On the 20th September we had our regular meeting in the Richard Doll Building in Oxford. It was a very good day in that John O’Callaghan reviewed his current work on a systematic review of liver preservation solutions together with a multivariate analysis of 4,500 kidney transplants from the NHSBT registry. Robin Som reviewed his […]
A cluster of cases of pneumocystis pneumonia has been reported from the Westmead hospital transplant unit in Sydney. All patients had had conventional prophylaxis, namely treatment with trimethoprin/sulfamethoxazole for 6 months after transplantation. These cases have all been documented very carefully and the pneumocystis jiroveci have been genotyped and the authors produce convincing evidence that this […]
The October edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on the CET website. Each month, our team summarise and assess the quality of 10 important randomised controlled trials in the field of solid organ transplantation. This month, trials include sirolimus in the prevention of skin cancer in transplant recipients, machine perfusion in extended […]
The September edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on the CET website. Each month, the CET staff select 10 recently published randomised controlled trials in the field of transplantation and summarise the findings and quality. This month, the Trial Watch includes a trial of generic tacrolimus, long-term results from the Tricontinental MMF […]
The July edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on our website. Each month, the CET staff select and assess the quality of 10 important randomised controlled trials in the transplant literature. This month, trials include improving dontation rates, treating recurrent HCV after liver transplantation, and CNI vs MMF withdrawal in renal transplantation. […]
The June edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on our website. Each month, the CET staff select and assess the quality of 10 important randomised controlled trials in the transplant literature. Don’t forget that the Trial Watch is now available as an app for Android and iPhone – Download it now!
The April edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now online. Each month, the CET staff select 10 important randomised trials from the literature to summarise and assess their quality. This month, trials include RCTs investigating the safety and efficacy of Advagraf and Belatacept in renal transplant recipients, and trial looking at steroid pretreatment of […]
The March edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now online. Each month, the CET staff select 10 important randomised trials from the literature to summarise and assess their quality. This month, there are a number of trials looking at immunsuppression monitoring and factors affecting exposure, as well as an interesting trial looking at the […]
The February 2012 Transplant Trial Watch is now online. Each month, the CET staff pick 10 recent randomised trials in transplantation and summarise them, assessing the methodological quality. This month, there are trials in renal, hepatic and cardiac transplantation, including a comparison of CsA/AZA and Tac/MMF in renal transplant recipients and the impact of MMF […]