2020 American Transplant Congress
Epidemiology of EBV Infection and EBV Load Kinetics after Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation
National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous virus that infects more than 90% of adult population worldwide. EBV infection after pediatric liver transplantation (LT) accounts…2020 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Monitoring and PTLD Detection with B Cell Receptor Repertoire Analysis in a Large Prospective Pediatric Cohort
*Purpose: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) remains a serious problem in the pediatric transplant population. The Clinical Trials of Organ Transplantation in Children (CTOT-C)-06 is a…2020 American Transplant Congress
Patterns of Belatacept Use and Risk of Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) in US Kidney Transplant Recipients – Analysis of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Database
1United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), Richmond, VA, 2Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
*Purpose: Belatacept, a selective T-cell costimulation blocker, was approved in 2011 for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-seropositive kidney transplant recipients. PTLD…2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Epstein-barr Virus-Driven Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease Following Solid Organ Transplant or Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Treated with Tabelecleucel in an Expanded Access Program Study
*Purpose: There is a need for effective, well‑tolerated therapies in pts who develop Epstein-Barr virus-driven post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (EBV+ PTLD) after solid organ (SOT) or…2020 American Transplant Congress
Genome-Wide Analysis of Epstein Barr Virus Identifies Variations in the Latency Gene EBNA3C That Are Associated with Post Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
Stanford University Sch of Med, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Epstein Barr virus (EBV) is a gamma herpes virus that is associated with a variety of human malignancies including EBV+ B cell lymphomas in…2020 American Transplant Congress
Role of CAR-T Cell Therapy in Post Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
Transplant, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cells are a genetically modified autologous immunotherapy that uses a patient’s own T cells modified with a chimeric antigen…2020 American Transplant Congress
Valganciclovir for Epstein-Barr Virus Prevention after Pediatric Kidney Transplant
1Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
*Purpose: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection after pediatric kidney transplant (pKTx) is common and can lead to post transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD). Valganciclovir (VGN) is used…2020 American Transplant Congress
Vira-ome: A Tool for an Unbiased Plasma Virome Analysis of SOT Recipients from Cell-Free DNA Sequences
R&D, Viracor-Eurofins, Lee's Summit, MO
*Purpose: Blood virome of healthy individuals is frequently predominated by member of families such as Herpesvirus, Anellovirus and Polyomaviridae. The viral load of commensal species…2020 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Immunosuppression Protocol on the Incidence of EBV Viremia and PTLD in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience
1Pediatrics, USF, Tampa, FL, 2Transplant Surgery, TGH, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an immunosuppression protocol change, which included avoidance of anti-thymocyte globulin for induction and…2020 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Conversion is Safe and Effective in Adolescent and Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
Nephrology, Children's National Med. Ctr., Washington, DC
*Purpose: Though tacrolimus (TAC) is a cornerstone of maintenance immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients, some patients have significant side effects related to TAC. Conversion from…
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