To keep the transplantation community informed about recently published level 1 evidence in organ transplantation ESOT and the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation have developed the Transplant Trial Watch.
The Transplant Trial Watch is a monthly overview of 10 new randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews. It includes a brief description of each study, an assessment of the reporting of some methodological quality features and the main conclusions of the report written by the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (CET). RCTs and systematic reviews are selected by the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation on the basis of quality or interest. Electronic publications ahead of print are listed as [record in progress].
The first issue of the Transplant Trial Watch was published in September 2009. It is now made available to thousands of transplant professionals worldwide each month.
Click on each trial for more detail of findings and quality.
March 2023
Kidney transplantation
Outcomes of live renal donors with a history of nephrolithiasis; A systematic review.
Bin Mohamed Ebrahim, M. E., et al. Transplantation Reviews 2022; 37(1): 100746.
Cardiovascular Risk Following Conversion to Belatacept From a Calcineurin Inhibitor in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Bredewold, O. W., et al. Kidney Medicine 2023; 5(1): 100574.
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Posttransplant Anemia With Overall Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Mekraksakit, P., et al. Progress in Transplantation 2023 [record in progress].
Early calcineurin-inhibitor to belatacept conversion in steroid-free kidney transplant recipients.
Tawhari, I., et al. Frontiers in Immunology 2022; 13: 1096881.
Liver transplantation
Viscoelastic versus conventional coagulation tests to reduce blood product transfusion in patients undergoing liver transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Aceto, P., et al. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2023; 40(1): 39-53.
Are short-term complications associated with poor allograft and patient survival after liver transplantation? A systematic review of the literature and expert panel recommendations.
Alconchel, F., et al. Clinical Transplantation 2022; 36(10): e14704.
Postoperative negative-pressure incision therapy after liver transplant (PONILITRANS study): A randomized controlled trial.
Lopez-Lopez, V., et al. Surgery 2022 [record in progress].
The role of graft to recipient weight ratio on enhanced recovery of the recipient after living donor liver transplantation - A systematic review of the literature and expert panel recommendations.
Patel, M. S., et al. Clinical Transplantation 2022; 36(10): e14630.
Does machine perfusion improve immediate and short-term outcomes by enhancing graft function and recipient recovery after liver transplantation? A systematic review of the literature, meta-analysis and expert panel recommendations.
Ramirez-Del Val, A., et al. Clinical Transplantation 2022; 36(10): e14638.
Other
Influence of Dexmedetomidine on Myocardial Injury in Patients with Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation.
Dong, A., et al. Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine: eCAM 2022; 2022: 7196449.