2020 American Transplant Congress
Potential Cost-Savings Associated with ANG-3777 for the Treatment of Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation
*Purpose: We created a medical cost offset model based upon the results of a Phase 2, double-blind, randomized controlled trial of ANG-3777, a hepatocyte growth…2020 American Transplant Congress
The State of Interventional Clinical Trials in Solid Organ Transplant: Insights from a Systematic Analysis of Clinicaltrials.gov
*Purpose: The approach to immunosuppression after solid organ transplant has remained relatively unchanged for almost 20 years, despite the high prevalence of immunosuppression-related complications and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Assessing the Feasibility to Collect Organ Transplantation and Procurement Logistics Data
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: There has been increased focus on the logistics of organ transplantation. Stemming from recent policies designed to facilitate broader sharing. Reliable methods of assessing…2020 American Transplant Congress
What’s Lung Got to Do with It?: The Impact of the 2017 Lung Allocation Policy at a Single Organ Procurement Organization
LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
*Purpose: To describe the impact of the lung allocation change on a single organ procurement organization (OPO). The allocation change took place on 11/24/2017 and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Experience Using Low-Dose Antithymocycte Globulin for Induction Following Heart Transplant
Wake Forest Baptist Health System, Winston Salem, NC
*Purpose: The use of induction therapy after cardiac transplantation remains highly variable, not only in terms of which agent is used, but whether it is…2020 American Transplant Congress
Is Azathioprine the Right Choice in De Novo Lung Transplantation?
*Purpose: The antiproliferative of choice in lung transplantation (LT) remains controversial. Limited data exists on azathioprine (AZA) dose reductions or the conversion of AZA to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Bilateral Lung Transplantation Combined with Cardiac Correction in Treatment of Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Complicated with Eisenmenger Syndrome in Puerpera, a Feasible Strategy for Future?
*Purpose: Though pregnancy is not recommended for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in current guidelines, some patients do stick to parturition due to varies…2020 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Kidney Graft Function in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients is Associated with Pancreas Allograft Failure
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) is a common complication associated with significant untoward effects in kidney-alone transplantation. The incidence and outcomes following kidney delayed graft…2020 American Transplant Congress
Determination of Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 (PD1) by Flow Cytometry, a Possible Follow-Up Tool in Renal Transplantation of High Immune Risk
*Purpose: Introduction: Currently, the follow-up of patients remains to be the serum creatinine level, being highly specific, however, with little sensitivity to determine the occurrence…2020 American Transplant Congress
Perfusion Regulated Organ Therapeutics with Enhanced Controlled Testing (PROTECT): Novel Human Model to Mitigate Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Liver Transplant
Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Despite a global organ shortage, there is almost a 10% discard rate of ‘marginal donor livers’ (MDL), deemed unsuitable for transplantation due to the…
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