2015 American Transplant Congress
Factors Affecting Efficacy Outcomes at 12 and 24-Months After Kidney Transplantation in Patients from the A2309 Study
1Novartis, Basel, Switzerland; 2A2309 Study Group, Basel, Switzerland; 3Novartis, East Hanover, NJ.
Purpose: Efficacy outcomes post-transplantation are influenced by donor and recipient variables and interactions between them. Here, we present data from a multivariate analysis of risk…2015 American Transplant Congress
12-Month Athena Study: Everolimus Vs. Standard Regimen in De Novo Renal Transplant Recipients
1Athena Study Group, Germany; 2Novartis, Pharma, Germany.
Background: Post-kidney transplant (KTx) long-term and full dose/standard calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) use is associated with an increased risk for malignancies, cardiovascular disease, and renal failure.…2015 American Transplant Congress
Home Dried Blood Spot Monitoring; a New Tool for Measuring Variability in Tacrolimus Blood Levels Over Time
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
PURPOSE: The measurement of variability in Tacrolimus (TAC) blood trough levels has been proposed to reflect the consistency with medication intake and adherence. A standard…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Plasma Cell Dyscrasias
INTRODUCTION:The plasma cell dyscrasias (PCD) include a number of entities such as multiple myeloma (MM), primary amyloidosis (AL) and Monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease (MIDD). Hematopoietic…2015 American Transplant Congress
Histology and Not Donor Specific Antibody Helps Predict 5-Year Kidney Transplant Failure Using 1 Year Post-Transplant Data
Introduction: The objective of this study was to validate the RISK score (Am J Kid D 2014; 63[4]:643) for renal allograft failure using a different…2015 American Transplant Congress
Failure to Account for Critical Candidate Characteristics Significantly Biases Kidney Transplant Center Report Cards Measuring Time to Transplant
1Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; 2Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Kidney transplant rate is proposed to be integrated into the new composite metric to evaluate center performance. Current methods adjust for PRA, blood type, re-transplantation,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Prediction of Acute Antibody Mediated Rejection in Antibody Incompatible Renal Transplantation Using Machine Learning for Wide Data
The dynamic field of renal transplantation is characterised by limited access to data, the high cost of equipment and underlying complexity of immunological responses to…2015 American Transplant Congress
MicroRNAs in Kidney Graft Preservation Fluid as Novel Biomarkers for Delayed Graft Function
Transplant Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Introduction: Delayed graft function is a common complication after deceased donor kidney transplantation (KT), which affects both short and long-term outcome. Currently available biomarkers in…2015 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Kidney Transplantation in Obese Recipients Can Lead to Superior Outcomes in Terms of Wound Infection and Graft Survival
Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
IntroductionTraditionally kidney transplantation (KT) in obese recipients has been associated with high rates of surgical site infections (SSI). We hypothesize that robotic kidney transplantation (RKT)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Induction Therapy Improves 15-Year Graft Survival in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Acute Rejection
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Background: Graft(GS) and patient survival(PS) has been shown to be superior in patients without delayed graft function (DGF) or acute rejection(AR). Induction therapy(IT) is frequently…