Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Hope in Action: A Multicenter Prospective Study of HIV to HIV Kidney Transplantation
C. Durand¹, S. Huprikar², M. Bowring³, D. Brown¹, B. Haydel⁴, N. Desai³, F. Naqvi¹, R. Friedman-Moraco⁵, N. Turgeon⁶, V. Stosor⁷, J. Charette⁷, S. Mehta⁸, J. Husson⁹, A. Gilbert¹⁰, M. Cooper¹¹, C. Butkus-Small¹², G. Gupta¹³, S. Mehta¹⁴, O. Adebiyi¹⁵, P. Chin-Hong¹⁶, P. Stock¹⁷, A. Massie³, S. Florman⁴, D. Segev³
¹Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ³Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Surgery, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁵Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁶Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁷Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ⁸Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington DC, DC, ¹¹Department of Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington DC, DC, ¹²Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY, ¹³Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ¹⁴Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, ¹⁵Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁶Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁷Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose:HIV+ donor to HIV+ recipient (HIV D+/R+) kidney transplantation (KT) has had success in South Africa. Expansion of this practice in the US setting of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Safety of Surveillance and Indication Biopsies in Kidney Transplantation: A Series of 2000 Biopsies
A. S. Naik¹, Y. Huang², D. M. Cibrik³, E. Shaban¹, M. McGuire¹, C. Boyer¹, S. P. Norman¹
¹Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Univ of Michigan Medical Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Univ of California Davis, Sacremento, CA, ³Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
*Purpose: Kidney biopsy (KB) remains the most important diagnostic tool in kidney transplantation. Despite its value, surveillance KB are not routinely done at majority of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Prevention of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury (IRI) & ABMR in HLA Sensitized Patients Treated with C1 Esterase Inhibitor (C1INH): Long-Term Follow Up
A. A. Vo, E. Huang, N. Ammerman, J. Choi, I. Kim, A. Peng, R. Najjar, S. Sethi, K. Lim, S. C. Jordan
Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) after kidney transplantation is a consequence of IRI/DGF. IRI/DGF requires intense medical management, is costly and predisposes to risk for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of Donor Kidneys with Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Transplantation
C. S. Hwang¹, B. Tanriover², S. Levea², D. Desai¹, V. Ariyamuthu², P. Vagefi¹, M. MacConmara¹
¹Surgery, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ²Medicine, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Donor kidneys that are otherwise healthy with acute kidney injury (AKI) are increasingly used in adult transplant programs. We sought to examine the experience…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Factors Related to International Travel for Transplantation among US-Listed Kidney Transplant Candidates
B. Koons¹, M. L. Henderson², A. G. Thomas³, T. Kear⁴, H. Moriarty⁴
¹School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Surgery in the Division of Transplantation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with international travel for transplantation among US-listed kidney transplant (KT) candidates.*Methods: Using 2010-2016 data…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Targeted Proteomic Analysis Detects Acute T Cell-Mediated Kidney Allograft Rejection in Belatacept-Treated Patients
M. van der Zwan, D. A. Hesselink, M. C. Clahsen-van Groningen, C. C. Baan
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: There is an unmet need for reliable minimally-invasive diagnostic biomarkers for immunological allograft monitoring and detection of acute kidney transplant rejection. Here, targeted proteomic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Four-Year Follow Up of Kidney Transplantation Using Alemtuzumab Induction and Belatacept/Sirolimus Maintenance Therapy
A. Kirk¹, H. Xu¹, A. Ghali², A. Mehta², A. Guasch²
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Transplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
*Purpose: Kidney transplantation remains limited by the chronic toxicities associated with calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) and steroids. The objective of this clinical trial was to determine…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Tocilizumab for Refractory Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
A. Dokras, C. Butler, Q. Zhang, E. Reed, R. Ettenger, P. Weng, M. Pearl
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: IL-6 blockade may play a role in reducing human leukocyte antigen donor specific antibodies (HLA DSA) production and stabilizing allograft function. We aimed to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Economic Burden of Graft Failure in the United States
J. A. Sussell¹, A. R. Silverstein¹, P. Goutam¹, D. Incerti¹, R. Kee¹, D. S. Batty, Jr.², C. X. Chen², J. Jansen¹, B. L. Kasiske³
¹Precision Health Economics, Oakland, CA, ²Medeor Therapeutics, South San Francisco, CA, ³Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: Despite recent advances, graft failure imposes a substantial burden on kidney transplant recipients. This study is the first to quantify this burden in economic…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Access To The Kidney Transplant Waitlist For Patients With Hiv And End-stage Renal Disease
A. A. Shaffer¹, H. Ying², N. Chu¹, A. G. Thomas³, C. Haugen², S. Norman⁴, D. L. Segev¹, M. A. McAdams-DeMarco¹
¹Surgery & Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
*Purpose: Patients with HIV and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) experience higher mortality on dialysis than those without HIV. These HIV+ dialysis patients may face barriers…