Inducing Graft Tolerance in HLA Haplotype Matched Related and 3 Ag Matched Unrelated Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

Inclusion Criteria:

   1. All consenting adults (18 years of age) living donor renal transplant recipients at
   Stanford University Medical Center who have a one haplotype match donor.

   2. Patients who agree to participate in the study and sign an Informed Consent.

   3. Patients who have no known contraindication to administration of rabbit ATG or
   radiation.

   4. Males and females of reproductive potential who agree to practice a reliable form of
   contraception for at least 24 months posttranplant.

Exclusion Criteria:

   1. Previous treatment with rabbit ATG or known allergy to rabbit proteins.

   2. History of malignancy with the exception of non-melanoma skin malignancies.

   3. Pregnant women or nursing mothers.

   4. Serological evidence of HIV, Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C infection.

   5. Seronegative for Epstein-Barr virus , if donor is seropositive.

   6. Leukopenia (with a white blood cell count < 3000/mm3) or thrombocytopenia (with a
   platelet count < 100,000/mm3)

   7. Panel Reactive antibody greater then 20% or demonstration of donor specific antibody
   (DSA).

   8. Prior organ transplantation.

   9. High risk of primary kidney disease recurrence (i.e. primary FSGS).