2015 American Transplant Congress
Conversion to Belatacept After Kidney Transplantation Does Not Alter Immunophenotype
1University Medicine Charité, Berlin, Germany; 2Labor Berlin GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
Belatacept offers a new option for renal allograft recipients who are suffering from side effects of calcineurin inhibitor or mTOR. Such a conversion may result…2015 American Transplant Congress
MDRD4 Equation Is Better Than CKD-EPI, Cockroft-Gault and Nankivell Equations to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate in Renal Transplantation
To evaluate which estimated GFR (eGFR) equation is the most appropriate to in kidney transplanted (KTx) recipients, we obtained data from all plasma EDTA-Cr51 clearances…2015 American Transplant Congress
Analysis of the Temporal Evolution of Causes of Graft Loss Among Kidney Transplant Recipients in a US Southern State
The past decade of kidney transplantation has seen many changes in immunosuppression (IS), donor, and recipient characteristics. This study analyzes the associations between the aforementioned…2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Living Kidney Donors With Medullary Sponge Kidney
Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Background: Patients with medullary sponge kidney (MSK) commonly encounter recurrent nephrolithiasis. The objective of this study was to assess the clinical and safety outcomes of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Change in Frailty Between Evaluation for Kidney Transplantation and Transplantation
BACKGROUND: Frailty prevalence is high and predicts early hospital readmission, length of stay and mortality in adults of all ages undergoing kidney transplantation (KT). The…2015 American Transplant Congress
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Associated With Acute Rejection in European American Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS)
Purpose: Acute rejection (AR) is associated with increased risk of allograft loss. Therefore, we conducted a GWAS to determine SNPs associated with AR in a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Native Americans and Post-Kidney Transplant Follow-Up: Lower in Quantity and Quality?
Background: Native Americans have been shown to face decreased access to waitlisting and transplantation.They appear to have similar short-term survival prospects post-transplant to those of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Parameters of Machine Perfusion Evaluating Quality of Kidneys from DCD/ECD Donors
Background Donors from donation after cardiac death(DCD) and expanded criteria donors(ECD) have poorer outcomes compared to standard deceased donors(SCD). It is important to evaluate quality…2015 American Transplant Congress
High Intra-Patient Variability in Tacrolimus Trough Blood Levels Increases the Risk of Death-Censored Graft Loss After Kidney Transplantation
Kidney graft loss rates beyond the first year showed only small improvements over past decades. Advances in maintenance immunosuppressive therapy contributed to the improvements seen…2015 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of Desensitization Protocol Based On Rituximab Plus MMF in ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation Without Splenectomy
Purpose: An open-label, single arm, multicenter clinical study has been conducted in Japan for prospective examination of the efficacy and safety of desensitization protocol with…
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