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Mar 2024 

31st Charles B. Huggins Research Symposium, Chicago, IL

 

Lin WNovel Desensitization Therapy with Carfilzomib/Bortezomib and Belatacept for Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Candidates: Preliminary Outcomes.                                                                                                                                                                                    Abstract 

Gondek S. Achieving Insulin Independence in Humans through Stem Cell-Derived Islet Cell Transplantation: Preliminary Insights from the VX-880 Multicenter Clinical Trial                                                                                                                                                                 Abstract

Tomecki J.  A Insight from the Initial Patient Cohort: Islet Allotransplantation into Pre-vascularized Sernova Cell Pouch.                                                                                Abstract

 

Juengel B. Customizing Abdominal Incision Approaches Based on Patient Age for Minimizing Surgical Would Complications in Single Kindey Transplants.                                                                                                                                                                             Abstract

Bachul P. Aiming for Optimal Immunosuppression in Islet Transplantation: Assessing the Tolerability and Efficacy of Belatacept in Conjunction with Reduced Tacrolimus.                                                                                                                                                               Abstract

Oct 2023 

International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association Congress, San Diego, CA

 

Lin WTiming of anti-thymocyte globulin infusion affects islet engraftment after intraportal allotransplantation in patients with T1DM.                                               Abstract 

 

Gondek S. Pancreas after islet and islet after pancreas transplantation offer a durable insulin independence to patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and problematic hypoglycemia                                                                                                                       Abstract

 

Lin W. Insulin independence after intraportal islet transplantation in patients with kidney allograft and type 1 diabetes mellitus.                                                                      Abstract

 

Witkowski P. Glucose-Dependent Insulin Production and Insulin-Independence in Type 1 Diabetes from Stem Cell-Derived, Fully Differentiated Islet Cells: Updated Data from the VX-880 Clinical Study.                                                                                                  Abstract

Witkowski P. Emerging data from a study of tegoprubart for the prevention of rejection in kidney transplant recipients: Implications for a similar study in islet cell transplantation.                                                                                                             Abstract

Oct 2023 

4th Polish American Youth Academic Summit, Chicago

 

Shuckla S. Utility of Plasmapheresis and Intensified Immunosuppressive therapy for de novo HLA Antibodies in Patients after Pancreatic Islet Transplantation. The University of Chicago experience- 2nd Oral Presentation Award.                                               Abstract 

 

Milejczyk K. Pancreas after islet as well as  islet after pancreas transplantation offer durable insulin independence to patients with diabetes mellitus and problematic hypoglycemia. 3rd Oral Presentation Award.                                                             Abstract

 

Gondek S. Long term effects of pancreatic islets transplantation on polyneuropathy in patients with brittle diabetes: a single center experience. 3nd Poster Presentation Award.                                                                                                                                     Abstract

 

Lin W. Pain and Blood Glucose Control after Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplantation in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis- 9 year follow up.      Abstract

 

Tomecki J. Persistence of Long-term Insulin Independence After Islet Transplantation and Two Subsequent Pregnancies.                                                                             Abstract

August 2023 

North American Transplant Coordinators Organization Annual Meeting

Basto L. Islet Transplantation Restores Insulin Independence In Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

Perea L. Islet After Kidney Transplantation Restores Insulin Independence In Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

June 2023 

American Transplant Congress, San Diego CA

Lin W. Islet After Kidney Transplantation Restores Insulin Independence In Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

June 2023 

Scientific Sessions, American Diabetes Association, San Diego CA

 

Ogledzinski M. Islet Allotransplantation into Pre-vascularized Sernova Cell Pouch™ - Early Results from the University of Chicago- oral presentation

 

Lin W. Preservation of Islet Graft Function and Blood Glucose Control after Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation in patients with Chronic Pancreatitis and intractable pain- 9 year follow up. -oral presentation

 

Gondek S. Preemptive Insulin Supplementation for Islet Graft Protection, Optimal Blood Glucose Control, and Fetal Development during the Pregnancy in Insulin-Independent Patient after Islet Transplantation.

