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Articles tagged "Efficacy"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Effectiveness of Bezlotoxumab for Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infection among Transplant Recipients

    V. Bajrovic1, T. Johnson2, A. Howard2, L. Allen3, G. Barber2, K. Schwarz2, M. Huang3, M. Abidi1, E. Benamu3, P. Ramanan3, M. Miller4

    1Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, 2Department of Pharmacy, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 3Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 4Department of Pharmacy, University of Colorado, Denver, CO

    *Purpose: Clostridioides difficile is an urgent health threat associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Recipients of solid organ (SOT) and hematopoietic-cell transplantations (HCT) are at…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Organ and Tissue Donation Education for Transplant Patients Staying at a Transplant Hospitality House Leads to Successful Cornea Donation

    T. Giordano1, L. Suplee2, J. L. Weinstock3, R. D. Hasz4, H. M. Nathan5

    1Family Support Manager, Caregiver Lifeline Program, Gift of Life Family House, Philadelphia, PA, 2Director, Transplant Information Center, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, 3Vice President and General Counsel, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, 4Vice President of Clinical Services, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA, 5President and CEO, Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: A transplant hospitality house (THH) serving multiple transplant centers is directly connected to its region’s Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) and offers formal education to…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of DSA-Free Heart Allocation

    V. Patel1, M. Skeans2, T. Cascino1, R. Davies3, M. Colvin1

    1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, 3UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Currently, donation service area (DSA) is the first geographic unit for heart allocation, which creates discrepancies in access for high-urgency candidates. We studied the…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Rituximab Dose as Induction Therapy in ABO Incompatible Living Kidney Transplantation A Systemic Review and Network Meta Analysis

    S. Hwang1, W. Park2, K. Kim1, S. Lee1, J. Song1

    1Inha University, Incheon, Korea, Republic of, 2Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of

    *Purpose: ABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation (ABOILKT) has steadily become more widespread. However, the optimal immunosuppressive regimen for ABOILKT remains uncertain. We aimed to determine the…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Nursing Education on Organ Donation

    J. Yeh1, M. Corcoran2, M. Jarrett2, V. Nair1, L. Teperman1

    1Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, 2Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY

    *Purpose: Organ transplantation is the gold-standard for patients with end-stage organ disease. For organ donation to occur, potential donors need to be identified and referred…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Efficacy and Safety Outcomes by Donor Type in De Novo Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving Everolimus with Reduced-Dose Calcineurin Inhibitor: 24-Month Results from Transform

    S. Berger1, M. Bakr1, F. Bemelman1, R. Danguilan1, H. De Fijter1, D. Han1, M. Kim1, E. Mor1, A. Patel1, M. Hernandez Gutierrez2, A. Gawai2, Y. Watarai1

    1TRANSFORM Study Group, Basel, Switzerland, 2Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

    *Purpose: To assess the efficacy and safety outcomes in de novo renal transplant (RTx) recipients receiving everolimus with reduced-exposure calcineurin inhibitor (EVR+rCNI) versus mycophenolate with…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Incidence of Cytomegalovirus in Moderate Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Low Dose Valganciclovir

    T. Fallah1, A. Logan2, L. Beltran Garcia3, L. Bowman2

    1Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, 3Florida Kidney Physicians, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL

    *Purpose: Studies evaluating the efficacy of valganciclovir (VGC) at 450 mg daily versus 900 mg daily for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in kidney transplant…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Implementation of Novel Machine-Learning Techniques to Tailor Donornet® Organ Offers to Center and Surgeon Preference

    A. C. Perez-Ortiz, N. Elias

    Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: Real-time communication regarding organ placement is critical. For this purpose, UNOS launched DonorNet®, a computerized allocation algorithm, to aid and facilitate organ placement. However,…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    “Desens Light”: Single Center Experience Using Rituximab for High Immunologic Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients with Historic DSA

    A. Casillas-Abundis, A. Tambur, A. Shetty, C. D'Agostino, J. R. Leventhal

    Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of rituximab as induction therapy for pts undergoing kidney transplant (Tx) with historic DSA (hDSA) [Desens. Light].*Methods: 104 consecutive pts…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Blood Group Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease Due to Diabetes Kidney Disease

    J. Uchida1, A. Kosoku1, K. Kabei1, S. Nishide1, H. Shimada1, K. Maeda2, Y. Yoshikawa3, T. Iwai1, N. Kuwabara1, T. Naganuma1, N. Kumada4, Y. Takemoto1, T. Nakatani1

    1Urology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, 2Nursing, Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka, Japan, 3Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, 4Urology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Suita, Japan

    *Purpose: Diabetes is a growing public health problem, and diabetes kidney disease (DKD) is the most prevalent chronic kidney disease and the major cause of…
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