Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Graft Survival of Fourth Time Renal Transplant Recipients Are Similar to Third Time Transplants: A SRTR Database Analysis
B. Petrun, R. Nygaard, M. Hill, C. Richardson, A. Israni, P. Stahler
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The number of candidates for repeat kidney transplant in the United States has steadily increased over the last 30 years. Second and third kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Effect Of Tacrolimus Trough Variability On Kidney Transplant Outcomes
S. Heeney¹, K. R. Szempruch¹, R. Lee¹, A. Mintz², P. Serrano¹, R. Detwiler¹, C. Doligalski¹
¹University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC
*Purpose: High variability in tacrolimus as assessed by tacrolimus coefficient of variability (TCV) in trough levels of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) has been associated with…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Conversion to Belatacept in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
I. Carrión Barberà, M. C. Fajardo, D. Tsapepas, J. Gartshteyn, A. Askanase, H. E. Fernandez
Columbia University MC, New York, NY
*Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) results in the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in 10-30% of LN pts and 30% receive a kidney transplant (KT).…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Optimizing Opportunity and Benefits of Steroid Avoidance in the New KAS Era
S. Sultan, M. Aull, R. Friedlander, V. K. Sharma, D. Serur, A. Watkins, S. Kapur, D. Dadhania
New York Presbyterian / Weill Cornell, New York, NY
*Purpose: The introduction of the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS) in 2014 has facilitated transplantation of sensitized patients with high CPRA. However, the CPRA value…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Robust and Portable Protocol for RNA Isolation from Urinary Cells for Noninvasive Monitoring of Kidney Allograft Recipients
B. Botticelli, S. Albakry, E. Edusei, H. Yang, M. Cassidy, C. Li, C. Snopkowski, M. Lubetzky, J. Lee, D. Dadhania, T. Muthukumar, M. Suthanthiran
Weill Cornell, New York, NY
*Purpose: Urinary cell mRNA abundance, assessed by RT-qPCR assay, is a robust monitoring tool. In the CTOT-04 study, urine processed by 5 transplant sites were…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Subclinical Antibody Mediation Rejection in Stable Kidney Recipients with De Novo Donor Specific Antibodies and Correlation with Donor Derived Cell Free DNA Testing
A. P. Bregman, E. J. Stites, J. Gralla, A. Wiseman, J. E. Cooper
Kidney and Pancreas Transplant, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Subclinical antibody mediated rejection (sAMR) is associated with inferior graft outcomes but its diagnosis relies on the presence of biomarkers as well as histology.…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Evaluation of Living Kidney Donor Anxiety: Concerns, Anxiety Mitigation, and Realized Negative Experiences
A. A. Krause, R. S. Mangus, M. French, V. Martine, J. Powelson, W. C. Goggins
Medicine, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Living donor kidney transplantation provides a critical source of high quality grafts for patients with end stage renal disease. Detailed understanding of specific sources…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis Flare in Hepatitis B Core Antibody Positive Kidney Recipients Treated with Rituximab
M. Raja¹, Y. Natori¹, C. Donato¹, D. De Lima¹, J. Rivollo², A. Centeno², Y. Ebisu¹, L. Abbo¹, J. Simkins¹, S. Anjan¹, J. Camargo¹, M. I. Morris¹
¹Internal Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ²Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Patients with Hepatitis B Core Antibody (anti-HBc Ab) positive are known to be at risk for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation during periods of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Panel Reactive Antibody Stratification as a Guide to Induction Selection in Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation: Impact of Clinical Practice on Outcomes
H. Ibrahim¹, J. Gregg¹, K. Alquadan¹, U. Akanit², K. L. Womer¹, A. H. Santos¹
¹Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Ubon Ratchathani University, Ubonratchathani, Thailand
*Purpose: We aimed to determine the outcomes associated with anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), alemtuzumab (ALM) or interleukin-2 receptor antagonist (IL2-RA) induction in adult deceased-donor (DD) kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Influenza Vaccine in Patients with Kidney Transplant during 2017/2018
K. Tsujimura¹, M. Ota¹, H. Ishida², K. Tanabe²
¹Surgery, Tomishiro Central Hospital, Okinawa, Japan, ²Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
*Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of influenza vaccine in kidney transplant recipients during the 2017/2018.*Methods: We retrospectively assessed 136 patients who underwent…