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Table 3 Main inclusion and exclusion criteria – Part B

From: Bortezomib in late antibody-mediated kidney transplant rejection (BORTEJECT Study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Inclusion criteria

1. All inclusion criteria detailed in Table 1 (Part A)

 

2. Human leukocyte antigen class I and/or class II DSA-positivity

 

3. Morphological and immunohistochemical AMR features (Table 2)

Exclusion criteria

1. All exclusion criteria detailed in Table 1 (Part A)

 

2. Laboratory tests

 

 Thrombocytopenia <30 g/l within 2 weeks before enrolment

 

 Neutrophil count <1 g/l within 2 weeks before enrolment

 

4. Peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2

 

5. Distinct index biopsy results

 

 T-cell-mediated rejection classified Banff grade > I

 

De novo or recurrent severe thrombotic microangiopathy

 

 Polyoma virus nephropathy

 

De novo or recurrent glomerulonephritis

  1. AMR, antibody-mediated rejection; DSA, donor-specific antibodies.