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2021 American Transplant Congress
Assessing the Impact of Acute Major Adverse Kidney Events on Clinical Outcomes in Heart Transplant Recipients
J. E. Kelly¹, C. Perez¹, D. Taber¹, R. J. Tedford², B. McMahon², S. Alzaidi¹, H. B. Meadows¹
¹Pharmacy, MUSC Health, Charleston, SC, ²Medicine, MUSC Health, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to elucidate contributors to the Major Adverse Kidney Events at 30 days (MAKE-30) outcome in heart transplant recipients…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Reduction in Medication Errors at Discharge in the Transplant Population via Use of Novel Pharmacist / Nursing Dual Check System
M. Norris, S. Witek, C. Whritenour, K. Sigafus, C. Chiang, C. Sammons, D. Naveiro, A. Paredes, E. Perez-Ngai, M. Kaminski, R. Westmoreland, G. Malat
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Medication errors are of great concern due to the risk for patient and allograft injury. The aim of this study was to evaluate the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes of Obese Kidney Transplant Candidates Towards Bariatric Surgery
C. LaVerne, V. Thompson, G. Aguiluz, P. DiCocco, J. Almario Alvarez, M. Spaggiari, I. Tang, I. Tzvetanov, E. Benedetti
Surgery, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Obesity is an epidemic in the US and increasingly prevalent in kidney transplant candidates. Surgical weight-loss interventions are effective and reduce transplant-related complications. They…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Covid-19 in Transplant Care: Attitudes, Feeling and Behaviors of Liver, and Kidney Pre and Post Transplant Patients
J. Ramos-Ayes
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: The SARS-CoV-2(COVID-19) pandemic poses unique challenges for transplant patients, which may impact their attitudes, emotions and behaviors associated with transplant care. This study surveys…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Harnessing Innate Lymphoid Cells to Prevent Graft-versus Host Disease
K. T. Reid¹, S. Q. Crome²
¹Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Ajmera Transplant Centre, TGHRI, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
*Purpose: Determine whether human innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) can be isolated, expanded and used in cell-based therapies to prevent Graft-versus Host Disease (GvHD) .*Methods: ILC2s…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Body Mass Index Before and After Kidney Transplant
M. Laub¹, S. Finder², P. Harikrishnan¹, M. Simon³, I. Gani¹, M. Saeed¹, R. Kapoor¹
¹Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, GA, ²Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Brandon Wilde, Augusta, GA
*Purpose: Describe changes in body mass index (BMI) before and after kidney transplant and determine the association between BMI and graft loss or mortality.*Methods: Single…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Correlation of Frailty Measures and Evaluation of Complementary Molecular Frailty Biomarker Candidates in a Prospective National Cohort of Liver Transplant Candidates
S. Cremen¹, M. Robinson², T. Gallagher¹
¹Department of Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Department of Biology, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
*Purpose: Frailty is a clinical condition characterized by a loss of physiologic reserve and increased susceptibility to stressors. Molecular frailty biomarkers may reflect the dysregulation…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of Kidney Small Extracellular Vesicles Released During Normothermic Machine Perfusion
W. W. Woud¹, A. Arykbaeva², D. de Vries², I. Alwayn², K. Boer¹, C. Baan¹, M. Hoogduijn¹, R. Minnee³
¹Internal Medicine, Nephorology and Transplantation, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Department of Surgery, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: By characterizing and quantifying the dynamical release of kidney Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) during Normothermic Machine Perfusion (NMP), we aim to gain a better understanding…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Modeling of Alternative Weight-Based Dosing Strategies of LCP-Tacrolimus in De Novo Kidney Transplant Patients
J. D. Momper¹, S. J. Patel², M. A. Moten², D. R. Stevens², U. Meier-Kriesche²
¹Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Medical Affairs, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Cary, NC
*Purpose: LCP-tacrolimus (LCPT; Envarsus XR®) is a modified-release once-daily formulation approved for prophylaxis of organ rejection in de novo kidney transplant patients in combination with…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Use of a Novel Bead-based Assay to Measure the Impact of Imlifidase on ABO IgG Antibodies
A. Halpin¹, B. Motyka², T. Ellis², J. Pearcey², T. L. Lowary³, A. Runström⁴, L. Winstedt⁴, R. Bockermann⁴, S. Järnum⁴, A. Robertson⁴, L. J. West⁵
¹Department of Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta and Alberta Precision Laboratories, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Hansa Biopharma, Lund, Sweden, ⁵Department of Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: The accurate assessment and measurement of ABO antibodies (ABO-Ab) is a critical component of ABO-incompatible (ABOi) transplantation. ABO-Ab comprise both IgG and IgM, which…

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