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4th December 2017 / Last updated : 4th December 2017 Simon Knight Clinical trials

December 2017 Transplant Trial Watch now available

The December 2017 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available online. This month’s studies include PDT vs. Imiquimod for the treatment of actinic keratoses in transplant recipients, omitting affective attitude questions to improve intention to become an organ donor, and a meta-analysis of ECMO vs. bypass during lung transplantation.

4th October 2017 / Last updated : 4th October 2017 Simon Knight Clinical trials

The PITHIA trial – a novel trial to improve kidney utilisation

Soon to start recruiting in the UK, the Pre-Implantation Trial of Histopathology In renal Transplant Allografts (PITHIA) trial blends national collaboration, a unique digital pathology service, registry-based follow-up and a novel stepped-wedge design to assess the impact of a national donor histopathology service on kidney utilisation. The trial is being run by chief investigator Gavin […]

29th April 2016 / Last updated : 29th April 2016 Simon Knight Clinical trials

May 2016 Transplant Trial Watch now available

The May 2016 Transplant Trial Watch is now available online and via our app for iPhone, iPad and Android. This months new trials include long-term follow-up from the Spare the Nephron trial, methods for promoting organ donation and mobile medical apps for encouraging sun protection behaviour.

8th October 2015 / Last updated : 8th October 2015 Peter Morris Clinical trials

Time of extraction of deceased donor kidneys influences DGF

In a very interesting study with a novel observation, which is in press in the AJT, the authors present an analysis of the impact of the extraction time of kidney (the time from beginning of surgery with aortic cross clamping and perfusion/cooling of the kidneys to removal of kidneys and placing them in ice on the back table). […]

8th October 2015 / Last updated : 8th October 2015 Peter Morris Clinical trials

Mild cooling of organ donor reduces incidence of DGF

This is a fascinating study with significant implications for preservation studies. The authors show that organ donors after brain death subjected to mild cooling had significantly less DGF than donors subjected to conventional normothermia before organ retrieval. In fact the DMC stopped the study on the basis that efficacy had been demonstrated before completion of […]

3rd March 2015 / Last updated : 3rd March 2015 Simon Knight Clinical trials

March Transplant Trial Watch now online

The arch 2015 edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on the CET website and via the Trial Watch App.  Take a look now to see the latest trials from the world of solid organ transplantation!

6th January 2015 / Last updated : 6th January 2015 Peter Morris Organ Donation

Presumed consent in organ transplantation is unnecessary and ethically unsound

Professor John Fabre, Past President of the British Transplant Society, has written an extremely well argued case against presumed consent in organ donation stating that it is both clinically unnecessary and that it would compromise the ethics of clinical practice. The author argues in this article that rather than legislating for consented donors we should […]

27th August 2014 / Last updated : 27th August 2014 Peter Morris Conferences

World Transplant Congress

The World Congress in Transplantation, which was a joint meeting between the TTS, the ASTS and the AST took place in San Francisco from the 26th to the 31st of July. It was a huge meeting with some 7,000 people attending which made it quite difficult to meet people. The opening ceremony was rather special […]

1st March 2013 / Last updated : 1st March 2013 Peter Morris Organ Donation

Improving outcomes of living donor right hepatectomy

This article is a single centre review from the National Liver Cancer Centre in Korea of their experience of living donor right hepatectomy between 2005 and 2011 and includes 300 consecutive living donors. The authors examine the data in three cohorts of 100 donors. The overall complication rate was 16% and there were no deaths. […]

2nd January 2013 / Last updated : 2nd January 2013 Peter Morris Organ Donation

New Era for Organ Donation and Transplant in China

The latest World Health Organization bulletin publishes an interview with Haibo Wang who is the Director of the China Organ Transplant Response System Research Centre for the Ministry of Health, a position he has held since 2011. He is interviewed by Fiona Fleck of the WHO and it is a very interesting interview, particularly with […]

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