Articles tagged "Immunosuppression"

2020 American Transplant Congress
CMV, EBV and BKV Viremia Rate Varied Depending on the Timing of Conversion to Belatacept (BLT)- from Calcineurin Inhibitor (CNI)-Based Immunosuppression and HLA-Sensitization (HS) Status in Kidney Transplant Patients (KTx Pts)
B. Shin, N. Ammerman, A. Vo, S. C. Jordan, M. Toyoda, S. Sethi
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Viral infections (VI) represent significant morbidity and mortality factors for KTx Pts. We previously showed more VI in BLT-treated Pts compared with CNI Pts…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Development and Cell Surface Testing of a Novel Nanofiber Technology for Targeted Delivery of Therapeutic Regulatory T Cells
J. M. Mathew¹, S. Lee², Y. Sambandam¹, L. A. Fraser², T. D. Clemons², A. Kolberg², J. He¹, L. C. Palmer², M. T. McClendon², Z. J. Zhang¹, J. R. Leventhal¹, S. I. Stupp², L. Gallon¹
¹Surgery -Transplant, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Regulatory CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ T cells (Tregs) have been shown to induce tolerance in transplantation models, and to be increased in their numbers in tolerant human…
2020 American Transplant Congress
2-Year Results of a Naturalistic Study of De Novo Extended-Release Tacrolimus Tablets vs. Tacrolimus Immediate-Release Capsules in Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Hagopian¹, S. January¹, N. Nesselhauf¹, K. Progar¹, T. Horwedel², R. Delos Santos³
¹Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saint Louis, MO, ²Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Cary, NC, ³Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: In December 2015, our center instituted a protocol change moving to de novo use of tacrolimus-XR (LCPT). The objective of this extension study is…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept versus Tacrolimus Combined with Antithymocyte Globulin in Kidney Transplantation
J. Goldman¹, A. Mitrokhin², B. Trivedi¹, V. Vidyasagar¹, N. Vadivel¹, N. Goes³, M. Hart¹
¹Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, ²SUNY, Brooklyn, NY, ³Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, CA
*Purpose: Belatacept (BELA) used for maintenance immunosuppression (IS) after kidney transplant (KT) shows similar graft and patient survival, but improved allograft function, despite more rejection…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Depletional Induction Improves Kidney Graft and Patient Survival in Recipients with a Previous Liver Transplant in the United States
S. M. Riad¹, N. Lim¹, S. Jackson², A. Matas³, J. Lake¹
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN, ³Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Induction choices for kidney-after-liver transplant recipients are variable. We examined the impact of kidney induction types on kidney graft and patient survival in liver…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Dual and Opposite Costimulatory Targeting with a Novel Hybrid Protein Effectively Prevents Renal Warm Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in a Rat Bilateral Kidney Model
J. Guiteras¹, L. De Ramon¹, E. Crespo¹, N. Bolaños¹, P. Fontova¹, M. Jarque¹, A. Torija¹, O. Bestard², J. Grinyó², J. Torras²
¹Experimental Nephrology, IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ²Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
*Purpose: Many studies showed the CTLA4 effectiveness in the inhibition of CD28-CD80/86 costimulatory pathway in transplant and autoimmune diseases. Furthermore, the PD1-PDL1/2 interaction has been…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Torque Teno Virus for Risk Stratification of Graft Rejection and Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Prospective Observational Trial
K. Doberer, G. Böhmig, E. Puchhammer, G. Bond
Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
*Purpose: The non-pathogenic and ubiquitous Torque Teno virus (TTV) is associated with immunosuppression in solid organ transplant recipients. This trial was designed to assess the…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Rejection, Infection, and Malignancy Outcomes in Elderly Liver Transplant Recipients Compared to a Younger Cohort
B. Almalki¹, K. Cunningham¹, C. D'Agostino¹, M. Kapugi¹, C. Kane¹, A. Novak¹, D. Ladner², J. Schulte¹
¹Department of Pharmacy, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Transplant Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Previous data has shown elderly liver transplant recipients (LTx) to be at a lower risk of acute rejection than younger recipients. As such, elderly…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Establishing an Induction Protocol for Long-Term Multilineage Mixed Chimerism in Rhesus Macaques
K. Bruestle¹, H. Sakai¹, F. Fredriksson¹, B. Piegari¹, D. Ekanayake-Alper¹, A. McLuckie², R. Ober², J. Weiner¹, A. Iuga³, S. M. Coley³, M. Sykes¹, A. Griesemer¹
¹Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Columbia University, New York City, NY, ²Institute for Comparative Medicine, Columbia University, New York City, NY, ³Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York City, NY
*Purpose: Mixed chimerism (MC) induction via non-myeloablative conditioning and bone marrow transplantation (BMT) induces tolerance to solid organs. Our standard MC induction protocol in cynomologous…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplant Predicts Immunosuppression Non-Adherence after Liver Transplantation
S. Deutsch-Link¹, E. Weinberg², M. McDougal³, L. Jones⁴, T. Bitterman², M. Serper²
¹Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴PCOM, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Patients with end-stage liver disease presenting for liver transplant (LT) evaluation have a high burden of psychosocial comorbidities. The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for…