Immunophenotyping and efficacy of low dose ATG in non-sensitized kidney recipients undergoing early steroid withdrawal: a randomized pilot study.

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Published in PLoS One on August 11, 2014

Authors

Monica Grafals1, Brian Smith2, Naoka Murakami3, Agnes Trabucco4, Katherine Hamill4, Erick Marangos4, Hannah Gilligan4, Elizabeth A Pomfret4, James J Pomposelli4, Mary A Simpson4, Jamil Azzi2, Nader Najafian5, Leonardo V Riella2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Transplant Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, United States of America; Department of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America.
2: Transplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
3: Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America.
4: Department of Transplant Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, United States of America.
5: Transplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America; Department of Nephrology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, United States of America.

Associated clinical trials:

Comparison of Alemtuzumab and Rebif® Efficacy in Multiple Sclerosis, Study Two (CARE-MS II) | NCT00548405

Low Dose Thymoglobin in Renal Transplant Patients | NCT01280617

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