Reichman T. Glucose-Dependent Insulin Production and Insulin-Independence in Type 1 Diabetes from Stem Cell-Derived, Fully Differentiated Islet Cells (VX-880): Update on the 7 Enrolled Trial Participants. 

Jan 2023 

ASTS Winter Symposium, Miami FL

 

Ogledzinski M. Islet After Kidney Transplantation Restores Insulin Independence In Patients With Type 1 Diabetes.

 

Ogledzinski M. Successful pancreas after islet and islet after pancreas transplantation for patients with diabetes mellitus and problematic hypoglycemia.

Sept 2022 

The Transplantation Society  Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina 

 

Bachul P. Successful islet after pancreas and pancreas after islet transplantation for patients with diabetes mellitus and problematic hypoglycemia.

 

Bachul P..  

Modified Approach Allowed for Improved Islet Allotransplantation Into Pre-vascularized Sernova Cell PouchTM Device - Preliminary Results of the Phase I/II Clinical Trial at University of Chicago

ABSTRACT

June 2022 

Scientific Sessions American Diabetes Association 

Markman JF, Stem cell-derived, fully differentiated islet cells for T1DM.

 

Bachul P. Successful islet after pancreas and pancreas after islet transplantation for patients with diabetes mellitus and problematic hypoglycemia.

Bachul P, Effectiveness Of Covid-19 Vaccination In The Islet Transplant Recipients. Young Investigator Award. American Diabetes Association, 2022.

Oct 2021 

International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association  Congress 

 

Bachul P. Favorable 5-year Follow Up Outcomes After Islet Transplantation in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus at University of Chicago

 

Bachul P..  Modified Approach Allowed for Improved Islet Allotransplantation Into Pre-vascularized Sernova Cell PouchTM Device - Preliminary Results of the Phase I/II Clinical Trial at University of Chicago

June 2021 

American Diabetes Association, Scientific Sessions

 

Monday, June 28th, 8am

Session: Clinical and Regulatory Hurdles Facing Islet Transplantation

Invited lecture: Islet Transplantation—Benefits and Shortcomings, Piotr Witkowski, MD, PhD

 

ABSTRACT

June 5, 2021 

American Transplant Congress 

 

Jayant K. The Impact of Covid-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (oral) 

 

Jayant K.  Analyzing the Impact of Covid-19 in the Hospitalized Cohort of Liver Transplant Recipients: An Early Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis..

ABSTRACT
Slides

June 5, 2021 

American Transplant Congress 

 

Jayant K. The Impact of Covid-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (oral) 

 

Jayant K.  Analyzing the Impact of Covid-19 in the Hospitalized Cohort of Liver Transplant Recipients: An Early Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis..

ABSTRACT
Slides

Jan 15, 2021 

American Society of Transplant Surgeons Winter Symposium

 

Bachul PJ.  Islet Allotransplantation Into Pre-Vascularized Sernova Cell PouchTM - Preliminary Results From The University of Chicago.

Generette G. Anterior Rectus Sheath Versus Gibson Incision For Kidney Transplantation -Preliminary Experience.

ABSTRACT
Slides

Sept 14, 2020 

28th International Congress of The Transplantation Society 

 

Bachul PJ.  Durable effect of beta cell replacement therapy on improvement in blood glucose control and prevention of progression of secondary diabetic complications in nonuremic patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and problematic hypoglycemia

June 14, 2020 

80th Scientific Sessions, American Diabetes Association. Chicago, IL

 

Bachul PJ. Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation in diabetic and prediabetic patients with intractable chronic pancreatitis

Jun 1-4, 2020 

American Transplant Congress, 

 

Bachul PJ. Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation in diabetic and prediabetic patients with intractable chronic pancreatitis  

Bachul PJ.  Beta Cell Replacement Therapy in Nonuremic Patients with Brittle T1DM allows for durable long term insulin independence halting progression of secondary diabetic complications.

Bachul PJ. Successful Transplantation of the Kidney Graft with 5 Arteries and Intimal Dissection Injury - 9 year follow up.

