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Articles tagged "Immunosuppression"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Role of Preformed IgM Donor Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) Specific Antibodies in HLA Incompatible Renal Transplantation.

    A. Andreou, A. Babu, T. Barber, R. Higgins, D. Briggs, D. Mitchell, N. Khovanova, T. Shaikhina, S. Daga.

    Renal, University Hospitals Coventry and Wawickshire, Coventry, United Kingdom; Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom; School of Mathematics and Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.

    Introduction: Pre-transplant IgG antibody screening is common due to its established role of predicting rejection and graft survival; the role of pre-formed IgM human leukocyte…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Donor-Specific Antibodies in a Single-Center Pediatric Kidney Transplant Population – Incidence and Risk Factors.

    M. Bock,1 L. Starkey,1 C. Buchanan,2 E. Steinberg,2 A. Sikora,2 K. McKinnon,2 M. Wachs,2 J. Goebel.1

    1Transplant Surgery, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO; 2Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO.

    In mid-2015, we implemented donor-specific antibody (DSA) monitoring in our pediatric kidney transplant recipient (pKTR) population as recommended (Transplantation 2013;95:19-). We now cross-sectionally analyzed our…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Pulse Wave Velocity Amongst African-American Kidney Transplant Recipients Randomized to Once-Daily MeltDose Tacrolimus Tablets (Envarsus XR) vs. Traditional Twice-Daily Tacrolimus Capsules: Exploratory Results from a Phase III Trial.

    J. Trofe-Clark,1,2 R. Townsend,2 R. Neubauer,2 M. Lim,2 L. Callahan,3 R. Bloom.2

    1Pharmacy Services, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 3Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Edison, NJ.

    Cardiovascular (CV) death is a leading cause of death in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). Increased aortic arterial stiffness is strongly associated with the development of…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Variation in Co-Medication Use According to Kidney Transplant Immunosuppressive Regimen: Application of Integrated Registry and Pharmacy Claims Data.

    K. Lentine,1 A. Naik,2 M. Schnitzler,1 D. Axelrod,3 J. Chen,1 D. Brennan,4 D. Segev,5 B. Kasiske,6 H. Randall,1 V. Dharnidharka.4

    1Saint Louis Univ, St. Louis; 2Univ Michigan, Detroit; 3Dartmouth Univ, Hanover; 4Washington Univ, St. Louis; 5Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore; 6Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis.

    Background: While modern immunosuppressive therapies (ISx) have substantially reduced acute rejection, ISx medications have many side effects, and transplant recipients must take an array of…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Efficacy and Renal Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Tacrolimus (TAC)-Based Immunosuppressive Regimens in Combination with Everolimus (EVR) versus Mycophenolate (MPA).

    A. Brigido, H. Tedesco, C. Felipe, M. Cristelli, M. Franco, J. Medina-Pestana.

    Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    Acute rejection and renal function are associated with long-term renal allograft survival. We evaluated these outcomes in patients receiving reduced TAC exposure combined with EVR…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Impact on Renal Function of Stepwise Withdrawal of Tacrolimus Combined with Everolimus and EC-MPS vs Standard Treatment Combining Tacrolimus and EC-MPS in De Novo Liver Transplant Recipients: Results of the SIMCER Study.

    F. Saliba,1 C. Duvoux,2 S. Dharancy,3 J. Dumortier,4 Y. Calmus,5 F. Di Giambattista,6 F. Conti.5

    1Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France; 2Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France; 3Hôpital Claude Huriez, Lille, France; 4Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France; 5Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France; 6Novartis Pharma SAS, Rueil-Malmaison, France.

    Introduction: Long-term post-liver transplant (LTx) complications, particularly impaired renal function (RF) and its consequences, remain a concern. Presented here are the results of the SIMCER…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    CD57+ CD4 T Cells Persist in the Periphery Following Kidney Transplantation.

    J. Espinosa,1,2 L. Stempora,1 R. Townsend,3 A. Kirk.1

    1Duke University, Durham; 2Emory University, Atlanta; 3Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Princeton.

    Purpose: We have shown that CD57+PD1- CD4 T cells play a role in belatacept-resistant rejection, but their mechanism of action is incompletely defined. Potential mechanisms…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Assessing the Role of Everolimus in Reducing Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Patients within UCSF Criteria: Re-Inventing the Role of Mammalian Target of Rapamycine Inhibitors.

    L.-B. Jeng, A. Thorat, H.-R. Yang, T.-H. Chen, S.-C. Hsu.

    Organ Transplantation, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.

    The antineoplastic effects of everolimus(EVR) in adjuvant to its conventional immunosuppressive role in post-transplant setting can theoretically reduce the tumor recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)patients undergoing…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Quadruple Induction Regimen with Basiliximab, Everolimus, Mycophenolate and Very Low Dose Tacrolimus Improves Graft Function without Increase in the Incidence of Microvascular Inflammation or De Novo Donor Specific Antibody Compared to the Standard Triple Regimen.

    M. Miura, H. Higashiyama.

    Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation Surgery, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.

    Objectives: Nephrotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) in kidney allografts has been a significant problem even with low exposure regimens. On the other hand, CNI-free regimen…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Benefit of Mycophenolate Mofetile Addition to Very Low Exposure Everolimus and Calcineurine Inhibitor Based Immunosuppression in De Novo Kidney Transplantation with 2 Years Follow-Up.

    Y. Watarai,1 M. Okada,1 K. Futamura,1 T. Nagai,1 T. Yamamoto,1 M. Tsujita,1 T. Hiramitsu,1 N. Goto,1 S. Narumi,1 T. Kobayashi.2

    1Transplant Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; 2Kidney Transplant Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

    Purpose: Prospective randomized study of MMF addition to everolimus (EVR) based immunosuppression in order to further reduction of EVR and CNI was evaluated in clinical…
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