Transplantation of viral-positive hepatitis C-positive kidneys into uninfected recipients offers an opportunity to increase organ access

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The advent of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has provided the impetus to transplant kidneys from hepatitis C virus-positive donors into uninfected recipients (D+/R-). Thirty D+/R- patients received DAA treatment. Sustained virologic response (SVR12) was defined as an undetectable viral load in 12 weeks after treatment. An age-matched cohort of uninfected donor and recipient pairs (D-/R-) transplanted during same time period was used for comparison. The median day of viral detection was postoperative day (POD) 2. The detection of viremia in D+/R- patients was 100%. The initial median viral load was 531 copies/μL (range: 10-1 × 108 copies/μL) with a median peak viral load of 3.4 × 105 copies/μL (range: 804-1.0 × 108 copies/μL). DAAs were initiated on median POD 9 (range: 5-41 days). All 30 patients had confirmed SVR12. During a median follow-up of 10 months, patient and graft survival was 100%, and acute rejection was 6.6% with no major adverse events related to DAA treatment. Delayed graft function was significantly decreased in D+/R- patients as compared to the age-matched cohort (27% vs 60%; P = .01). D+/R- transplantation offers patients an alternative strategy to increase access.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Clinical transplantation - 34(2020), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite e13833

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Graham, Jay A [VerfasserIn]
Torabi, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Ajaimy, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Akalin, Enver [VerfasserIn]
Liriano, Luz E [VerfasserIn]
Azzi, Yorg [VerfasserIn]
Pynadath, Cindy [VerfasserIn]
Greenstein, Stuart M [VerfasserIn]
Goldstein, Doctor Y [VerfasserIn]
Fox, Amy S [VerfasserIn]
Weiss, Jeffery M [VerfasserIn]
Powell, Tia P [VerfasserIn]
Reinus, John F [VerfasserIn]
Kinkhabwala, Milan M [VerfasserIn]
Rocca, Juan P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Donor-derived infections
Donors and donation
Hepatitis C
Infection and infectious agents
Journal Article
Kidney disease
Viral

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Date Completed 23.06.2021

Date Revised 23.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ctr.13833

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM306666413