2016 American Transplant Congress

Monday, June 13, 2016

8:30am-8:45am

Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir (LDV/SOF) for 12 or 24 Weeks Is Safe and Effective in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Chronic Genotype 1 or 4 HCV Infection.

S. Pol,¹ A. Aghemo,² L. Lin,³ R. Hyland,³ C. Yun,³ J. Spellman,³ M. Natha,³ D. Brainard,³ J. McHutchison,³ M. Bourlière,⁴ M. Peck-Radosavljevic,⁶ M. Michael,⁵ M. Colombo.²

Joint Plenary Session II  •  Veterans Auditorium

8:45am-9:00am

Regulatory T Cell Infusion Can Enhance Memory T Cell and Alloantibody Responses in Lymphodepleted Nonhuman Primate Heart Allograft Recipients.

M. Ezzelarab,¹ H. Zhang,¹ L. Lu,¹ H. Guo,¹ A. Zahorchak,¹ R. Wiseman,² M. Nalesnik,³ J. Bhama,¹ D. Cooper,¹ A. Thomson.^1,4

Joint Plenary Session II  •  Veterans Auditorium

9:00am-9:15am

Impact on Renal Function of Stepwise Withdrawal of Tacrolimus Combined with Everolimus and EC-MPS vs Standard Treatment Combining Tacrolimus and EC-MPS in De Novo Liver Transplant Recipients: Results of the SIMCER Study.

F. Saliba,¹ C. Duvoux,² S. Dharancy,³ J. Dumortier,⁴ Y. Calmus,⁵ F. Di Giambattista,⁶ F. Conti.⁵

Joint Plenary Session II  •  Veterans Auditorium

9:15am-9:30am

Prevalence of Polyreactive Innate-Like B Cells Among Graft-Infiltrating B Cells in Human Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy.

D. Chatterjee,¹ C. Moore,² B. Gao,³ K. Clerkin,¹ S. See,¹ D. Shaked,¹ K. Rogers,¹ S. Nunez,¹ Y. Veras,¹ L. Addonizio,¹ M. Givertz,⁴ Y. Naka,¹ D. Mancini,¹ R. Vasilescu,⁵ C. Marboe,⁵ S. Restaino,¹ J. Madsen,² E. Zorn.¹

Joint Plenary Session II  •  Veterans Auditorium

2:30pm-2:42pm

Early Post-Transplant Immunosuppression (IS) Withdrawal – Final Outcomes of the ITN030ST AWISH Study.

A. Shaked,¹ S. Feng,² J. Punch,³ J. Reyes,⁴ J. Levitsky,⁵ G. Klintmalm,⁶ H. Kopetskie,⁷ M. DesMarais,² A. Priore,⁸ N. Bridges,⁸ P. Sayre.²

Concurrent Session: Clinical Science: Tolerance: Clinical Studies  •  Room 304

2:30pm-2:42pm

Evaluation of a Novel Global Immunity Assay to Predict Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients.

M. Mian, A. Humar, S. Keshwani, S. Husain, P. Ashton, S. Han, L. Singer, J. Kim, E. Renner, M. Bhat, D. Kumar.

Concurrent Session: Various Viruses, Vaccines, and SOT  •  Room 306

2:30pm-2:42pm

Foxp3 Controls Oxidative Phosphorylation in Regulatory T Cells.

U. Beier,¹ A. Angelin,² J. Jiao,¹ H. Xiao,¹ L. Wang,³ S. Dahiya,³ A. Wells,³ D. Wallace,² W. Hancock.³

Concurrent Session: Regulatory T Cells: Animal Models  •  Room 309

2:30pm-2:42pm

Implementation of Telehealth Is Associated with Improved Timeliness of Kidney Transplant Waitlist Evaluation at a VA Center.

R. Forbes,^1,2 K. Kummerow Broman,^1,2 T. Johnson,² D. Rybacki,² M. Hagemann,² A. Hannah-Gillis,² I. Feurer,¹ D. Hale.^1,2

Concurrent Session: Novel Predictors of Outcome, Big Data and Technology  •  Room 302

2:30pm-2:42pm

Live Donor Liver Transplantation for NASH: The Toronto Experience.

A. Barbas, N. Goldaracena, M. Dib, M. Marquez, G. Sapisochin, D. Al-Adra, I. McGilvray, M. Cattral, P. Greig, D. Grant.

Concurrent Session: Living Donor Liver Transplantation  •  Room 210

2:30pm-2:42pm

Mining the Human Proteome for Monitoring Renal Transplant Injury.

T. Sigdel,¹ Y. Gao,² J. He,² A. Wang,¹ C. Nicora,² D. Smith,² W. Qian,² D. Camp,² M. Sarwal.¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney Immune Monitoring 2  •  Ballroom C