Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
The Centennial Allograft? Observation Of Greater Than 100-year Allograft Survival Is More Common Among Liver Allograft Recipients Than Renal Allograft Recipients.
J. F. Renz, A. C. Gruessner, R. C. Misawa, A. Masi, R. W. Gruessner
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: We investigated the occurrence of deceased-donor liver (DDOLT), deceased-donor renal (DDRT), and living-donor renal allografts (LDRT) that have achieved 100 years or more of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Efficacy of Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents
J. Zhang, W. Sun, J. Lin, Y. Tian, L. Ma, L. Zhang, Y. Zhu
Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
*Purpose: Long-term efficacy of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) therapy in kidney transplant recipients was unknown. Thus, we aimed to evaluate it in a Chinese cohort…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Patients with ESRD Due to Myeloma
A. Riaz, A. Khalil, M. S. Yaqub, T. Taber, O. Adebiyi, A. Sharfuddin
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Recent literature has suggested that certain patients with multiple myeloma can successfully undergo renal transplantation after stem transplantation with consideration for maintenance therapy. Outcomes…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Novel Insights into Blocking the IL-6 / IL-6 Receptor Pathway after Pig Kidney Xenotransplantation in Baboons
H. Hara¹, G. Zhang¹, H. Iwase¹, T. Yamamoto¹, D. Ayares², D. E. Eckhoff¹, D. K. Cooper¹
¹Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Revivicor Inc., Blacksburg, VA
*Purpose: IL-6 plays an important role in inflammation. The aims of the study were (i) to measure IL-6 in serum in baboons that received IL-6…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The Graft and Patient Survival of Kidney Transplantation According to Ethnicity in US Kidney Transplant Recipients
H. Shin¹, Y. Kim¹, Y. Jung¹, H. Rim¹, A. Chandraker²
¹Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Gospel Hospital, Busan, Korea, Republic of, ²Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: African American kidney transplant recipients experience disproportionately high rates of graft loss. The aim of this analysis was to use a UNOS data set…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Eight-Year Outcomes Following ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Performed after Desensitization by Antigen-Unspecific Immunoadsorption Devices
C. Speer¹, F. Kälble¹, L. Pego da Silva¹, C. Nusshag¹, M. Schaier¹, C. Süsal², C. Sommerer¹, M. Zeier¹, C. Morath¹
¹Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ²Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
*Purpose: Owing to the unmet need of available kidney grafts, ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation (KTX) has been established to enlarge the possible donor pool. The current…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Brief Normothermic Machine Perfusion is Superior to Cold Storage Alone – A Paired Discarded Human Kidney Analysis
A. Hameed¹, E. Patrick², D. B. Lu¹, C. P'ng¹, M. Hu², Y. Chew², R. De Roo¹, L. Yuen¹, W. Hawthorne¹, N. Rogers¹, H. Pleass¹
¹Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ²Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
*Purpose: The use of marginal has increased due to ongoing donor shortages. These kidneys have higher rates of graft discard after procurement, and also have…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Recurrent Diabetic Nephropathy Despite Intensive Glycemic Control: An Observational Cohort Study
M. Coemans, E. Van Loon, E. Lerut, D. Kuypers, B. Sprangers, P. Gillard, C. Mathieu, G. Verbeke, M. Naesens
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*Purpose: After kidney transplantation, recurrence of diabetic nephropathy has been reported. The presentation and kinetics of recurrent diabetic nephropathy and its risk factors remain however…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Vaccination Rates and Relation to Health Beliefs in Inner-City Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTRs)
Y. Akivis, J. Leong, I. Rosenstein, A. Myrie, M. Moy, M. Markell
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Prophylaxis against viral and bacterial infections as outlined by guidelines issued by the 2013 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guideline for…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Prospective Multicenter Trial of Belatacept-Based CNI- and Corticosteroid-Free Immunosuppression Regimens in Kidney Transplantation
J. M. Rohan¹, J. P. Leone², E. S. Woodle³, D. Kaufman⁴, A. R. Shields³, A. Wiseman⁵, A. J. Matas⁶, P. West-Thielke⁷, E. King³, R. R. Alloway³
¹Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ³University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ⁴University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, ⁵University of Colorado - Denver, Denver, CO, ⁶University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, ⁷University of Illinois – Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Previous trials have not examined differences in patient-reported outcomes (PRO) between belatacept (BELA)- and tacrolimus (TAC)-based therapies in adult kidney transplant (KTx) patients (pts).…