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Articles tagged "Pharmacoeconomics"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Pharmacy Led Initiatives for Treatment of Transplant Recipients of Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in a High Volume Transplant Center

    H. Berry, J. Byrns, L. Crona, T. Capes, J. M. Steinbrink, E. K. Maziarz, C. R. Wolfe

    Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

    *Purpose: We describe a multidisciplinary workflow for initiation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapies post-transplant in the outpatient setting of a high…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Combining Pharmacy and Genome-Wide Genotyping Data to Examine Medication Regimen Complexity Indices (MRCI), Drug-Drug and Gene-Drug Interactions in Transplant Patients

    L. Callans, J. Obayemi, H. Gao, A. Shaked, B. Chang, B. Keating

    Penn Transplant Institute, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Polypharmacy, typically defined as the use of five or more medications, is a barrier to adherence, and the resulting complex medication regimens result in…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Once Weekly Fluconazole is Effective for the Prevention of Oral Candidiasis in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    J. Lockridge, D. Roberts, K. Spence, M. Stack, S. Rehman, A. Olyaei

    OHSU, Portland, OR

    *Purpose: Oropharyngeal candidiasis is an infection prevalent in renal transplant recipients, with significant concerns for invasive endoscopic workup and development into invasive fungal infections. While…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    The Importance of Annual Medicare Part D Plan Evaluation

    L. Potter1, E. Garrity2

    1Department of Pharmacy, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2Transplant Institute, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

    *Purpose: The Medicare open enrollment period is from Oct 15 to Dec 7, annually. The purpose of this project was to objectively measure the benefit…
  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Development of a Pharmacy Collaborative Practice Agreement to Improve Efficiency and Management of Prescribing in a Renal Transplant Clinic

    R. Chelewski1, K. Johnson1, A. Zuckerman2, J. DeClercq3, L. Choi3, M. Peter2, A. J. Langone4

    1Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy Services, Vanderbilt Univ Medical Ctr, Nashville, TN, 2Department of Pharmacy, Vanderbilt Univ Medical Ctr, Nashville, TN, 3Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt Univ Medical Ctr, Nashville, TN, 4Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt Univ Medical Ctr, Nashville, TN

    *Purpose: This study describes the development of a Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreement (CPPA) between transplant pharmacists and physicians and assesses change in prescription volume and…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation and Cost Burden of Inappropriately Drawn Immunosuppression Trough Levels in the Acute Care Setting at an Academic Medical Center

    A. Brown, J. Geyston, A. Agarwal, B. Jones, W. Ally.

    University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.

    Trough drug levels in narrow therapeutic index medications, such as CNI and mTOR inhibitors are used to estimate total drug exposure. Inappropriately measured trough levels…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Improved Value with Individualized Antithymocyte Globulin Dosing Protocol in Renal Transplant

    J. Dann, W. Ally, M. Bradley, J. Geyston, A. Agarwal.

    University of Virginia Healthsystem, Charlottesville, VA.

    Medication costs represent one of the largest costs associated with transplantation. With growing pressure to reduce health care costs while maintaining excellent outcomes, this study…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    The Adoption of Generic Immunosuppressant Medications Among Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients Using the Colorado All Payer Claims Database.

    Q. Liu,1 A. Smith,1 J. Park,2 M. Oguntimein,3 S. Dutcher,3 G. Bello,1 M. Helmuth,1 M. Turenne,1 R. Balkrishnan,4 M. Fava,1 P. Sharma,2 C. Beil,1 A. Leichtman,1 J. Zee.1

    1Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI; 2U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 3Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD; 4U of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

    Background: Substitution of generic for brand-name immunosuppressants has increased in solid organ transplantation following the expiration of brand patents. Our aim was to describe the…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Immunosuppressant Costs for Medicare Part D and Kidney Transplant Recipients Since the Introduction of Generic Formulations in an Incident Kidney Transplant Population.

    M. Helmuth,1 M. Turenne,1 J. Park,2 Q. Liu,1 M. Oguntimein,3 S. Dutcher,3 R. Balkrishnan,4 J. Zee,1 A. Smith,1 A. Leichtman.1

    1Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI; 2U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 3Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD; 4U of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

    Background: Substitution of generics (GEN) for brand name (BN) immunosuppressants (IS) has increased in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) since the introduction of GEN mycophenolate mofetil…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Analysis of ApoL1 and MYH9 Genetic Polymorphisms Among the Hispanic Kidney Allograft Recipients.

    Y. Chang,1,2 T. Shah,1,3 D. Min.1

    1Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA; 2Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; 3St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

    Introduction: Genetic polymorphisms of Apolipoprotein 1 (ApoL1) and non-muscle heavy chain 9 (MYH9) genes are known to be strongly associated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, HIV-associated…
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