Articles tagged "Kidney transplantation"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Exosomal Cystatin C and Lipopolysaccharide Binding Protein as Biomarkers for Monitoring Antibody-mediated Rejection After Kidney Transplantation
M. Kim, S. Lim, S. Shin
Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
*Purpose: This study aims to discover and validate urinary exosomal biomarkers for antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) after kidney transplantation.*Methods: A total of 60 urine samples from…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Single Center Experience Comparing Two Clinically Available Donor Derived Cell Free DNA Tests
S. Bunnapradist¹, S. Lee², P. Homkrailas³, G. Danovitch³
¹UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Pharmacy, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Donor derived cell-free DNA (dd cf-DNA), this new technology allows for non-invasive monitoring of graft function. Two most commonly used assays are Prospera (Natera®,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Role of Trugraf Testing in Kidney Allografts Previously Biopsied for Dysfunction
Y. A. Qazi¹, W. Mon¹, C. Choi¹, S. Qazi², M. Smogorzewski¹
¹Keck Medical Center at USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²Keck Medical Center at USC, La Canada Flt, CA
*Purpose: TruGraf®, can be used as an alternative to surveillance biopsies for ruling out “silent” subclinical acute rejections in transplant patients with stable graft function.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
A Payer’s Perspective: The Cost of Hemodialysis versus Living Donor Kidney Transplant for Kidney Failure Patients in Nigeria
J. Lang¹, I. James², D. Da Rocha Afodu¹, C. G. Okwuonu³, O. Ekwenna¹
¹University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, ²Surgical Specialists of Charlotte, Matthews, NC, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Unit, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria
*Purpose: To primarily quantify the costs of LDKT and HD in Nigeria from a ‘payer’s perspective’ and secondarily inform future cost-effectiveness studies to guide health…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Outcomes in HIV+ Recipients: A Single-Center Study
M. Samra¹, A. Hall², I. Tang²
¹Medicine, Edward Hines VA, Hines, IL, ²Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: HIV+ patients are eligible to recieve a kidney transplant (KT) provided they meet criteria of undetectable viral load (VL) and CD4 count >200. We…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Belatacept and Tacrolimus on Cmv Viral Load Control and Relapse in Moderate and High-risk Cmv Serostatus Kidney Transplant Recipients
W. Magua¹, A. C. Johnson¹, G. M. Karadkhele¹, I. R. Badell¹, P. Vasanth¹, M. G. Lyon III², A. K. Mehta², K. A. Easley³, J. Rickert⁴, C. P. Larsen¹
¹Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ³Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴RStudio and R Consortium, San Jose, CA
*Purpose: We aim to evaluate the impact of belatacept and tacrolimus on CMV viral load control, remission and relapse in CMV high-risk (serostatus, D+/R-) and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis E Diagnosis and Management After Liver, Kidney, or Heart Transplant: A Single Center Experience
M. Carter¹, M. Fitzmaurice², S. Yeddula², A. Singh², S. Nagai², S. Jafri²
¹Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, ²Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Transplant-related Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a rarely recognized entity with significant clinical importance given potential for chronic hepatitis post-transplant. We evaluated HEV…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Findings from the BARETO Study: A New, Composite Renal Vascular Plaque Score is Highly Associated with Kidney Graft Survival
J. Foutz¹, D. Stewart¹, L. Kamal², H. McGehee¹, P. Saravanane², S. Yu², R. Yousfi², G. Gupta²
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Whether anatomic findings such as aortic and arterial renal plaque affect kidney graft outcomes is not well defined. Other than anatomical damage, it is…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Can Procurement Biopsy Data Tell Us Anything? The Influence of Interstitial Fibrosis on Long-term Kidney Graft Survival
D. Stewart¹, J. Foutz¹, L. Kamal², H. McGehee¹, P. Saravanane², S. Yu³, R. Yousfi², G. Gupta²
¹Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond, VA, ³Research, Virginia Commonwealth University Health, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Biopsy findings have been shown to have a profound impact on kidney utilization decisions. Most studies of the association between procurement biopsy findings and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
How Should Acute T-Cell Mediated Rejection of Kidney Transplants be Treated?
F. Aziz¹, S. Parajuli², N. Garg², M. Mohamed², A. Djamali², D. Mandelbrot²
¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ²University of Wisconsin, Verona, WI
*Purpose: Many guidelines suggest treating acute T-cell mediated rejection (TCMR) of kidney allografts that is Banff grade I with steroids alone and Banff grade II…