2018 American Transplant Congress
Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics (PK) at Low, Medium, and High Trough Levels in Patients Converted from Twice-Daily Immediate-Release Tacrolimus (TacBID) to Once-Daily Extended-Release Tacrolimus (LCPT)
LCPT (Envarsus XR®) is a once-daily, extended-release formulation of tacrolimus which has demonstrated greater bioavailability and a smoother PK profile compared to TacBID. This post-hoc…2018 American Transplant Congress
Do We Need to Worry about EBV DNAemia in the Late Post-Transplant Period?
Background: Despite detectable Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in blood, kidney transplant patients (KTR) may have no apparent clinical consequence. This study aims to explore the clinical…2018 American Transplant Congress
BK Viremia in Simultaneous Kidney Pancreas Recipients: Single Center Experience
Introduction: The impact of BK viremia in recipients of simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation (SPK) is not well known. We therefore studied the incidence and…2018 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of De Novo Rapamune versus Everolimus Maintenance Immunosuppression; an Interim Analysis
General Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
This is a 1 year interim analysis of the results of a 3 year, single center, randomized, prospective, open-label study comparing the efficacy and tolerability…2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation and Cost Burden of Inappropriately Drawn Immunosuppression Trough Levels in the Acute Care Setting at an Academic Medical Center
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Trough drug levels in narrow therapeutic index medications, such as CNI and mTOR inhibitors are used to estimate total drug exposure. Inappropriately measured trough levels…2018 American Transplant Congress
12-Months Evolution of Anti-HLA Antibodies Donor Specific Antibodies after Rescue Switch from CNi-Based Immunosuppressive Regimen to Belatacept in Kidney Allograft Recipients
IntroductionAfter kidney transplantation, long-term immunosuppression with calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) or mTOR inhibitors (mTORi) leads to adverse effects, such as nephrotoxicity and proteinuria. Currently, available data…2018 American Transplant Congress
Effect and Reasons of Rescue Switch to Belatacept among 73 Calcineurin-Inhibitors Treated Kidney Allograft Recipients – A Three Years Retrospective Cohort, Single Center Study
IntroductionAfter kidney transplantation, long-term immunosuppression with calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) or mTOR inhibitors (mTORi) leads to adverse effects, such as nephrotoxicity and proteinuria. Currently, available data…2018 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Rejection and Antibody Formation after Immunosuppression Reduction in Patients with Biopsy Proven Polyomavirus Nephropathy
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence of rejection and donor specific antibody (DSA) formation after immunosuppression reduction in patients with biopsy…2018 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Classification of Immunosuppressant Medication Nonadherence Tool to Enable the Objective Measurement of Immunosuppressant Medication Nonadherence in Kidney Transplant Patients
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, London.
IntroductionKDIGO define nonadherence to immunosuppression as a 'deviation from the prescribed medication regimen sufficient to adversely influence the regimen's intended effect'. There is however, no…2018 American Transplant Congress
Polymorphisms of Nucleotide Factor of Activated T Cells Cytoplasmic 2 and 4 and the Risk of Acute Rejection Following Kidney Transplantation
Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Background: Acute rejection (AR) is a common complication of kidney transplantation. Nuclear factors of activated T cells (NFATs) are transcription factors involved in the activation…
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