Articles tagged "Outcome"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Renal Function at Five Years from a Randomized Multicenter Trial of Belatacept-Based CNI Free and Early Steroid Withdrawal Immunosuppression
E. Yanqui¹, H. Hames¹, A. R. Shields¹, T. Shi¹, A. L. Christianson¹, J. Kremer², A. Govil¹, R. R. Alloway¹, E. S. Woodle¹
¹University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
*Purpose: BENEFIT and BENEFIT EXT trials have demonstrated that belatacept-based immunosuppression was associated with improved long term renal allograft function compared to cyclosporine-based immunosuppression. Similar…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Monitoring Efficacy of Tocilizumab Treatment for Chronic Antibody Mediated Rejection (cAMR) in Kidney Transplants Using Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA (dd-cf-DNA)
J. Tang¹, A. Vo¹, E. Huang¹, X. Zhang², N. Ammerman¹, A. Peng¹, R. Najjar¹, S. Sethi¹, K. Lim¹, M. Gillespie¹, N. Badash¹, S. Jordan¹
¹Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, ²HLA Laboratory, Cedars Sinai Medical Ctr, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: IL-6/IL-6R have emerged as important targets for treating cAMR. Recent data show that long-term treatment can stabilize eGFR, reduce DSAs and result in a…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Portal Vein Thrombosis and DCD Liver Transplantation: Dangerous Combination or Clinical Opportunity?
E. Calderon¹, Y. Chang², P. Lu¹, A. M. Durant³, D. Derakshani⁴, M. L. Anderson⁴, E. R. Luque Villa², C. Jadlowiec², K. Reddy², A. Moss², A. K. Mathur²
¹General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ²Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ³Urology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
*Purpose: Individually, recipient portal vein thrombosis (PVT) and donation after circulatory death (DCD) allografts are associated with a higher risk of poor deceased donor liver…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Variable Course of Hepatitis A Virus Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
A. Vostal¹, J. Husson², A. Shishido¹, N. Jakhete³, E. Moore⁴, X. Wen⁵, A. Amoroso², R. Meier⁶, E. Wilson², K. K. Saharia²
¹Div. of Infectious Diseases, Univ. of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ²Div. of Infectious Diseases, Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine and Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, MD, ³Div. of Hepatology, Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Dept of Surgery, Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, ⁵Dept. of Surgery, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁶Dept. of Surgery, Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Although Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is typically a self-limited disease in immunocompetent individuals, the natural history and viral kinetics of HAV in solid…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Differential Impact of Subclinical Kidney Transplant Rejection in Young Adults
S. Raza¹, G. Agarwal¹, H. Fatima¹, R. Gaston¹, V. Hauptfeld-Dolesjek¹, B. Julian¹, C. Kew¹, V. Kumar¹, S. Mehta¹, S. Ong¹, F. Rosenblum¹, G. Towns¹, R. Mannon², M. Seifert¹
¹School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²College of Medicine, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
*Purpose: Serum creatinine, while an insensitive biomarker of allograft injury, is the current standard for assessing the stability of allograft function and guiding kidney transplant…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplant Recipient Gender and Race: Impact on Clinical Outcomes
M. M. French¹, R. Mangus¹, R. Holmes¹, A. Krause¹, J. Sumner¹, C. Kubal², B. Ekser³, P. Mihaylov⁴, J. Fridell⁵, A. Lutz⁶
¹Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, ²Department of Surgery, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, ³Surgery, Indiana University - Transplant Surgery, Indianapolis, IN, ⁴Department of Surgery, Indiana Univ School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶Indiana University, Fishers, IN
*Purpose: Background. Health disparities are present in transplantation. This is a retrospective review of liver transplant (LT) recipients determining the impact of race/gender on early…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Recipient Obesity on Kidney Transplantation Outcome: A Retrospective Cohort Study with a Matched Comparison
A. Buemi
Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium
*Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of recipient obesity on posttransplant complications and patient and graft survival.*Methods: A single-institution, retrospective…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Covid19 in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients: Incidence, Outcomes, and Response to Vaccine
A. Moudgil, K. Sgambat, Y. Shi, M. Meyers, C. Petyak, L. Midgley
Nephrology, Children's National Med. Ctr., Washington, DC
*Purpose: At the onset of pandemic, no information was available on response of pediatric kidney transplant (PKTX) recipients to COVID19. When COVID19 vaccines became available,…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Hold the Opioids Please: Long-Term Outcomes Following an Opioid Minimization Protocol in Kidney Transplantation
T. Carcella, N. Patel, J. Marable, J. Fleming, P. Baliga, D. Dubay, S. Bethi, D. Taber, V. Rohan
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: Opioid use following kidney transplantation (KTX) is associated with an increased risk of graft loss and mortality. Opioid minimization strategies and protocols have demonstrated…
2022 American Transplant Congress
Early Outcomes for Liver Transplant with Thoracoabdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion for Donation After Circulatory Death: A Multi-Center Experience
A. L. Brubaker¹, A. Lee¹, B. Jackson¹, J. Berumen¹, J. R. Parekh¹, K. L. Mekeel¹, A. R. Gupta², J. M. Gardner², T. Chaly³, A. K. Mathur⁴, C. Jadlowiec⁴, K. Reddy⁴, R. Nunez⁴, J. Bellingham⁵, E. Thomas⁶, J. R. Wellen⁷, M. Kearns¹, V. Pretorius¹, G. T. Schnickel¹
¹UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Arizona Transplant Associates, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ⁵California Pacific Medical Center, Orinda, CA, ⁶University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, ⁷Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: We evaluated early outcomes of liver transplant after thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) for controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) donors.*Methods: We identified liver…