2022 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Infection Rate Between Steroid Withdrawal and Ongoing Maintenance Among Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Compare infection rates of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPK) recipients who continue maintenance steroids to those with steroid withdrawal post transplant.*Methods: This study is a…2022 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Elderly Black Renal Transplant Recipients Receiving Basiliximab Induction and Early Steroid Withdrawal
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Black renal transplant recipients (RTR) carry a higher risk of rejection (BPAR) and graft loss due to immunologic and non-immunologic factors. Lymphocyte depleting induction…2021 American Transplant Congress
Therapeutic Response of Late Clinical Cell Mediated Rejection is Modeled by Chronicity Changes
*Purpose: Although there is a tendency to treat late clinical TCMR, the responsiveness to steroids is unclear.*Methods: Among kidney transplant recipients, transplanted between Jan 2013…2021 American Transplant Congress
Immunosuppression and Cancer Risk in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
1McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) have an elevated risk of cancer. We sought to estimate to what extent does the immunosuppression regimen increase KTRs’ susceptibility…2021 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Insulin versus Oral Agents on Early Glycemic Control Following Kidney Transplant
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
*Purpose: Insulin therapy is commonly prescribed to treat hyperglycemia early post-kidney transplant (KTx) due to its widespread availability and ease of titration. Alternatively, there is…2021 American Transplant Congress
A Comparative Analysis of Kidney Allograft Outcomes in Steroid Use versus Steroid Discontinuation After Basiliximab Induction: Unos Data Base Study
*Purpose: Basiliximab is a monoclonal antibody produced by recombinant DNA technology used by many transplant centers in the U.S. as induction immunosuppression. When Basiliximab is…2020 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA is Not Influenced by Steroid Dosing in Heart Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: Gene expression profiling (GEP) was recognized as an alternative to biopsy for rejection surveillance in the 2010 International society for Heart and Lung Transplantation…2020 American Transplant Congress
Steroid Withdrawal and Lymphocyte Subsets in Graft Capillary Blood versus Peripheral Blood in Low Immunological Risk Kidney Transplant Patients: Randomized, Parallel Group, Controlled Clinical Trial
Regional University Hospital, Malaga, Spain
*Purpose: Whether steroid withdrawal can modulate the subclinical inflammatory response after a kidney transplant is unknown.*Methods: We undertook a controlled multicenter clinical trial involving 105…2020 American Transplant Congress
Maintenance Steroids in the Setting of Alemtuzumab Induction Post-Kidney Transplant Increases Risk of Infection and Hospital Readmission
Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
*Purpose: This study sought to assess the safety of steroid-containing maintenance immunosuppression in the setting of alemtuzumab (ALEM) induction.*Methods: Adult (>18 years) kidney transplant recipients…2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of 4 vs 14 Days Early Steroid Withdrawal in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: The optimal duration, as well as the dose of the initial steroid use, is not known as it varies widely among institutions that have…
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