2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of 2007 CMS Conditions of Participation on High Risk Renal Transplantation: A Study of the United States Renal Data System
Division of Transplantation, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
BACKGROUND: On June 28, 2007, CMS introduced new Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Transplant Centers- the impact of these regulations on adult patients at high…2015 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Once-Daily, MeltDose® Tacrolimus (Envarsus® XR) Versus Twice-Daily Tacrolimus (Prograf®) in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipient Sub-Groups: A 2 Year Phase 3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Trial
Differences in tacrolimus (tac) metabolism are evident in certain populations; in particular, lower tac bioavailability has been shown in females and black kidney transplant recipients…2015 American Transplant Congress
Correlates and Consequences of Gout Among Living Kidney Donors
Background: Currently, the demographic correlates and consequences of gout in living kidney donors are understudied.Methods: We examined a novel database that linked national U.S. identifiers…2015 American Transplant Congress
Identification of Genetic Variants Associated With Variation of Tacrolimus Levels in African Americans Using GWAS
African American kidney transplant recipients (AA) have a higher incidence of allograft failure when compared to Caucasians. We have previously reported that tacrolimus troughs (TT)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Campath Induction With Triple Maintenance Therapy in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients: Less Infections But Worse Graft Survival
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
Introduction:African American (AA) kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are at a higher risk for worse clinical outcomes vs non-AA. Strategies to improve outcomes in AA KTR…2015 American Transplant Congress
APOL1 High-Risk Genotype in African American Live Kidney Donors Is Not Associated With Post-Donation Development of Hypertension and Kidney Disease
African Americans (AA) with two apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk alleles have more kidney disease than compared to those with one or zero risk alleles. A…2015 American Transplant Congress
Controlling for Socioeconomic Barriers Reduces Racial Disparities in Transplant Pursuit
Compared to White dialysis patients, Black patients experience more socioeconomic barriers (SEBs) including higher financial insecurity and worse health insurance. To examine how SEBs affect…2015 American Transplant Congress
Socioeconomic Determinants of Racial Disparities in Access to Preemptive Live Donor Kidney Transplantation
Racial/ethnic minorities have less access to preemptive live donor kidney transplantation (PLDKT) than whites. Our objective was to examine determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in PLDKTs…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Critical Analysis of the Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Socioeconomic status (SES) is a significant determinant of health outcomes and may be an important component of racial disparities in kidney transplantation (KTX). While the…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Role of Hemodialysis Social Networks in Transplantation: Five Year Follow Up of an Urban Hemodialysis Cohort
Nephrology, Hypertension, and Kidney Transplantation, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Background: Racial and socioeconomic disparities are well known barriers to kidney transplantation (KT), especially among minority populations. Emerging evidence suggests social networks exist within hemodialysis…
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