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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine whether remote ischemic conditioning can improve the outcome after renal transplantation with deceased donor. Remote ischemic conditioning is performed on the patient receiving a kidney from a deceased donor. Remote ischemic conditioning is done during the operation by inflating a tourniquet on the patients leg before opening the blood circulation to the kidney. The study focus on both the immediate kidney function after the transplantation, but also on the extended kidney function one year after the transplantation.
Parts A & B: Conversion of stable pediatric allograft recipients from Prograf® immunosuppression to Advagraf® immunosuppression to compare exposure and one year follow-up for safety and efficacy. Part C: Continuation of long-term follow-up and provision of ongoing study medication to subjects to whom Advagraf® is currently not available.
The present study will examine whether serum FGF-23 and serum phosphate at baseline of kidney transplant recipients can predict progression of allograft dysfunction at 3 years and all-cause mortality at 5 years.
Study of the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic variability of mycophenolate mofetil in renal transplant patients already on long-term MMF treatment (at least 6 months post-transplant; at least 3 months in therapy). Study hypothesis: to investigate whether long-term MMF therapy alters IMPDH biological activity and if there are any correlations with the risk of AR.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effects of Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) substitution on the posttransplant outcome (glomerular filtration rate as well as serum creatinine levels, number of acute rejection episodes, number of infections and C-reactive protein levels within the first year after transplantation) in vitamin D deficient kidney transplant recipients.
Vitamin D deficiency accelerates vascular risk progression after kidney transplant.
Patients planning to have kidney transplantation who are sensitized to their donors have high levels of donor specific alloantibodies. High levels of donor specific antibodies put kidney transplant recipients at risk for rejection very early after transplant. This study is trying to determine if the drug bortezomib (Velcade ™) can reduce donor specific alloantibodies to a level that permits kidney transplantation without a high risk for rejection.
Experience with tacrolimus in pancreas transplantation has become a standard for immunosuppression in almost all pancreas centers over the world. Several centers have shown very good results in simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant recipients receiving antithymocyte globulin induction and maintenance immunosuppression consisting of calcineurin inhibitor and mycophenolate mofetil with or without corticosteroids. The use of sirolimus in SPK transplant patients has for the moment only been studied, with good results, in association with tacrolimus or cyclospsorine (CsA). In renal transplantation, there is also evidence that sirolimus (Rapamune) is a potent immunosuppressant that significantly reduces the incidence of acute rejection when given with CsA, effective as base therapy in the post-induction period. Because of Rapamune's effectiveness and different safety profile, it might be advantageous in terms of reduced nephrotoxicity to avoid completely calcineurin inhibitors without increased incidence of acute rejection. To explore this further, the following study is designed to assess the use of SRL versus TAC, both treatment groups including rATG plus MMF and a 3-month course of steroids in de novo simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant recipients.
Hypothesis: Presently, some patients' mycophenolate mofetil (MMF.,Cellcept) related gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are not being spontaneously reported. It is postulated that a conversion to enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium (EC-MPS.,Myfortic) from MMF will reduce the objectively measured GI symptom burden and improve GI-related quality of life. Primary Objective: To determine the incidence of GI-related symptoms and the health related quality of life of renal transplant patients that are currently tolerating MMF. Assessed by GSRS and GIQLI. Secondary Objective: To determine the impact on GI symptoms and the health related quality of life of renal transplant patients converted from MMF to Myfortic. Assessed by GSRS and GIQLI.
The purpose of this study is to attempt to eliminate the necessity of immunosuppressive therapy for HLA-identical sibling Kidney Transplants, examine cellular chimerism of donor hematopoietic stem cell (DHSC) lineages for pairs to demonstrate immunologic unresponsiveness, and to investigate the safety and efficacy of the treatment regimen including withdrawal of immunosuppression after one year post-transplant for those recipients having received DHSC infusions.