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Articles tagged "Immunosuppression"

  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Expanding the Living Donor Pool: Results of ABO Incompatible Living Related Kidney Transplantation

    T. Vowinkel,1 S. Reuter,2 C. Anthoni,1 N. Senninger,1 B. Suwelack,2 H. Wolters.1

    1Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany; 2Department of Medicine D, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.

    Background: Organ shortage has led to an increase in living related kidney transplantation. Here we report on our program of expanding the living donor pool…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Alloimmune Regulation and Long-Term Allograft Survival Induced by Short-Term Administration of Chinese Medicine Cornus Officinalis and Cuscuta Sinensis Lam

    Z. Dai, Y. Zeng, X. Liu, Z. Chuan.

    Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    Achieving long-term allograft survival or tolerance without continuously global immunosuppression is a highly desirable goal. This study is to induce long-term allograft survival without long-term…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Once-a-Day Administration of CNIs, mTOR and MMF Is Safe in De Novo Renal Transplant Recipients: 1-Year Results of a Pilot Study

    G. Spagnoletti, M. Salerno, E. Favi, J. Pedroso, J. Romagnoli, F. Citterio.

    Surgery - Renal Transplant Unit, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.

    Introduction. The half-lives of Tacrolimus, Everolimus, Cyclosporine and Mofetil Micofenolate (MMF) are respectively: 43, 30, 27 and 18 hours. Once-daily dosing of these drugs is…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    12-Month Athena Study: Everolimus Vs. Standard Regimen in De Novo Renal Transplant Recipients

    C. Sommerer,1 B. Suwelack,1 D. Dragun,1 I. Hauser,1 P. Schenker,1 D. Bäumer,2 B. Nashan,1 F. Thaiss.1

    1Athena Study Group, Germany; 2Novartis, Pharma, Germany.

    Background: Post-kidney transplant (KTx) long-term and full dose/standard calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) use is associated with an increased risk for malignancies, cardiovascular disease, and renal failure.…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Clinically Relevant Wound Events With Everolimus-Based Immunosuppressive Regimen: Post-Hoc Analysis from a Randomized Heart Transplant Study

    A. Zuckermann,1 M. Rinaldi,1 N. Yonan,1 S.-S. Wang,1 G. Dong,2 P. Lopez.2

    1For the A2309 Study Group, Vienna, Austria; 2Novartis, Basel, Switzerland.

    Purpose: In the A2310 (NCT00300274) heart transplant (HTx) study with everolimus (EVR) vs mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), information on a broad spectrum of potential wound healing…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    10 Year Experience Using a Steroid Free Three Drug Maintenance Immunosuppression Regimen for Pancreas Transplant Alone: Comparison of Induction With Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin +/- Rituximab

    J. Fridell,1 R. Mangus,1 J. Chen,2 M. Mujtaba,3 T. Taber,3 M. Goble,1 J. Powelson.1

    1Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; 2Pharmacy, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; 3Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.

    Graft survival following pancreas transplant alone (PTA) is inferior to other pancreas transplants. Steroid elimination is appealing, but a two drug maintenance strategy may be…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Everolimus on Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients: 12-Month Results from the ELEVATE Study

    M. van der Giet,1 H. Holdaas,1 J. de Fijter,1 A. Speziale,2 C. Escrig,2 G. Junge,2 Z. Wang,3 J. Cruzado.1

    1For the ELEVATE Study, Berlin, Germany; 2Novartis, Basel, Switzerland; 3Novartis Corporation, East Hannover, NJ.

    Background: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is common in kidney transplant recipients (KTxR) and has shown to be a risk factor for death and heart failure…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Plasmapheresis – A Previously Unrecognised Risk Factor for BK Viraemia

    E. Olayos,1 K. Barraclough,2 R. Walker,3 R. Masterson,2 H. Peter,2 C. Solomon.4

    1St Vincents Hospital, Fitroy, Victoria, Australia; 2Nephrology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; 3Nephrology, The Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia; 4Nephrology, Western Hospital, Footscray, Victoria, Australia.

    BK nephropathy is an important preventable cause of graft loss, with the only universally accepted risk factor being overall burden of immunosuppression. In the absence…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    De Novo Once-Daily Tacrolimus in Liver Transplantation: Long-Term Outcomes of a Single Center Cohort of 150 Patients

    M. Gastaca, A. Valdivieso, J. Bustamante, P. Ruiz, J. Fernandez, A. Ventoso, M. Testillano, I. Palomares, P. Salvador, M. Prieto, A. Matarranz, M. Suarez, J. Ortiz de Urbina.

    Liver Transplantation Unit, Cruces University Hospital. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain.

    Purpose: To describe the long-term safety and efficacy profile of de novo once-daily tacrolimus (Tac QD) in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT)Patients and methods: A retrospective…
  • 2015 American Transplant Congress

    Relative In Vitro Immunoregulatory Effects of Everolimus, Sirolimus, Tacrolimus, Mycophenolic Acid and Drug Combinations

    J. Mathew, X. Huang, J. Leventhal, L. Gallon, J. Miller, J. Levitsky.

    Surgery - Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

    Everolimus (EVL) is a modified form of the mTOR-inhibitor Sirolimus (SRL) and is used clinically in combination with Mycophenolate (MMF) and/or Tacrolimus (TAC). The purpose…
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