Alasfar, Sami
Hall, Isaac E.
Mansour, Sherry G.
Jia, Yaqi
Thiessen-Philbrook, Heather R.
Weng, Francis L.
Singh, Pooja
Schröppel, Bernd
Muthukumar, Thangamani
Mohan, Sumit
Malik, Rubab F.
Harhay, Meera N.
Doshi, Mona D.
Akalin, Enver
Bromberg, Jonathan S.
Brennan, Daniel C.
Reese, Peter P.
Parikh, Chirag R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Showa University
All Japan Labor Welfare Foundation
Article History
Received: 15 September 2020
Accepted: 10 December 2020
First Online: 12 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the scientific review boards from participating Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and the institutional review boards (IRBs) from the following 13 transplant centers: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center IRB, Columbia University IRB, Weill Cornell Medicine IRB, Drexel University Office of Research IRB, Wayne State University IRB, Thomas Jefferson University IRB, Albert Einstein college of Medicine IRB, IRB of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Saint Barnabas Medical Center IRB, University of Maryland IRB, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University Human Investigation Committee, and University of Michigan Medical School IRB<b>.</b> The organizations via which procurement occurred were the following OPOs: Gift of Life Philadelphia, LiveOnNY, Gift of Life Michigan, New Jersey Sharing Network, and the New England Organ Bank. The scientific review boards of these OPOs approved the study. The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from all the patients. No organs/tissues were procured from prisoners.
: Not applicable.
: S. Alasfar: Grant support from CareDx, Shire, and NIH.S.G. Mansour: supported by the American Heart Association (18CDA34110151) and Patterson Trust Fund.P.P. Reese: Epidemiology consulting from COHRDATA related to dialysis outcomes. Grant/Research Support from Merck, CVS. Initiated grants from Merck to the University of Pennsylvania to support the THINKER (kidney), USHER (heart) and SHELTER (lung) trials of transplanting organs from donors with Hepatitis C into Hepatitis C negative recipients. Initiated grants from CVS to the University of Pennsylvania to support studies of medication adherence. Associate Editor, American Journal of Kidney Disease.E. Akalin. Grant support from CareDx and NIH.I.E. Hall: NIH grant support from NCATS (UL1TR002538 and KL2TR002539).M.D. Doshi: Salary support from NIDDK.S. Mohan: Grant/Research support from NIH (NIDDK/NIAID/NIHMD/NIBIB). Consulting fees from Angion Pharmaceuticals. Deputy Editor, Kidney International Reports.D.C. Brennan: Grant/Research support to Johns Hopkins from CareDx, honoraria for speaking, consulting fees from Amplyx and CareDx.C.R. Parikh: Consulting Fee from Renalytix. Grant/Research Support from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestion and Kidney Diseases, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Data Safety and Monitoring Board of Genfit, Abbott.Rest of the authors does not have any competing interest.