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Articles tagged "Highly-sensitized"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of HLAi Transplant in CPRA 98-100 after Desensitization: Single Center Experience

    A. Vo1, E. Huang1, M. Haas2, S. Williamson1, C. Meyers1, A. Peng1, R. Najjar1, S. Sethi1, N. Ammerman1, K. Lim1, M. Gillespie1, S. C. Jordan1

    1Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, 2Pathology, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: The new KAS implementation aimed at increasing equity in organ allocation for broadly sensitized (HS) patients. However, recent data shows that for the most…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Third and Fourth Kidney Re-Transplants: A 20-Year Single Centre Experience

    O. O. Okidi1, A. Hassan1, S. Bhutani1, A. Summers1, K. Poulton2, C. Fullwood1, D. VanDellen1, J. Worthington2, T. Augustine1

    1Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2Transplantation Laboratory, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: Re-transplantation may be associated with management dilemmas including repeat allocation of limited kidney allografts to same individuals in the face of an increasing waiting…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Anti-HLA IgM Antibodies are Unaffected by Imlifidase (IdeS) Treatment

    A. Runström1, R. Bockermann1, K. Sjöholm1, K. M. Roupé1, Å. Schiött1, L. Winstedt1, C. Kjellman1, T. Lorant2

    1Hansa Biopharma AB, Lund, Sweden, 2Section of Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

    *Purpose: The immunoglobulin G (IgG)-degrading cysteine protease, imlifidase (IdeS) is an IgG endopeptidase under development as a rapid desensitization treatment in kidney transplantation. Imlifidase is…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes of Post-Transplant Desensitization in High Immunological Risk Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients

    D. Kumar, C. Song, L. Kamal, I. Moinuddin, M. Levy, C. Bhati, A. King, P. Kimball, G. Gupta

    Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: The kidney allocation system (KAS) was changed in 2015 to increase access to transplants for highly sensitized patients. However, recent data suggests that even…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of the Safety and Tolerability of Clazakizumab® as a Desensitization Agent in Highly-HLA Sensitized ESRD Patients (NCT03380962): 12m Follow-Up

    A. A. Vo1, N. Ammerman1, E. Huang1, M. Toyoda2, S. Ge2, A. Peng1, R. Najjar1, S. Williamson1, C. Meyers1, S. Sethi1, K. Lim1, J. Choi1, S. C. Jordan1

    1Kidney Transplant, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, 2Transplant Immunology Laboratory, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: IL-6 mediates inflammation and activation of T-cells, B-cells & plasma cells. Thus, IL-6 may represent an important target for desensitization (DES). Here we report…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Infectious Complications in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients Undergoing Desensitization

    S. Sethi, R. Najjar, A. Peng, A. Vo, S. Jordan, E. Huang

    Cedars Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, CA

    *Purpose: Data is limited on the impact of desensitization on infectious complications in elderly kidney transplant (KT) recipients. We examined infectious complications in elderly KT…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Preformed Anti-HLA Donor-Specific Antibodies Immunological Risk Assessment: The Importance of HLA Antibody Locus-Specificity

    V. Jucaud1, A. Babu2, D. Briggs3, N. Krishnan4, D. Mitchell5, M. Everly1

    1Terasaki Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 2University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom, 3NHS Blood and Transplant, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 4University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom, 5University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: The screening of preformed donor-specific HLA antibodies (pfDSA) by single antigen bead assays has increased the complexity of pre-transplant patient risk stratification. We evaluated…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Feasibility and Limitations of Desensitization Therapy in Highly Sensitized Pediatric ESRD Patients: A Single-Center Experience

    J. Steggerda1, H. Pizzo2, X. Zhang3, J. Garrison2, I. Kim1, M. Haas4, A. Vo1, S. Jordan1, D. Puliyanda2

    1Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, West Hollywood, CA, 2Pediatric Nephrology, Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, West Hollywood, CA, 3HLA Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, West Hollywood, CA, 4Renal Pathology, Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, West Hollywood, CA

    *Purpose: There are a growing number of pediatric (peds) patients (pts) awaiting renal transplantation (tx) who are considered highly sensitized (HS). We report long-term outcomes…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Desensitization Strategies with Proteosome Inhibition and Costimulation Blockade on Xenoreactive Humoral Responses

    B. P. Lovasik1, A. J. Matar1, D. A. Faber1, D. V. Mathews1, C. P. Breeden1, S. C. Kim1, A. J. Tector2, A. B. Adams1

    1Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 2University of Miami, Miami, FL

    *Purpose: “Delayed” antibody-mediated xenograft rejection is the one of the most important obstacles to clinical application of pig organ xenografts. The aim of this study…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Risk Stratification in Antibody Incompatible Kidney Transplantation: Can Aggressive Rejection be Avoided?

    S. Punjala1, M. Ibrahim1, N. Vallant1, N. Kessaris1, O. Shaw2, N. Mamode1

    1Department of Nephrology, Renal Transplant and Urology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, 2Clinical Transplantation Laboratory, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

    *Purpose: Our experience in antibody incompatible kidney transplantation, and anecdotal reports, suggest that a specific form of rejection, which we term Early Aggressive Antibody Mediated…
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