May 14-16, 2020 

XXI Congress of the Polish Association Society of Diabetology 

 

Golebiewska J. Results of islet after kidney transplantations in patients with labile form of T1DM  (GUMED/CELLT).

ABSTRACT

May 2-5 2020 

The Digestive Disease Week

 

Bachul PJ. What Is A Benefit Of Islet Autotransplantation In Diabetic And Prediabetic Patients Submitted To Total Pancreatectomy For Chronic Pancreatitis With Intractable Pain?  

March 18, 2020 

27th Annual Charles B. Huggins Research Symposium 

 

Bachul PJ. Successful Treatment of Complete Portal Vein Thrombosis (PVT) after Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation (TP-IAT) with Intraportal Thrombolysis and Transjugular Intrahepatic Porto-Systemic Shunt (TIPS)

Stepinska G.  ‘En Bloc’ Liver and Pancreas Transplantation in Patient with Chronic Pancreatitis, Liver Disease and Previous Auto-Islet Transplantation and What We Learned from It

Jan 26-29, 2020 

8th European Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association (EPITA)

Winter Symposium

 

Golebiewska J. Preliminary results of islet after kidney transplantations from the new islet transplantation program at Medical University of Gdansk in Poland. (GUMED/CELLT).

Bugajska-Liedtke M.  Utility of the North American Islet Donor Score and Islet Donor Scores for Pancreas Donor Selection and Successful Islet Isolation in a new Polish Islet Transplant Center. (CELLT/GUMED)

Jan 10- 12, 2019 

American Society of Transplant Surgeons 

ASTS Winter Symposium, Miami, FL 

 

Fillman N. Does CXCL8 inhibitor (Reparixin) improve islet engraftment and clinical outcomes after islet allotransplantation? University of Chicago preliminary results from a phase 3 multicenter randomized, double-blinded, prospective study.

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Jan 27-30, 2019 

8th EPITA Symposium

Innsbruck, Austria

 

Golebiewska J. Does CXCL8 inhibitor (Reparixin) improve islet engraftment and clinical outcomes after islet allotransplantation? University of Chicago preliminary results from a phase 3 multicenter randomized, double-blinded, prospective study.

selected for oral presentation

Feb 19, 2019

26th Annual Charles B. Huggins Symposium, Chicago, IL

1. Para M/ Damian Grybkowski. Pain resolution and glycemic control in pediatric patients after total pancreatectomy with islet cell autotransplantation for chronic pancreatitis.- selected for oral presentation.

 

2. Antic F. Is there any Prognostic Value of Diabetes-Associated Autoantibody Levels for Predicting Islet Graft Function in Patients with Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus?

3. Bachul P. Does a new CXCR8 inhibitor (Reparixin) improve islet cell engraftment and clinical outcomes after pancreatic islet allotransplantation in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus? A randomized, double blind, prospective study.

Gdask results

May 16-18, 2019

Polish Diabetes Society, Lublin, Poland 

Golebiewska J. Pancreatic Islet Transplantation in a patient with brittle T1DM after kidney and pancreas transplantation. 

May 19-22, 2019

American Pediatric Surgeon Association  Annual Meeting. Boston, MA 

Fillman N,/Slidell M. Pain resolution and glycemic control in pediatric patients after total pancreatectomy with islet cell autotransplantation for chronic pancreatitis. 

June 1-5, 2019

American Transplant Congress

Boston, MA 

Bachul P. Does the Reparixin (CXCR1/2 Inhibitor) Improve Islet Cell Engraftment and Clinical Outcomes after Pancreatic Islet Allotransplantation in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus? A Randomized, Double-Blind, Prospective Study. 

