Abstract

The aims of this study are to assess the utility and safety of steroid withdrawal in patients who have received hepatic transplantation. In particular, we will determine whether steroid withdrawal benefits problems experienced in the post-transplant period, such as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, persistent hepatitis C infection, osteoporosis, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity. We hypothesize that steroid withdrawal will be beneficial in these specific areas: Glucose tolerance should improve, the magnitude of HCV viremia should be reduced, abnormalities of blood lipids should normalize and the degree of obesity should be improved. We propose that these benefits can be attained with an acceptably low rate of rejection.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
Project #
3M01RR008084-06S1
Application #
6122859
Study Section
Project Start
1998-12-01
Project End
1999-11-30
Budget Start
1998-10-01
Budget End
1999-09-30
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Department
Type
DUNS #
071284913
City
Cincinnati
State
OH
Country
United States
Zip Code
45229

  Publications

Natarajan, Girija; Shankaran, Seetha; Laptook, Abbot R et al. (2018) Association between sedation-analgesia and neurodevelopment outcomes in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. J Perinatol 38:1060-1067
Askie, Lisa M; Darlow, Brian A; Finer, Neil et al. (2018) Association Between Oxygen Saturation Targeting and Death or Disability in Extremely Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Oxygenation Prospective Meta-analysis Collaboration. JAMA 319:2190-2201
DiFrancesco, Mark W; Shamsuzzaman, Abu; McConnell, Keith B et al. (2018) Age-related changes in baroreflex sensitivity and cardiac autonomic tone in children mirrored by regional brain gray matter volume trajectories. Pediatr Res 83:498-505
Autmizguine, Julie; Tan, Sylvia; Cohen-Wolkowiez, Michael et al. (2018) Antifungal Susceptibility and Clinical Outcome in Neonatal Candidiasis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 37:923-929
Jilling, Tamas; Ambalavanan, Namasivayam; Cotten, C Michael et al. (2018) Surgical necrotizing enterocolitis in extremely premature neonates is associated with genetic variations in an intergenic region of chromosome 8. Pediatr Res 83:943-953
Zeller, Meg H; Pendery, Emma C; Reiter-Purtill, Jennifer et al. (2017) From adolescence to young adulthood: trajectories of psychosocial health following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Obes Relat Dis 13:1196-1203
Srinivasan, Lakshmi; Page, Grier; Kirpalani, Haresh et al. (2017) Genome-wide association study of sepsis in extremely premature infants. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 102:F439-F445
Shankaran, Seetha; Laptook, Abbot R; McDonald, Scott A et al. (2017) Acute Perinatal Sentinel Events, Neonatal Brain Injury Pattern, and Outcome of Infants Undergoing a Trial of Hypothermia for Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. J Pediatr 180:275-278.e2
Hogan, Jonathan J; Palmer, Matthew D; Loren, Alison W et al. (2017) Quiz Page May 2017: CKD and Nephrotic Syndrome After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Am J Kidney Dis 69:A10-A13
Di Fiore, Juliann M; Martin, Richard J; Li, Hong et al. (2017) Patterns of Oxygenation, Mortality, and Growth Status in the Surfactant Positive Pressure and Oxygen Trial Cohort. J Pediatr 186:49-56.e1

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