2017 American Transplant Congress
More Than Renal Function: Use of Belatacept to Improve Drug Toxicities.
Background: Data with belatacept has demonstrated that patients on de novo belatacept have better renal function and improved patient and graft survival seven years post-transplant.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Cyclosporine Effects on Blood Pressure Are Exaggerated in Pubertal Girls After Renal Transplantation.
Hypertension is a common problem after renal transplantation. We investigated potential contributing factors for high blood pressure (BP) in 336 pediatric transplant recipients from the…2017 American Transplant Congress
Graft-versus-Host Disease Following Deceased Donor Liver Transplant.
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
We reviewed our institutional experience with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). All OLT from 10/1/2013-10/1/2016 were reviewed. Five cases of GVHD were…2017 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Low-Dose Sirolimus versus Mycophenolate Mofetil in Combination with Extended-Release Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Previous studies reported that tacrolimus (TAC) with high-dose sirolimus (SRL) was associated with worse outcomes in kidney transplantation, compared to TAC with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF.).…2017 American Transplant Congress
Resumption of Standard Dose Immunosuppression Following Resolution of BK Viremia Does Not Lead to Viremia Recurrence.
Medicine, Nephrology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Introduction: Reduction of immunosuppression (IS) in response to BK viremia following kidney transplantation prevents the development of BK virus nephropathy, with no apparent increase in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Drug-Free Survival of Tiny Cynomolgus Islet Allografts.
Following upon highly beneficial effects observed with short-term alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) treatment in the marginally sized autologous cynomolgus islet transplant model, we are testing the…2017 American Transplant Congress
Successful Launch of an ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Program to Overcome the Shortage of Compatible Living Donors: Experience at a Single Center.
Introduction:ABO-incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplantation (KT) is being increasingly performed to overcome donor shortages. However, debate persists regarding the post-transplant outcomes of ABOi KT versus that…2017 American Transplant Congress
Antiretroviral Therapy Modification of HIV+ Patients Listed for Kidney Transplantation.
Introduction:HIV+ individuals can receive kidney transplant (KT) safely and effectively but face additional challenges from potential drug interactions between antiretroviral therapy (ART) and immunosuppression(IS). Little…2017 American Transplant Congress
Immunosuppressant Costs for Medicare Part D and Kidney Transplant Recipients Since the Introduction of Generic Formulations in an Incident Kidney Transplant Population.
Background: Substitution of generics (GEN) for brand name (BN) immunosuppressants (IS) has increased in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) since the introduction of GEN mycophenolate mofetil…2017 American Transplant Congress
Systemic Immunosuppression in the Setting of Ocular Surface Stem Cell Transplantation.
1University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; 2Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH
Purpose: To evaluate the success, tolerability, and side effects of systemic immunosuppression (SI) in patients undergoing ocular surface stem cell transplantation (OSST) under the SI…
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