2020 American Transplant Congress
Induction Therapy with Basiliximab versus Thymoglobulin in African-American Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Current Era of Immunosuppression
*Purpose: It is now common practice in the transplant community to select induction therapy on the basis of perceived immunological risk for acute rejection which…2020 American Transplant Congress
Black Patients with Cirrhosis Have Worse Liver-Related Outcomes: A Large Multicenter Study
*Purpose: Racial disparity is influential in liver cirrhosis. Estimates of its magnitude have been limited by lack of large, longitudinal data that track patients from…2020 American Transplant Congress
ESRD Risk Prediction for Black vs. White Related Living Kidney Donors
1Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2Chief Medical Officer, UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: We studied 25-year risk of post-donation ESRD in black (n=10,214) and white (n=45,700) first-degree related living kidney donors (RLKDs) who donated in the US…2019 American Transplant Congress
What’s in a High Dose? An Analysis of Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetic Parameters in Rapid Metabolizers
*Purpose: CYP3A5*1 expressers exhibit differences in immediate-release tacrolimus (IR-Tac) PK and require higher doses of IR-Tac to maintain therapeutic trough concentrations. LCP-Tacrolimus (LCPT) demonstrates a…2019 American Transplant Congress
Enhanced Advocacy and Health Systems Training through Patient Navigation Increases Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL
*Purpose: No living donation program has addressed transplant candidate factors by separating the advocacy role from the candidates while simultaneously addressing potential living donor concerns…2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Race and Substance Use on Listing Decisions for Kidney Transplant
*Purpose: Racial/ethnic minority patients face reduced access to kidney transplantation. We hypothesized that this disparity may be magnified if patients also have major psychosocial liabilities…2019 American Transplant Congress
Mitigating Racial and Gender Disparities in Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Impact of the Nation’s Longest Single-Center Kidney Chain
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Disparities in access to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) exist among minorities and women and may be partially explained by antigen sensitization secondary to…2019 American Transplant Congress
Reduction In Early Readmission In Kidney Recipients – Outcomes At One Year With Standardized Intensive Follow Up
Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute CCF, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients often experience frequent ED visits and high early hospital readmission (EHR) rates (within 30 days). We sought to decrease our preventable…2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Post-transplant Weight Gain In Inner-city Kidney Transplant Recipients (ktrs) Does Not Remit And Is Associated With Poor Food Quality, Stress And Anxiety.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Weight gain is a significant issue in the post-transplant period and can contribute to morbidity and development or worsening of diabetes and hypertension. Some…2019 American Transplant Congress
Variation in Racial Disparities in Liver Transplant Outcomes by Hospital Quality
Emory University, Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Black patients experience inferior outcomes after liver transplant (LTx). Studies of other outcomes have shown that disparities are partially attributable to variation in quality…
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