2019 American Transplant Congress

Sunday, June 2, 2019

5:30pm-5:42pm

Impact of Steroid-Free Protocol on Incidence of Posttransplantation Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter, Open-Label, Controlled Trial in Renal Transplant Recipients

J. Ekberg¹, S. Baid-Agrawal¹, B. Jespersen², R. Källén³, E. Rafael³, K. Skov², P. Lindnér¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney Immunosuppression: Novel Regimens and Drug Minimization I  •  Veterans Auditorium

Monday, June 3, 2019

8:30am-8:45am

Exogenous Erythropoietin Administration Promotes Murine Cardiac Allograft Survival via a Myeloid Cell-Dependent Mechanism

J. Horwitz, P. Cravedi, P. Heeger

Plenary Session II  •  Veterans Auditorium

8:45am-9:00am

Fifteen Year Outcomes in the Astellas Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Comparing Early Corticosteroid Withdrawal (CSWD) and Long-Term Corticosteroid Therapy Continuation (CCS) in Kidney Transplantation

E. Woodle¹, S. Clark², D. Stewart³, M. First⁴, R. Alloway⁵, J. Gill⁶, .. Split Rock Group⁷

Plenary Session II  •  Veterans Auditorium

9:00am-9:15am

Butyrate-Producing Gut Bacteria and Future Development of Viral Infections in Kidney Transplant Recipients

J. Lee¹, J. Huang¹, M. Magruder¹, L. Zhang¹, M. Lubetzky¹, D. Dadhania¹, E. Edusei¹, E. Pamer², M. Suthanthiran¹

Plenary Session II  •  Veterans Auditorium

2:30pm-2:42pm

A Comprehensive and Updated Analysis of Combined Heart-Kidney Transplants Utilizing the United Network for Organ Sharing Database

V. M. Lim¹, N. Khurmi¹, W. R. Hewitt, Jr.², A. K. Mathur², O. E. Pajaro³, D. E. Jaroszewski³, B. D. Gaitan¹

Concurrent Session: Donor and Recipient Selection in Heart Transplanation  •  Room 206

2:30pm-2:42pm

Bezlotoxumab for Prevention of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients at an Academic Medical Center

J. S. Kerr, N. Law, S. Aslam

Concurrent Session: Infectious Epidemiology  •  Room 304

2:30pm-2:42pm

CD46 Transgene Modification and Thrombosis in Neonatal Porcine Islet Xenotransplantation

M. Song, K. Samy, Q. Gao, R. P. Davis, F. Leopard, Z. Fitch, C. Bennett, G. R. Devi, B. H. Collins, A. D. Kirk

Concurrent Session: Xenotransplantation  •  Room 310

2:30pm-2:42pm

CEACAM1 – p38 Signaling Axis Alleviates Peri-Transplant Liver Injury: From Mouse-to-Human

H. Hirao¹, K. Nakamura¹, S. Kageyama¹, T. Ito¹, K. Kadono¹, M. Kujawski², K. J. Dery¹, R. A. Sosa¹, E. F. Reed¹, F. M. Kaldas¹, R. W. Busuttil¹, J. W. Kupiec‐Weglinski¹

Concurrent Session: Ischemia Reperfusion & Organ Rehabilition II  •  Room 313

2:30pm-2:42pm

Epitop Matching Predicts Immunization in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Allograft Failure Leading to Worse Outcomes

F. Halleck¹, M. Merkel¹, P. Bach², D. Schmidt¹, M. Niemann³, N. Lachmann⁴, K. Budde¹

Concurrent Session: Kidney Complications: Late Graft Failure II  •  Veterans Auditorium

2:30pm-2:42pm

External Validation of the DCD-N Score and a Linear Prediction Model to Identify Potential Candidates for Donation after Circulatory Death: A Nation-Wide Cohort Study

M. F. Nijhoff¹, R. A. Pol¹, M. Volbeda¹, A. M. Kotsopoulos², J. P. Sonneveld³, J. van Dongen⁴, W. F. Abdo⁵, V. Silderhuis⁶, C. Moers¹

Concurrent Session: Surgical Issues: All Organs  •  Room 208