Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Prevalence of Non-Adherence to Immunosuppressive Medications in Kidney Transplant Recipients, Barriers and Predictors
S. Taj¹, H. Baghaffar², D. Alnajjar², N. Almashabi³, S. Ismail⁴
¹King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University For Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ²Ibn Sina College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ³Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, ⁴Pharmaceutical Care Department, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
*Purpose: Non-adherence to immunosuppressant therapy (IST) is one of the major factors leading to graft rejection. To our knowledge, limited data exist on the prevalence…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Step-Wise Desensitization Using Rituximab&Bortezomib Combined with Antithymocyte Globulin for Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Candidates
H. Ohdan, K. Ide, M. Ohira, H. Tahara, Y. Tanaka
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
*Purpose: In highly HLA sensitized patients, both memory B and T cells responding to donor-specific HLA in addition to plasma cells secreting anti-HLA Abs are…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor Hepatitis C Virus Infection on Kidney Transplant Outcomes in the Direct Acting Antiretroviral Era: Time to Revise the KDPI?
R. M. Cannon, E. G. Davis, L. Mackelaite, H. Dave, M. Eng, C. M. Jones
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
*Purpose: The kidney donor risk index (KDRI), upon which the kidney donor profile index (KDPI) used for renal allocation is based, was derived before the…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Protocols in Kidney Transplantation: Time to Change Practice?
A. M. Elsabbagh, I. Ghoneim, A. Moiz, D. Mckenney, M. A. Zawaideh
St. Vincent Abdominal Transplant Center, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is a multi-modal perioperative care pathway designed to facilitate early recovery after major surgery by maintaining preoperative body composition…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Early Outcomes Comparing Two Steroid-Avoidance Protocols in Pediatric Renal Transplantation
D. Puliyanda¹, H. Pizzo¹, N. Rodig², M. Somers²
¹Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pediatric Nephrology, Boston Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Steroid-avoidance in pediatric kidney transplants (txs) was found effective and safe with daclizumab induction. Upon daclizumab’s discontinuation, lymphocyte-depleting agents became used in this setting,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Recurrence and Predictors of Response in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Primary FSGS
A. Uffing¹, T. TANGO-consortium², P. Cravedi³, L. V. Riella¹
¹Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²NA, Boston, MA, ³Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
*Purpose: Primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a glomerular disease that frequently recurs after kidney transplantation. Several circulating factors have been proposed to cause recurrence…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antibodies Improve Risk Stratification for Kidney Allograft Outcomes at the Time of Transplantation
C. Lefaucheur¹, D. Viglietti¹, Y. Bouatou¹, A. Philippe², D. Pievani¹, O. Aubert¹, D. Glotz¹, C. Legendre¹, A. Loupy¹, D. Dragun²
¹Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation, Paris, France, ²Medical Faculty of the Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany
*Purpose: Current state-of-the-art pre-transplant risk stratification relies on the HLA system. Non-HLA agonistic angiotensin II type 1 receptor antibodies (AT1R-Ab) have been associated with allograft…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Non-adherence With Diet And Dialysis Prescription: Predictors Of Non-adherence Post-transplant?
A. Padiyar¹, A. Agrawal¹, D. Hricik¹, P. Bate², J. Rockwell², A. Eliason², N. Sarabu¹, A. Jittirat¹, K. Yadav², E. Sanchez², M. Debroy², V. Humphreville², J. Rabets², A. Palanisamy², K. Chavin²
¹Medicine, Nephrology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, ²Transplant Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Purpose: Perceived non-adherence with diet and dialysis prescription prior to transplant may be seen as a risk for non-adherence with immunosuppression post-transplant. The importance of…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial (B E S T Trial) of Belatacept-Based C N I- and Corticosteroid-Free Immunosuppression: Final Two Year Results
D. B. Kaufman¹, A. R. Shields², J. P. Leone³, A. Wiseman⁴, A. J. Matas⁵, P. West-Thielke⁶, J. Lipscomb², E. King², R. R. Alloway⁷, E. S. Woodle for the BEST Study Group²
¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ³Tampa General, Tampa, FL, ⁴University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, ⁵University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁶University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, WI
*Purpose: The BEST Trial (Belatacept-based Early Steroid Withdrawal Trial) is a prospective, randomized, multi-center trial designed to compare two belatacept (BELA)-based calcineurin inhibitor-free (CNI), early…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Increase in 48 Month Cumulative Acute Rejection Rates in the Most Recent Cohort: The 2018 Transplant Report of the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies (NAPRTCS)
V. Dharnidharka¹, C. Cramer², A. Chua³, A. Moudgil⁴, K. Martz⁵, T. Blydt-Hansen⁶, J. Smith⁷, A. Neu, on Behalf of The NAPRTCS Investigators⁸
¹Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, ⁵Emmes Corporation, Rockville, MD, ⁶BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, ⁷Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ⁸Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The NAPRTCS registry has collected data on children receiving kidney transplants in North America since 1987. The registry has served to document and influence…