disease patients…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Prognostic Index of Circulating Tumor Cells for Tumor Recurrence in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Liver Transplantation
M. Chen¹, Z. Chen¹, X. Lin², W. Ju¹, X. He¹
¹Transplant Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Division of General Surgery, The Eastern Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) is an effective option for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and end-stage liver cirrhosis. However, organ shortage and tumor recurrence are the main…
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A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial (BEST Trial) of Belatacept-Based CNI- and Corticosteroid-Free Immunosuppression: Infectious Complications
P. West-Thielke¹, A. Shields², D. Kaufman³, J. Leone⁴, A. Wiseman⁵, A. Matas⁶, T. Sa⁷, E. King⁷, R. Alloway², S. Woodle²
¹University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, ²University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, IL, ⁴Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁵University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: The BEST Trial (Belatacept-based Early Steroid Withdrawal Trial) is a prospective, randomized, multi-center trial designed to compare two belatacept (BELA)-based calcineurin inhibitor-free (CNI), early…
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Care Processes and Structures Associated with Higher Medication Adherence: The Positive Adherence Study
A. Dabirzadeh¹, B. Foster¹, M. Dahhou¹, S. Mital²
¹Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: We aimed to identify care processes and structures that are independently associated with higher medication adherence among adolescent and young adult transplant recipients.*Methods: We…
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Trends in Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation in the United States over 30 Years
M. L. Samoylova¹, J. Yerxa¹, B. I. Shaw¹, S. Horslen², S. Jafri³, A. Mavis⁴, T. Schiano⁵, B. Summers⁶, A. S. Barbas¹, D. L. Sudan¹, M. C. Segovia⁴
¹Surgery, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ²Ped Gastroenterology, Seattle Childrens' Hospital, Seattle, WA, ³Gastroenterology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ⁴Gastroenterology, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC, ⁵Gastroenterology, Mt Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, ⁶Transplant Pharmacy, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: We describe trends in intestinal transplantation use and outcomes over time in the USA.*Methods: We use the cohort of intestinal and multivisceral transplants 1990-2019…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Treg-Lymphatic Interfaces: Unique Molecular Structures for Cell-Cell Interactions During Migration
C. M. Paluskievicz, W. Piao, Y. Xiong, J. S. Bromberg
U of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: To promote transplant tolerance, T regulatory cells (Treg) must enter the afferent lymphatic vasculature by migrating across lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs), and then home…
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Exposure to Tacrolimus Trough Levels Below 6ng/ml During the First Year is Associated with Inferior Kidney Graft Survival
T. Agur, B. Rozen-Zvi, R. Rahamimov
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
*Purpose: Accumulating data indicates that sub-therapeutic levels of calcineurin inhibitors are associated with long-term graft loss. However, while widely used tacrolimus (TAC) was shown to…
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Glomerular Filtration Rate Based on Cystatin C Provides the Best Prediction of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality Compared to Measured GFR and Creatinine Based GFR in Kidney Transplant Recipients
L. Galapia¹, J. Lieske², A. Rule², H. Amer², N. Zhang¹, D. Butterfield¹, M. Keddis¹
¹Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: GFR estimated by cystatin C (CysC) is a better predictor of cardiovascular (CV) events and mortality compared to eGFR by creatinine (Cr) in native…
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Predonation Hypertension and Early Postdonation Systolic Blood Pressure among Older Living Kidney Donors
F. Al Ammary¹, A. D. Muzaale², D. C. Brennan¹, D. L. Segev², A. B. Massie²
¹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: One mechanism underlying predonation hypertension in older (age≥50) living kidney donors is a reduced number of nephrons. The 50% nephron mass reduction associated with…
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Safety and Immunogenicity of Adjuvanted Recombinant Subunit Herpes Zoster Vaccine in Lung Transplant Recipients
C. Hirzel¹, V. H. Ferreira¹, A. G. L’Huillier¹, T. Ku¹, M. Ierullo¹, C. Miao², D. S. Schmid², J. Tikkanen¹, L. G. Singer¹, A. Humar¹, D. Kumar¹
¹University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²CDC, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: The new adjuvanted subunit recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV; Shingrix™) may have potential utility in transplant patients for the prevention of shingles, but there…