Articles tagged "Meta-analysis"

2016 American Transplant Congress
Therapeutically Equivalent Results to Caucasians in Black Kidney Transplant Recipients Using ASTAGRAF XL^® Despite a Higher Degree of HLA Mismatch : A Post-Hoc Analysis of Phase III Data from Over 2000 Patients.
J. Schwartz, S. Wilson, F. Shi, N. Undre, M. Kumar.
Astelleas Pharma Global Develepment, Northbrook, IL.
INTRO: When contemplating the use of a new immunosuppressant agent in kidney transplantation, measuring outcomes in potentially vulnerable populations is of paramount concern. As such,…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Modifying Life Support Withdrawal Practices on Outcomes of Donation After Circulatory Death in Liver Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis.
Y. Cao,^1,2 S. Shahrestani,³ H. Chew,^2,4 M. Crawford,⁵ P. Macdonald,^1,2,4 J. Laurence,^3,5,7 W. Hawthorne,^3,6 K. Dhital,^1,2,4 H. Pleass.^3,5,6
¹Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ²Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ³Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁴Cardiac Transplant Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁵Australian National Liver Transplant Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁶The Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁷Institute of Academic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Aim. Donor warm ischaemic time is identified as the main risk factor for poor outcomes in liver transplantation using donation after circulatory death (DCD) compared…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Patients Benifit from Steroids Free Regimen After Kidney Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis.
R. Deng, H. Zhang, Y. Zheng, L. Liu, C. Wang.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of steroids avoidance or withdrawal (SAW) protocol on pediatric recipients by performing a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).Method: A…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Distinct Blood and Biopsy Meta-Signatures for Acute Rejection Post Kidney Transplant
W. Zhang,¹ Z. Yi,¹ Z. Li,¹ M. Menon,¹ L. Li,¹ C. Xi,¹ I. Greene,¹ C. Wei,¹ L. Gallon,² M. Samaniego,³ A. Djamali,⁴ S. Alexander,⁵ B. Schroppel,¹ B. Nankivell,⁵ J. Chapman,⁵ I. Rosales,⁶ R. Neal Smith,⁶ R. Colvin,⁶ P. O'Connell,⁵ P. Heeger,¹ B. Murphy.¹
¹Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York; ²North Western University, Chicago; ³University of Michigan, Michigan; ⁴University of Wisconsin, Madison; ⁵The University of Sydney, Sydney, Austria; ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Acute rejection (AR) is a major cause of allograft dysfunction. Molecular signatures of AR from blood and biopsy have been identified by several independent cohort…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Survival Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients from Expanded Criteria Donors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
A.-H. Querard,^1,2,3 F. Gillaizeau,^1,3 Y. Foucher,^1,3 E. Dantan,³ D. Larmet,¹ M. Lorent,³ L.-M. Pouteau,¹ C. Combescure,⁴ M. Giral.^1,3,5
¹Institute for Transplantation, Urology and Nephrology, CHU Nantes, Inserm U1064, Nantes University, Nantes, France; ²Centre Hospitalier Départemental de Vendée, La Roche sur Yon, France; ³EA 4275 SPHERE-bioStatistics, Pharmacoepidemiology and Human sciEnces REsearch, Nantes University, Nantes, France; ⁴CRC & Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Health and Community Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; ⁵LabExTransplantex Nantes, Centre d'Investigation Clinique Biothérapie, Nantes, France.
Background: In 2002, UNOS proposed the use of Expanded Criteria Donors (ECD=brain dead donor > 60 years, or 50-59 years with two criteria: CVA as…