Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2020 American Transplant Congress
Anti-IL-6 Antibody Clazakizumab in Late Antibody-Mediated Rejection – Molecular Rebound Phenomena Under IL-6 Blockade?
A. Borski¹, S. Haindl², M. Duerr³, K. Budde³, S. Schranz¹, F. A. Eskandary², K. Doberer², P. F. Halloran⁴, E. Chong⁵, B. Jilma¹, G. A. Böhmig², M. Wahrmann²
¹Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Vitaeris Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada
*Purpose: Late antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) is well established as a major cause of kidney allograft failure. Targeting interleukin-6 (IL-6), a pro-inflammatory cytokine involved in B…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi- National Survey among Nephrologists & Transplant Surgeons about the Suitability and Acceptance of the Marginal Live Kidney Donors with Mild Hypertension
Z. Arabi¹, E. Elhassan¹, A. Altheaby¹, A. Hamad², S. Kaysi³
¹KAMC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC, ³CHR Orleans, Orleans, France
*Purpose: There is variability among transplant centers in the acceptance of living donor candidates with well-controlled hypertension. Increased gestational hypertension and preeclampsia are more common…
2020 American Transplant Congress
New Everolimus Administration Targeting the Prevention of the Development of Antibody-Mediated Rejection Considering the Comparison of Growth and Survival in IgG and IgM Memory B Cells
Y. Matsuda¹, R. Imamura¹, H. Tezuka², S. Takahara¹
¹Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan, ²Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan
*Purpose: Some reports indicated that immunoglobulin (Ig) M antibodies corresponding to donor-specific antigen in addition to IgG antibodies are closely involved in the activation of…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Outcomes of Secondary Cutaneous Malignancies among Renal Transplant Recipients
T. Maw¹, P. Vaidya¹, J. Samaan², S. Ghanshani¹, G. In¹
¹Keck School of Medicine, LA, CA, ²Cedar Sinai Hospital, LA, CA
*Purpose: Solid-organ transplant recipients on immunosuppressive therapy are known to have higher morbidity and mortality from secondary malignancies; however, there are no established guidelines for…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Accuracy of the ICD-10 Diagnostic Codes for Kidney Transplant Rejection and Failure
D. Massicotte-Azarniouch¹, M. Sood², D. Fergusson³, M. Chassé⁴, A. Tinmouth⁵, G. Knoll²
¹Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Clinical Epidemiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁴Medicine, University of Montreal, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁵Hematology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Clinical research requires that diagnostic codes captured from routinely collected health administrative data accurately identify individuals with a disease. In this study, we examined…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Low Food Security in Inner-City Kidney Transplant Recipients is Associated with Worse Graft Function, Lower Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Increased Psychosocial Stress
E. Kasparov, K. Cruickshank, A. Saleh, S. Pak, M. Markell
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Long-term kidney graft survival may be affected by factors other than biologic, including social determinants of health. We examined the association of the use…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Kidney Graft Survival is Superior with Simultaneous-Liver Kidney (SLK) Transplants Than Kidney Alone (KA) or Kidney after Liver (KALi) Transplants in the United States
N. Lim¹, S. M. Riad¹, S. Jackson², J. Lake¹
¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²M Health Fairview, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: There is a concern that SLK transplant recipients have worse outcomes resulting in poor utilization of the kidney donor pool. We utilized the Scientific…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Safety of A2 Incompatible Kidney Transplantation in Donors with Acute Kidney Injury
Y. Al Azzi, L. Liriano-Ward, G. Nair, M. Ajaimy, J. Graham, C. Pynadath, P. Nandigam, A. Colovai, A. Campbell, S. Greenstein, M. Kinkhabwala, J. Rocca, E. Akalin
Abdominal Transplant, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: Kidneys with donor acute kidney injury (AKI) are frequently discarded. We aimed to study the outcomes of A2 incompatible kidney transplantation from donors with…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Tumor of Transplanted Kidney: Graft Resection Preserves Renal Function with Good Long-Term Oncologic Outcome
J. Chlupac, T. Marada, M. Kudla, L. Janousek, J. Fronek
Transplantation Surgery Department, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
*Purpose: Incidence of urologic tumors is increased in renal transplant recipients. In case of a kidney transplant neoplasm, the graft-nephrectomy and hemodialysis reduce the quality…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Pneumocystis Pneumonia Occurrence and Prophylaxis Duration in Kidney Transplant Recipients According to Perioperative Treatment with Rituximab
Y. Ko, Y. Kim, D. Han, H. Kwon
Department of Surgery, Division of Kidney and Pancreas Transplant, AMC, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is a life-threatening fungal infection that can occur in kidney transplantation (KT) recipients. A growing number of KT recipients are receiving…