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Articles tagged "Immunosuppression"

  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Adding an Antimetabolite to a Calcineurin-Inhibitor-Based Immunosuppression Regimen Leads to Improved Native Renal Function After Liver Transplantation.

    A. Karim, D. Conway, G. Leverson, J. Mezrich, L. Fernandez, A. D'Alessandro, D. Foley.

    Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

    Background: Nephrotoxic side effects of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) have been well established. The addition of anti-metabolites (AM) to CNI-based immunosuppression (IS) regimens has been proposed…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    The UK ONE Study: Safety and Feasibility of Regulatory T Cell Therapy in Renal Transplantation.

    A. Bushell,1 J. van der Net,1,2 D. Game,3 R. Hilton,3 S. Thirkell,4 P. Friend,2 E. Geissler,5 K. Wood,1 P. Harden,2 G. Lombardi.4

    1Transplantation Research Immunology Group, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; 2Oxford Transplant Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom; 3Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom; 4Immunoregulation Laboratory, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom; 5Department of Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

    Introduction: The UK ONE Study trial investigates the safety and feasibility of regulatory T (Treg) cell therapy in renal transplantation.Materials and Methods: Eleven (9m;2f) living…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Influence of Lipid Levels on Cardiovascular Events After Early Conversion from Calcineurin Inhibitor to Everolimus: 24 M Analysis of the ELEVATE Study.

    M. van der Giet,1 J. de Fijter,1 F. Oppenheimer,1 L. Toselli,1 G. Russ,1 P. Lopez,2 J. Aguilar,2 P. Bernhardt,2 Z. Wang,3 J. Cruzado,1 H. Holdaas.1

    1ELEVATE study group, Berlin, Germany; 2Novartis pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland; 3Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, East Hanover, NJ.

    Background: Immunosuppressive therapies are probably the most important cause of hyperlipidemia post-renal transplantation (RTx). Lipid abnormalities represent important biomarkers for cardiovascular (CV) risk. Here, we…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Immediate Introduction of Everolimus Does Not Affect Wound Healing and Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients: 3-Months Results from NEVERWOUND Study.

    M. Carmellini,1 P. Todeschini,2 A. Secchi,3 S. Sandrini,4 E. Minetti,5 L. Furian,6 G. Spagnoletti,7 F. Pisani,8 G. Piredda,9 G. Cappelli,10 G. Tisone.11

    1AOU Senese, Siena, Italy; 2AOP S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy; 3Osp San Raffaele IRCCS, Milano, Italy; 4AO Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy; 5AOU Careggi, Firenze, Italy; 6AOU di Padova, Padova, Italy; 7PU A.Gemelli, Roma, Italy; 8POU S.Salvatore, L'Aquila, Italy; 9AO G.Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy; 10AOUP di Modena, Modena, Italy; 11Fondazione PU Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy.

    The NEVERWOUND study was designed to evaluate the impact of immediate vs. delayed introduction of everolimus (EVR) on wound healing complications (WHC) and delayed graft…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Rituximab Induction in Cardiac Transplantation Is Associated with Accelerated Coronary Artery Vasculopathy: CTOT11.

    A. Chandraker, J. Kobashigawa, J. Stehlik, M. Givertz, R. Pierson, S. Pinney, M. Joren, S. Nissen, I. Guleria, Y. Morrison, B. Armstrong, N. Bridges, M. Sayegh, R. Starling.

    On Behalf of the CTOT11 Consortium, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

    PurposeThe NIH-funded study CTOT11: Prevention of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Using Rituximab (RIT) Therapy in Cardiac Transplantation, was a randomized clinical trial in non-sensitized primary heart…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Learning from Cancer: Using D-Lactate for Therapeutic Immunosuppression.

    U. Beier,1 J. Jiao,1 H. Xiao,1 A. Angelin,2 D. Wallace,2 M. Levine,3 W. Hancock.4

    1Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; 3Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 4Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Univerisity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

    Accumulation of lactic acid in the tumor microenvironment contributes to local immunosuppressive conditions that weaken anti-tumor immunity. Lactic acid exists as L- and D- optical…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Long Term Outcome of Kidney Transplant Recipients Treated with Everolimus: Final 5-Years Results from the Certic Observational Study.

    L. Furian,1 L. Di Maria,2 G. Cappelli,3 M. Carmellini,4 G. Spagnoletti,5 G. Piredda,6 P. Todeschini,7 S. Chiaramonte,8 G. Tisone.9

    1AOU di Padova, Padova, Italy; 2AOU Careggi, Firenze, Italy; 3AOUP di Modena, Modena, Italy; 4AOU Senese, Siena, Italy; 5PU A.Gemelli, Roma, Italy; 6AO G.Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy; 7AOP S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy; 8PO S.Bortolo, Vicenza, Italy; 9Fondazione PU Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy.

    Everolimus is associated with long-term benefits, such as preserving renal function and reducing the incidence of infections, malignancies and major cardiovascular events (MACE). The Certic…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Prospective Randomized Study of a Steroid Free, Low Dose Tacrolimus with Everolimus Regimen in Kidney Transplant.

    A. Shetty, O. Traitanon, M. Ansari, J. Mathew, J. Leventhal, V. Mas, L. Gallon.

    Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; University of Virginia, Chicago, IL.

    Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) serve as the cornerstone of immunosuppression (IS) after kidney transplant. However chronic CNI nephrotoxicity has been implicated in allograft dysfunction. We hypothesize…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Gene Expression Profiling Score and the Risk of Infection in Heart Transplant Recipients.

    J. Teuteberg,1 D. Budge,2 M. Shullo,1 S. Hall,3 J. Kobashigawa.4

    1University of Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Intermountain Medical Center, South Lake City, UT; 3Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX; 4Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.

    Purpose: This study assessed the association of gene expression profiling (GEP, AlloMap®) score with infections in heart transplant recipients (HTR). Although a GEP score below…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Alemtuzumab Induction Allows Better Rejection Free Graft Survival in Comparison to Basiliximab Although with Increased Post Transplant Viral Infections.

    V. Siddagangaiah,1 H. Sharma,2 N. Lal,1 J. Rai,1 M. Howse,1 D. Ridgway,1 A. Sharma,1 A. Hammad,1 S. Mehra.1

    1Renal Transplant Surgery, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom; 2Transplant Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom.

    Introduction: 3C study concluded that in comparison to basiliximab, alemtuzumab induction reduces the risk of biopsy proven acute rejection (BPAR) in renal transplant recipients. In…
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