July 2015 Transplant Trial Watch now online
The July edition of the transplant trial watch is now available on our website and via the app for iPhone, iPad and Android. This months trials include computer-guided tacrolimus dosing, radial versus femoral cannulation for cardiac transplantation and Sorafenib in liver transplant candidates with HCC.
Total Pancreatectomy and Islet autotransplantation
This is an analysis of a subset of patients at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine in Minneapolis from their vast experience of pancreatic and pancreatic islet transplantation. This paper discusses the management of patients with hereditary/genetic pancreatitis due to several causes which not only produces chronic pain but also an increased risk of […]
September 2014 Transplant Trial Watch now online
After a 1 month break for the World Transplant Congress, the September 2014 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on the CET website and via our mobile app. This month, studies include an interesting analysis of the relationship between uric acid levels and CAN from the ABCAN trial, de novo Belatacept in […]
Hypothermic organ preservation studies presented at the World Transplant Congress 2014
There were several presentations at the recent World Transplant Congress in San Francisco that discussed the latest developments in hypothermic organ preservation techniques. Using the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Gill et al of the Vancouver group examined the impact of Hypothermic Machine Perfusion (HMP) on the risk of DGF depending on the Kidney Donor Profile […]
July 2014 Transplant Trial Watch now available
The July 2014 edition of the Transplant Trial watch is now available on the CET website, and via our app for iPhone, iPad and Android. This month’s top ten trials include a systematic review of tuberculosis prophylaxis in renal transplantation, rituximab for desensitisation of cadaveric kidney recipients and the use of albuterol in DBD donors.
Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs)
I went to an excellent lecture on PROs by Professor Melanie Calvert from the University of Birmingham as part of the Doll Seminar series today. She talked about the incorporation of PROs in randomised controlled trials but the quality of the reporting which was quite dismal. Many analyses that she and her group have done […]