Articles tagged "Monitoring"

2021 American Transplant Congress
A Reliable Non Invasive Alternative to Surveillance Renal Allograft Biopsy
R. Jain, S. Thaduri, V. Kumar, C. Kew, B. Julian, G. Towns, S. Ong, F. Ahmed, S. Mehta, G. Agarwal
Transplant Nephrology, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose:Surveillance Renal Allograft Biopsy (SAVB) is the standard of care to identify subclinical immunological injury(SCI). However fewer than 25% of transplant centers in the US…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Donor-derived Cell Free Dna Between Recipients with First Solitary Allograft and Regrafts
S. Paluri¹, S. Muthusamy¹, M. Shinbashi¹, G. Gupta¹, B. Dale², Z. Kashi³, P. Halloran⁴, D. Kumar¹
¹Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, ²CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ³Kashi Clinical Laboratories, Portland, OR, ⁴ATAGC, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Donor derived-cell free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is a biomarker of immunological injury. Multiple studies have validated its utility in recipients of first solitary kidney transplants…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Performance Characteristics are Similar for Repeat and Primary Kidney Transplant Recipients
V. R. Peddi¹, S. Akkina², S. C. Jordan³, W. Tian⁴, Y. Qazi⁵
¹California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ²Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, ³Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴CareDx, Brisbane, CA, ⁵University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Repeat kidney transplants (RKT) represent 12.4% of kidney transplants (KT) (10.9% of all living donor and 13.6% of all deceased donor). Most RKT are…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Polyfunctional T-cell Impairment to Sars-cov-2 Coronavirus in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with Acute Covid-19 Infection
A. Favà¹, L. Donadeu², V. Pernin³, M. Meneghini¹, E. Crespo², N. Sabé⁴, L. Lladó⁵, J. Gonzalez-Costello⁶, O. Thaunat⁷, O. Bestard¹
¹Kidney Transplantation Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital- IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ²Experimental Nephrology Laboratory, IDIBELL, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ³Kidney Transplant Unit, Hospital de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ⁴Infectious Disease Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Liver Transplant Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Heart Transplantation Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Department of Transplantation, Edouard Herriot Hospital Lyon, Lyon, France
*Purpose: The emerged COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has paralyzed the world, due to its high infectivity and fatal outcomes, especially among more vulnerable individuals.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Role of the B2 Microglobulin Trend in Patients with Delayed Graft Function After Kidney Transplant
A. Perez-Gutierrez, P. J. Bachul, B. Juengel, P. Witkowski, D. DiSabato, R. Barth, J. Fung, Y. Becker
Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Delayed graft function (DGF) is associated with worse short and long-term outcomes after kidney transplantation. There is a lack of biomarkers to predict outcomes…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Changes to Adult Heart Allocation Improve Candidate Stratification
K. Bradbrook¹, K. Lindblad¹, R. R. Goff¹, R. Daly², S. Hall³
¹Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Historically, heart allocation has been driven by waitlist (WL) mortality rather than post-transplant survival. On 10/18/2018 the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) implemented…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Donor Derived Cell-free-dna (dd-cfdna) as a Surrogate Marker for Kidney Biopsy- Indiana University Transplant Nephrology Experience
S. Valavoor¹, A. Sharfuddin², G. William³, M. Yaqub¹, D. Mishler¹, O. Adebiyi²
¹Nephrology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Transplant Nephrology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ³Transplant Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: Patient monitoring after kidney transplantation (KT) for early detection of allograft rejection remains key in preventing allograft loss. Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA), a noninvasive…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact Analysis of Virtual Transplant Ambulatory Pharmacist During Covid-19
L. Park, G. Waldman, J. Kim, C. Rogers, J. Clark
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
*Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, transplant centers were challenged to meet the demand for new telemedicine strategies. High-risk immunocompromised patients, such as lung transplant recipients…
2021 American Transplant Congress
A Kidney Waitlist Outcomes Timeline to Visualize Candidate Offers and Outcomes
C. Schaffhausen¹, J. Miller², A. Matas³, A. Israni⁴, A. Wey⁵, A. Hart⁴
¹Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute / University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN, ²Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis, MN, ³Department of Surgery, UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Hennepin Healthcare / UMN, Minneapolis, MN, ⁵Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: While transplant centers closely monitor posttransplant outcomes for each transplant recipient, centers currently lack data to monitor waitlist outcomes of individual candidates. Candidates who…
2020 American Transplant Congress
TRANSBIO Study: Clinical Evaluation of Immunobiogram, a Novel In Vitro Diagnostic Immunoassay to Guide Adjustment of Immunosuppressive Therapy in Kidney Transplantation
J. Pascual¹, C. Jiménez², M. Krajewska³, C. Kotton⁴, D. Seron⁵, J. Portolés⁶, O. Witzke⁷, S. S. Sorensen⁸, A. Andrés⁹, T. Díez¹⁰, A. Ortega¹⁰, I. Portero¹⁰
¹Consorci Mar Parc de Salut, Barcelona, Spain, ²La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ³Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Vall d’Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Puerta de Hierro Mahadahonda Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ⁷University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, ⁸Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁹12 de Octubre Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Biohope Scientific Solutions for Human Health SL, Madrid, Spain
*Purpose: Immunobiogram (IMBG) is a first-in-class blood-based pharmacodynamic immunoassay that provides the sensitivity/resistance profile of each patient’s lymphocytes to a panel of immunosuppressive drugs (IS).…

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