Transplantation News

Solid organ transplant recipients who develop hyperkalemia have an increased risk of mortality and 30-day readmissions, according to results presented at ASN Kidney Week 2018.

SAN DIEGO — Patients on dialysis with HIV are less likely to receive a kidney transplant than HIV-negative patients and time spent on dialysis may be a factor in this difference, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week 2018.

The United Network for Organ Sharing has retained its contract as the nation’s Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network after a competitive bidding process.

CHICAGO — Lupus nephritis is recurring less frequently among patients with end-stage renal disease who undergo kidney transplant, possibly due to improved immunosuppression, according to data presented by Debendra N. Pattanaik, MBBS, MD, of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

SAN DIEGO — During periods with a functional kidney transplant, patients have an increased cancer incidence and mortality risk, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week 2018.

SAN DIEGO — Losing 10% or more of body weight prior to a deceased donor transplant was associated with a greater mortality rate after the transplant, according to results presented at ASN Kidney Week 2018.

Biopharmaceutical company Hansa Medical AB reported in a press release that Imlifidase, its immunosuppressive transplant drug for highly sensitized patients, met all primary and secondary endpoints in two phase 2 studies in the United States and other countries.

The new Kidney Allocation System has not solved inequities that low-income and minority patients with kidney disease face when seeking the benefits of preemptive waitlisting for a transplant, Drexel University College of Medicine researchers reported in a study published in the Journal Clinical Transplantation.

Investigators found oxycodone is removed during hemodialysis. However, not enough is removed to require additional dosing in patients with ESRD. According to findings published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, the pharmacokinetics of oxycodone and the absence of unconjugated active metabolites demonstrate oxycodone can be used at the usual dosage.

The U.S. Department of Labor issued an opinion letter on Aug. 28 affirming that employers must guarantee job security for individuals who become living organ donors and are covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act.