2017 American Transplant Congress
Subclinical Rejections in Kidney Transplant Recipients Treated with Direct Acting Antiviral Agents for Hepatitis C Treatment within 1 Year of Transplant.
Direct acting antiviral agents (DAA) have revolutionized the management of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) positive kidney transplant recipients (KTR). The optimal timing of DAA therapy…2017 American Transplant Congress
Improving Value by Standardizing the Use of IVIG Amongst Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) Patients.
Background: Given the high cost of pharmaceuticals (i.e. IVIG), we sought to determine if unnecessary variation in drug use may be an opportunity to improve…2017 American Transplant Congress
Safety of Liver Donation from Living Donors with Sickle Cell Trait.
Background:Living donor liver transplant (LDLT) is an important source of organs particularly with the cadaveric organ shortage. It is the main source of liver transplant…2017 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Major Bleeding in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Taking Calcineurin Inhibitors Concomitantly with Direct Oral Anticoagulants Compared to Warfarin.
Pharmacy, CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX
Purpose: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) and calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) are both substrates of CYP 3A metabolism; therefore, the purpose of this study is to assess…2017 American Transplant Congress
Safety of Percutaneous Pancreas Allograft Biopsy in Enteric Drained Pancreas Transplants.
Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Background: Pancreas allograft biopsy (Bx) is the gold standard in diagnosing allograft rejection. The safety of this procedure has been controversial, thus limiting its widespread…2017 American Transplant Congress
Confirmation of the Safety of Cryopreserved Human Cord Blood Derived Di-Chimeric Cells in the NSG Mouse Model.
Orthopaedics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background: Cell therapies are a promising approach for tolerance induction in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA). Thus, we have developed a new supportive therapy of ex…2017 American Transplant Congress
Alloimmune Quiescence in Recipients with Long-Term Surviving Kidney Grafts.
Recent studies of tolerant kidney transplant patients have identified increased numbers of circulating B cells expressing an immature/transitional phenotype (IgD+CD27-/IgD+CD27-CD24+CD38+). Similar frequencies of these immature/transitional…2017 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of Everolimus with Reduced Tacrolimus or Cyclosporine in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients: 12-Month Results from H2305 Study.
1H2305 Study Group, St Louis; 2Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Purpose: Everolimus (EVR) facilitated calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) reduction has shown improved renal function (RF) without compromising efficacy in adult liver transplant recipients (LTxR). Here we…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Graft Thin Upper Pole Arterial Branch Ligation on Adult Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.
Transplant and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
ObjectiveIn kidney transplanation, some upper pole branches are too thin to be reconstructed. The impact of graft thin upper pole arterial branch ligation on adult…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Multi-Center Study of Factors That Increase Cognitive Load in Living Donor Liver Transplants.
Background: Studies have shown that distractions in the operating room (such as phones/pagers, irrelevant conversations, ins and outs) can negatively affect concentration and performance, and…
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