Tag: kidney transplant patients
New guideline supports kidney exchange programmes and “integrated approach” in sensitised...
A new guideline on the management of highly sensitised kidney transplant patients—those who have high levels of human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) and are therefore more...
Registry data highlight long-term trends in haemodialysis access profile of failed...
New findings, recently published in the Journal of Vascular Access (JVA), provide insight into the haemodialysis access profile of failed kidney transplant patients treated in...
Scottish Medicines Consortium recommends Idefirix for highly sensitised kidney transplant patients
Hansa Biopharma recently announced a recommendation by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for its “first-in-class” treatment Idefirix (imlifidase) in the desensitisation of highly sensitised adult...
Fistula ligation “should become a routine part of post-transplant care”
At this year’s Vascular Access for Hemodialysis Symposium (9–11 June, Charleston, USA), Alexander Toledo (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA) asserted the advantages...
Select solid-organ transplant recipients may remain at high Omicron risk despite...
While a fourth vaccine dose does increase anti-spike immunoglobin-G (IgG) and neutralising capacity against many COVID-19 variants of concern (VOCs), some solid-organ transplant recipients...
Cibiltech begins enrolment for clinical trial monitoring kidney transplant patients using...
Cibiltech has announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the CIBIL (Clinical impact of the iBox as an early intervention tool) study,...
Retransplantation may offer greater survival outcomes than dialysis following a failed...
As per a clinical study involving more than 2,300 adult patients, a second kidney transplant is likely to offer improved survival outcomes when compared...
Transplantation discrepancies contribute to racial disparities in childhood-onset kidney failure survival...
Transplantation discrepancies between Black and white patients have been found to contribute significantly to differing survival rates for childhood-onset kidney failure across the two...
DaVita expands efforts in kidney transplantation with MedSleuth acquisition
DaVita has announced the acquisition of transplant software company MedSleuth, which works with US transplant centres to improve experiences and outcomes for kidney and...
Hansa Biopharma enrols first patient in US pivotal trial of kidney...
Hansa Biopharma recently announced that the first patient has been enrolled in its CONFIDES trial—a US pivotal, open-label, randomised controlled study—at the Columbia University Medical Center...
Promising histological marker of kidney graft failure identified by new study
An observational study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) has identified a “promising” histological marker for determining kidney transplant...
ASN Kidney Week: Research uncovers why dialysis and transplant patients are...
People with kidney failure who are on dialysis or who have received a kidney transplant face a higher risk of dying from COVID-19—and new...