- 2020 American Transplant Congress - Glecaprevir-Pibrentasvir Effect on Tacrolimus Troughs in Abdominal Transplant Recipients- The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH *Purpose: Glecaprevir-pibrentasvir (GP) is one of several pangenotypic therapies available for the treatment of hepatitis C. Historical use of ritonavir based hepatitis C therapies increased…
- 2019 American Transplant Congress - Clazakizumab (CLZ, Anti-IL-6 Antibody) and Tocilizumab (TCZ, Anti-IL-6 Receptor [r] Antibody) Treatments Differentially Affect IL-6/IL-6R Signaling by Modulating Soluble IL-6R (sIL-6R) and gp130 (sgp130) in Kidney Transplant Patients (KTx Pts) Treated for Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection (cABMR)- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA *Purpose: We have reported successful use of TCZ for cABMR treatment in HLA-sensitized KTx Pts. CLZ is 3-120 times more potent than TCZ in IL-6/IL-6R…
- 2019 American Transplant Congress - Intravenous Immunoglobulin Significantly Reduces Bioavailability of Concomitantly Administered Anti-C5 Monoclonal Antibodies*Purpose: Awareness of drug-drug interactions is critical in management of organ transplant recipients. However, there is little understanding of the possibility of biologic agents interfering…
- 2019 American Transplant Congress - Two-Year, Single Center, Retrospective Review of Herbal Supplement Use in Living Kidney Donors*Purpose: Herbal supplement use in the evaluation phase of live kidney donors (LKD) poses challenges to providers. No formal management guidelines exist. Herbal supplements can…
- 2019 American Transplant Congress - A Novel Apparatus Mimicking Hypertensive Kidney With Primary Cultured Human Kidney Cells Using Rotational Force: Application To In Vitro Drug Screening In Kidney Transplant Recipients*Purpose: Cell culture is an essential part of the development for various medical technologies such as identifying the cause of the disease and developing new…
- 2019 American Transplant Congress - The Safety Of Adjuvant Chemotherapy In Kidney Transplant Patients With Urothelial Carcinoma- Capital Medical University,Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China *Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the safety of adjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine plus cisplatin in kidney transplant patients with urothelial…
- 2019 American Transplant Congress - A Retrospective Matched Case-Control Study of Medical and Psychiatric Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Bipolar Disorder*Purpose: Management of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) with bipolar disorder (BD) is complicated by risk factors for non-adherence, complex medication regimens and limited published guidance.…
- 2019 American Transplant Congress - Use of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Type 2 Diabetes*Purpose: GLP-1 receptor agonists have been shown to improve glucose control and diabetes-related comorbidities, including obesity, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease, in non-transplant patients.…
- 2019 American Transplant Congress - Clinical Utility of a Pharmacogenomic Testing Tool among Kidney Transplant Recipients- Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT *Purpose: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for tacrolimus (Tac) is the cornerstone of clinical workflow in the transplant clinic. We report on the clinical implementation of,…
- 2019 American Transplant Congress - CURATE.AI: Personalized Liver Transplant Tacrolimus Dosing*Purpose: Transplant immunosuppressive regimens include multiple drugs with varying pharmacokinetics, metabolic pathways, and drug-drug interactions. This study aimed to use CURATE.AI, an artificial intelligence platform,…
