Transplantation News

Patients with obesity trying to achieve the required weight loss to be added to the kidney transplant list need support, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

About 60% of transplant centers in a recent survey reported that patients are not required to have COVID-19 vaccinations prior to surgery.

Adherence promotion strategies, such as the Medication Adherence Promotion System, proved to be cost-effective and improved rejection rates among adolescent kidney transplant recipients, according to a published study.

Implementation of evidence-based adherence-promotion strategies correlated with a 50% reduction in acute allograft rejection for 2 years among kidney transplant recipients.

CareDx Inc. announced its non-invasive organ transplant surveillance solutions were used to monitor postoperative graft health in the first successful heart xenotransplantation.

During the first few waves of COVID-19, kidney transplant recipients in Norway engaged in less social interaction than the general population and strongly adhered to government advice, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Despite a significant decrease in immunosuppression, the occurrence of post-COVID-19 donor-specific antibodies among COVID-19-positive kidney transplant recipients was low, according to data published in Kidney International Reports.

Two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have a limited impact on COVID-19 infection in patients with kidney replacement therapy, according to data published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

A phase 2 trial will evaluate if temporarily reducing the immunosuppressive medication of transplant recipients in the days before and after they receive an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine increases their immune response to the vaccine.

CareDx Inc. announced a new partnership with Minority Organ Tissue Transplant and Education Program to increase organs donated by historically underrepresented groups and to support high-risk, underserved communities.