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

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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
Glauser, Tracy A; Holland, Katherine; O'Brien, Valerie P et al. (2017) Pharmacogenetics of antiepileptic drug efficacy in childhood absence epilepsy. Ann Neurol 81:444-453
Durber, Chelsea M; Yeates, Keith Owen; Taylor, H Gerry et al. (2017) The family environment predicts long-term academic achievement and classroom behavior following traumatic brain injury in early childhood. Neuropsychology 31:499-507
Hung, Anna H; Cassedy, Amy; Schultz, Hanna M et al. (2017) Predictors of Long-Term Victimization After Early Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. J Dev Behav Pediatr 38:49-57
Denson, Lee A; McDonald, Scott A; Das, Abhik et al. (2017) Early Elevation in Interleukin-6 is Associated with Reduced Growth in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants. Am J Perinatol 34:240-247
Lin, Shan; Luo, Roger T; Shrestha, Mahesh et al. (2017) The full transforming capacity of MLL-Af4 is interlinked with lymphoid lineage commitment. Blood 130:903-907

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