Treatment of chronic active antibody mediated rejection
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After renal transplant, two main causes of the graft loss after the first years are death of patient with functioning graft, and chronic AntiBody Mediated Rejection (ABMR).
Double Filtration PlasmaPheresis (DFPP) has never been evaluated for this indication.
DFPP makes it possible to treat larger volumes of plasma than plasma exchange, and essentially eliminates higher molecular weights molecules including immunoglobulins comprising DSA (donor-specific alloantibody) but also the C1q involved in the lesions of(ABMR). It is postulated that it will be more effective in treating ABMR than usual plasma exchanges.
A chronic ABMR is the result of the appearance de novo production of anti-Human Leucocyte Antigen antibodies (HLA) against one or more graft antigens (DSA: donor-specific alloantibody).These DSAs will lead to accelerated arteriosclerosis in the graft vessels, which will result in rapidly progressive renal failure, usually associated with a high rate of proteinuria.
Numerous studies have shown that up to 20% of renal transplant patients develop DSA within 5 years of renal transplantation.
Today, no treatment has been shown to be effective in the case of chronic ABMR: the basis of treatment is the reduction/elimination of DSA ( by apheresis for example) and the prevention of its re-synthesis B lymphocytes/plasma cells of the patient (with rituximab for example).
The investigators of this study propose in the context of the active ABMR demonstrated by renal biopsy to evaluate in combination with rituximab, a new apheresis technique double Plasma filtration (DFPP) instead of plasma Exchange.
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