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Filter by:A study in which two groups of patients will be analysed; patients converted from Prograf to Advagraf within the first 3 months after transplantation and patients converted from Prograf to Advagraf between 3 months and 1 year after transplantation.
This is an investigator initiated study at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) funded by Novartis looking at using a combination of immunosuppressive drugs in liver transplant patients that are at risk of developing kidney problems. Kidney problems following liver transplants is the most problematic issue facing liver transplant patients today. This study will generate information in this area of high unmet medical need utilizing basiliximab and Myfortic and using a reduced dose of tacrolimus, one of the current standard of care medications, after kidney function has normalized.
The purpose of this study was to offer patients who had participated in one of the phase II PK or phase III studies on FK506E (MR4) the possibility to continue FK506E (MR4) until commercial availability of the drug and to record long term efficacy and safety data.
The purpose of this study was, starting from the Italian clinical practice in liver transplantation, to optimize the immunosuppressive therapy, considering specific patient characteristics as alcoholic cirrhosis, hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and short/long-term implications. Then efficacy and safety of a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-withdrawal regimen was evaluated in comparison with a CNI-minimization regimen.
The incidence of acute kidney injury after liver transplantation has been reported to be 17 to 95 percent, but no definite treatment has been reported yet. Therefore, it is important to identify and prevent reversible risk factors for acute kidney injury after liver transplantation. Previous studies have reported several preoperative clinical risk factors, but preoperative medication and intraoperative colloid administration and hemodynamic parameters have not been evaluated. Therefore, we attempt to evaluate perioperative risk factors and develop simplified clinical risk scoring model.
To study the impact of intra and post-operative Terlipressin infusion on the occurrence of acute kidney injury after LDLT To investigate perioperative Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) changes and study the effect of Terlipressin on NGAL blood levels
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of Advagraf, prolonged-release, once daily tacrolimus formulation, on long-term graft survival in kidney and liver allograft recipients. This study will also evaluate the overall long-term impact of Advagraf on kidney and liver allograft recipients.
Assuming greater efficacy in the prevention of acute rejection in the EVR arm with minimisation of TAC levels, the hypothesis of the present trial was that the introduction of EVR in combination with the minimisation of TAC (rTAC) may offer improved kidney function compared with standard therapy with TAC-MMF.
Currently, there is no treatment standard for use of anti-HCV (hepatitic C virus) medications for those preparing for a liver transplant. The purpose of this study is to determine whether those individuals who require liver transplantation for Hepatitis C, genotype I, who are undergoing liver transplantation may successfully get rid of their virus before the transplant by taking three medicines, peginterferon, ribavirin, and boceprevir, up until the time of the liver transplant surgery. If successful, the Hepatitis C virus will not re-infect the new liver that they receive and they will not require therapy for Hepatitis C after liver transplantation. This study involves the use of peginterferon alfa-2b, ribavirin, and boceprevir, all of which are approved for the treatment of genotype I Hepatitis C. Hypothesis: The addition of boceprevir to peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin in patients with Hepatitis C genotype 1 with or without hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation will lead to rapid HCV RNA clearance of genotype I infected individuals. Transplantation with anhepatic boceprevir will prevent reinfection of the new transplanted graft and prevent graft infection posttransplantation.
The purpose of the study is to compare ultrasound measurements of the liver obtained prior to surgery on the skin to measurements obtained during surgery directly on the diseased liver. The objective is to determine if ultrasounds of the liver on the skin can provide accurate measurements of disease of the liver to provide an alternative option to liver biopsies.