The November 2012 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now online. Each month the CET staff pick ten recent randomised controlled trials or systematic reviews to appraise the quality and comment on the findings. This month, trials include Rituximab as induction therapy in renal transplantation, Ephinenphrine for preventing postreperfision syndrome following liver transplantation and […]
You can now register for the EVIT course which will be held on 22nd and 23rd February 2013. The EVIT course, organised in collaboration with the European Society of Organ Transplantation, is a two-day course aimed at young professionals actively involved in organ and tissue transplantation who want to increase their skills in evidence-based decision-making. […]
This is a very interesting study in which 500 board certified internists were presented with abstracts that described a clinical trial of three hypothetical drugs. The trials had a high, a medium or a low level of quality and each report had included a disclosure about the source of funding, either from a pharmaceutical company, […]
An interesting and exciting study has recently been published in The Lancet by Warnecke et al describing the use of a portable perfusion unit for lung preservation. The “OCS Lung” (TransMedics, Andover MA) is a mobile and stand-alone unit that can be used to perfuse donor lungs from the start of the preservation period, minimizing cold iscaemic […]
It is a pleasure to announce that Simon Knight, who is an Honorary Consultant to the CET, has been appointed as Deputy Director of the CET. Simon was one of the two original research fellows at the beginning of the CET and is shaping a career in organ transplantation. His extensive grasp of IT technology, […]
Has your Postgraduate training in an appropriate health related discipline given you experience of independently carrying out systematic reviews? Are you well-organised, with good communication skills and a keen eye for detail? Then consider a move to The Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (CET). For more information on this post, and how to apply, visit […]
I recently had the opportunity to attend the TOP-Course (Transplant Operative Procedures), a course for transplant and urology trainees run in Germany twice a year. Participants at the five day course receive both theoretical and hands-on training in kidney and liver-transplantation and multi-oragn retrieval techniques, as well as some valuable experience in anaesthesia for those […]
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 […]