Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Hereditary Kidney Diseases
Y. Caliskan¹, N. Garayeva², A. B. Dirim², S. Safak², S. Mirioglu², H. Yazici², A. Yildiz³, O. A. Oto², E. Demir², Y. Ozluk⁴, A. Turkmen², K. Lentine¹
¹Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Division of Nephrology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Division of Nephrology, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey, ⁴Department of Pathology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
*Purpose: Genetic testing is poised to play a larger role in the evaluation and management of both kidney transplant (KTx) recipients and donors. We characterized…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Initial Experiment of Self-expanding Metal Ureteral Stent in Recurrent Ureteral Stenosis After Kidney Transplantation
Q. Zhong, T. Song, J. Zeng, Y. Fan, X. Wei, T. Lin
Urology Institute and Organ Transplantation Center, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
*Purpose: Expanding metal ureteral stent has been proven to be effective in the treatment of ureteral stenosis (US). However, its application in US after kidney…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Validation and Performance of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Allograft Rejection
S. Anand¹, A. Pai², J. S. Bromberg³, G. Gupta⁴, I. Moinuddin⁴, T. Alhamad⁵, V. Bowers⁶, S. Ghosh⁷, W. Tian⁷, L. Bu⁸, E. Stites⁹
¹Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, ²University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ³University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ⁵Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ⁶Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, ⁷CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ⁸University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁹University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: Extensive literature regarding the utility of donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) shares various thresholds for active rejection (AR) based on differing data sets for both…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Belatacept Conversion in Proteinuric Renal Transplant Recipients: An Interventional Multi-Center Trial
O. Efe¹, A. Al Jurdi¹, D. Wojciechowski², K. Safa¹, H. Gilligan¹, A. Chandraker³, J. Azzi³, A. Weins³, L. V. Riella¹
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Proteinuria develops in about 30% of kidney transplant recipients and is a strong predictor of graft loss. ACEis/ARBs can reduce proteinuria but are frequently…
2021 American Transplant Congress
I Would Do Whatever It Took”: Understanding the Motivation, Education and Experiences of Kidney Paired Donation Participants
R. Pines¹, Y. A. Iraheta², L. Ambriz², K. A. Dahmani², E. H. Wood², M. Cooper³, A. D. Waterman²
¹Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA, ²UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ³Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: To improve kidney paired donation (KPD) educational programs, we conducted semi-structured interviews to understand motivations of past recipients and donors to participate in KPD,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Equity in Access to Kidney Transplants by Race/ethnicity in the Covid-19 Era
D. Stewart¹, A. Robinson², K. Bradbrook², A. Wilk², D. Klassen³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ³Chief Medical Officer, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on minority populations has been well documented, and it is conceivable that disparities in access to kidney…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes Regarding Transplantation During the Pandemic: Give Me My Kidney Now!
T. Menser¹, M. Hobeika², A. Gaber², H. Ibrahim²
¹Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The transplant community faces ongoing challenges regarding the conduct of organ transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and patient treatment preferences during the pandemic require…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Characterisation of Distinct Graft Infiltrates Following Cellular Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients
M. O. Brook¹, P. N. Harden², I. Roberts², W. R. Mulley³, J. Hester¹, M. E. Reinders⁴, F. Issa¹
¹Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom, ³Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴Division of Nephrology and Transplant Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
*Purpose: Cellular therapy is an emerging treatment in the field of clinical transplantation with the potential to improve both short and long-term transplant outcomes. We…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of 4-weeks of Supervised Exercise on Frailty and Lower Extremity (LE) Function in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
E. Lorenz, L. Hickson, R. Weatherly, K. Thompson, M. Hogan, C. Kennedy
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Although frailty is a modifiable risk factor for morbidity and mortality among kidney transplant (KT) candidates, the optimal duration of effective prehabilitation interventions is…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Development and Validation of a Novel Peripheral Blood Based Gene Signature for Acute Rejection Following Renal Transplantation
D. Zhang, Y. Wang, X. Hu
Department of Urology, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to utilize advanced machine learning methods to construct a peripheral blood-based gene signature for acute rejection following kidney…