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 […]
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.
Transplant Trial Watch May 2014
The May 2014 edition of the transplant trial watch is now available on the CET site, as well as our mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. This month, studies include a systematic review of hypothermic machine preservation in renal transplantation, metallic stents for biliary strictures following liver transplantation and tablet computer-based patient education.
Donor specific HLA alloantibodies (DSA) in liver transplantation
A conference was held with an invited faculty (predominantly from the USA) and sponsored by industry to discuss the impact of DSA in liver transplantation and this article reports their opinions. It was agreed that the presence of DSA are recognised now to have a deleterious effect on outcome, particularly if HLA Class II antibodies, […]
Transplant Trial Watch April 2014
The Transplant Trial Watch for April 2014 is now available on the CET website and via our app for iPhone, iPad and Android. We have selected 10 RCTs reported in the past month and looked at their quality and impact. This month, trials include ATG vs IL2RAs in kidney transplantation, long-term outcomes from CNI withdrawal […]
March 2014 Transplant Trial Watch now available
The March 2014 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available online and via the CET’s app for iPhone, iPad and Android. This month, trials include the effects of cyclosporin A and tacrolimus on fibrosis following liver transplantation for hepatitis C, intravesical vs. extravesical ureteroneocystostomy in renal transplantation and the use of sitagliptin in […]
February 2014 Transplant Trial Watch now available
The February 2014 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on the CET website, and on our apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. This month, new trials include the use of octreotide in liver transplantation, B-cell induction therapy in high-risk kidney transplant recipients and conversion from tacrolimus to sirolimus in renal transplantation.
January 2014 Transplant Trial Watch now online
The January 2014 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available. This month’s new trials include Letermovir for post-transplant CMV infection, a suggestion that Alemtuzumab increases de-novo DSA production and a phase I study of a novel TLR-2 monoclonal antibody. You can read the CET’s summaries of these trials (and more) on the CET […]
October Transplant Trial Watch now online
The October 2013 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on transplantevidence.com and via our app for iPhone, iPad and Android. This month, there are a number of interesting trials including failed attempts at inducing tolerance with donor stem cell infusions and an interesting protocol for a study looking at BK virus prophylaxis […]