June 2017 Transplant Trial Watch now online
The June 2017 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available. This month’s studies include potential for tacrolimus overdosing in obese transplant recipients, chlorthalidone for the management of hypertension in kidney transplant recipients, terlipressin in live donor liver transplantation and desmopressin use in cardiac transplantation.
Read moreMay 2017 Transplant Trial Watch now online
The May 2017 edition of the Transplant Trial watch is now out. This month’s studies include low dose valganciclovir prophylaxis in renal transplantation, metal vs. plastic stents for anastomotic strictures in liver transplantation and ex-vivo perfusion in cardiac transplantation.
Read moreApril 2017 Transplant Trial Watch now available
The April 2017 Transplant Trial Watch is now available online and via the TTW app for iPhone, iPad and android. This month, studies include a meta-analysis of RAS blockade in renal transplant recipients, early vs. late removal of ureteric stents, and development of a transplant risk index for patients on mechanical circulatory support.
Read moreMarch 2017 Transplant Trial Watch now online
The March 2017 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available. This month’s papers include telemedicine for live donor follow-up, ACE inhibitors in renal transplant recipients and cancer screening recommendations following solid organ transplantation.
Read moreFebruary 2017 Transplant Trial Watch now available
The February 2017 edition of the Transplant Trial watch is now available. This month, studies include novel monoclonal antibodies for prevention of CMV viraemia post-transplant, diagnostic markers for acute kidney rejection and chronic kidney injury, and portocaval shunts in liver transplantation.
Read moreJanuary 2017 Transplant Trial Watch now available
The January 2017 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available. This month, trials include risk of infection with RANKL inhibitors, kidney cooling during anastomosis and donor ischaemia preconditioning in liver transplantation.
Read moreDecember 2016 Transplant Trial Watch now online
The December 2016 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available. This month, articles include a trial of fibrin glue to prevent complications after renal transplantation, a meta-analysis of renal outcomes in live kidney donors and the risk of biliary complications following live donor liver transplantation. It also includes an analysis of the HTA […]
Read moreQuality and consistency of outcome reporting in transplant clinical trials
Much focus is placed upon the methodological quality of clinical trials, and the impact that it has on the risk of bias at a study level. An often neglected area is the reporting quality of the manuscripts from trials, which can also have a big impact on the interpretation of results. A recent paper in […]
Read moreNovember 2016 Transplant Trial Watch is now available
The November 2016 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on the CET website and via our app for iPhone, iPad and Android. This month, studies include a systematic review of fish oil for kidney transplant recipients, metal vs. plastic stents for benign biliary strictures, and cardiac transplantation after the Norwood procedure.
Read moreSeptember 2016 Transplant Trial Watch now available
The September 2016 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available. This month’s studies include include the perils of late CNI withdrawal, CNI to mTORi conversion in Liver Transplant recipients and computer-based home education.
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