Perez Gutierrez A. KDPI Significantly Correlates With Reperfusion Biopsy Findings

June 7-11, 2019

American Diabetes Association,

79th Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, CA

Oral presentations:

1. Grybowski D. BETA-2 Calculated Based on Single Fasting Blood Sample Allows to Define and Discriminate between Optimal and Suboptimal Islet Allograft Function Prior to the Clinical Need for Insulin Support.                                                        Read       Link                

2. Bachul P. Does the Reparixin (CXCR1/2 Inhibitor) Improve Islet Cell Engraftment and Clinical Outcomes after Pancreatic Islet Allotransplantation in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus? A Randomized, Double-Blind, Prospective Study.    Read        Link 

3. Anteby R/Luncander A. Is There Any Prognostic Value of Diabetes-Associated Autoantibody Levels for Predicting Islet Graft Function in Patients with Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus?                                                                                 Read       Link 

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July 2-5, 2019 

International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association

17th World Congress, Lyon, France 

Oral presentations:

 

1. P Bachul. Is there any Prognostic Value of Diabetes-Associated Autoantibody Levels for Predicting Islet Graft Function in Patients with Long-Standing Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus?

2. Golebiewska. BETA-2 Based On Single Fasting Blood Sample Allows To Define and Discriminate Optimal And Suboptimal Islet Allograft Function Prior to The Need For Reintroduction of Insulin Support.

3. Bachul P. Does A CXCR1/2 Inhibitor (Reparixin) Improve Islet Cell Engraftment And Clinical Outcomes After Pancreatic Islet Allotransplantation In Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus? Results of A Randomized, Double Blind, Prospective Study from the University of Chicago.

4. Golebiewska J. Utilization of an "old school" supplemental purification technique allowed safe intraportal pancreatic islet transplantation. The first case ofislet allotransplantation in Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland. 

5. Bellin M. A Randomized and Blinded Trial of Infusion of the CXCL8-inhibitor Reparixin in Autologous Islet Transplant Recipients.

Jan 15- 18, 2018 

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American Society of Transplant Surgeons 

ASTS Winter Symposium, Miami, FL 

 

Bachul P. Utilization of BETA-2 score for early detection of islet allograft decline and monitoring of islet function

Jan 15- 18, 2018 

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American Society of Transplant Surgeons 

ASTS Winter Symposium, Miami, FL 

 

Bachul P. Utilization of BETA-2 score for early detection of islet allograft decline and monitoring of islet function

Jan 21-24, 2018 

8th EPITA Symposium

Innsbruck, Austria

 

1. Golebiewska J. Assessment of simple indices based on a single fasting blood sample in search for an optimal tool to estimate beta cell function after total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation.

2. Bachul P. BETA-2 score for early detection of islet allograft decline and monitoring of islet function

Feb 28, 2018

The 25th Annual Charles Huggins Research Symposium

UCMC, Chicago, IL

1. Bachul P. Estimation of beta cell function after total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation using single fasting blood sample based indices and modified Igls score

2. Fillman N. External validation of the newly developed BETA-2 scoring system for pancreatic islet graft function assessment

3. Fillman N. BETA-2 score is an excellent tool for monitoring of islet allograft function and early detection of transplant dysfunction

4. Kijek M. Pain resolution with good glucose control in pediatric patients with chronic pancreatitis after total pancreatectomy with islet cell autotransplantation

5. Kijek M. Broad Non-Neuraxial Analgesia Reduces Risk of Portal Vein Thrombosis After Total Pancreatectomy and Autologous Islet Transplantation Comparing to the Neuraxial Analgesia with the adequate postoperative pain control

6. Pavelko Y. Early infectious complications post total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation

Jun 2-6, 2018

American Transplant Congress (ATC)

Seattle, WA

1. Golebiewska J. Early infectious complications post total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation. READ

2. Golebiewska J. Estimation of beta cell function after total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation using single fasting blood sample based indices and modified Igls score

3. Bachul P. BETA-2 score is an excellent tool for monitoring of islet allograft function and early detection of transplant dysfunction

Jun 30-

Jul 5, 2018

27th International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS) Madrid, Spain

1. Golebiewska J. Comparative evaluation of simple indices using a single fasting blood sample to estimate beta cell function after total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation  

2. Golebiewska J. Early infectious complications post total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation. READ

3. Bachul P. BETA-2 score allows for convenient and precise monitoring of islet function and early detection of islet dysfunction

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