Real-world effectiveness of preemptive therapy (PET) for cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease prevention in CMV high-risk donor seropositive/recipient seronegative (D+R-) liver transplant recipients (LTxR)

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BACKGROUND: Despite superiority of preemptive therapy (PET) compared to universal prophylaxis for prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in the CAPSIL randomized trial among CMV D+R- liver transplant recipients (LTxRs), real-world effectiveness may be lower because of logistical concerns about feasibility of PET.

METHODS: We retrospectively assessed PET as standard clinical care at a single transplant center among 50 consecutive adult CMV D+R- LTxRs undergoing a first liver transplant between 4/4/2019 and 5/18/2021 and compared outcomes and adherence to those randomized to PET in the CAPSIL study (N = 100). The primary outcome was CMV disease and secondary outcomes were biopsy-confirmed acute allograft rejection, retransplant, invasive fungal infections, and death, all assessed by 1-year post-transplant. Exploratory outcomes included virologic parameters and measures of adherence to protocol-specified CMV qPCR monitoring.

RESULTS: Baseline characteristics were similar between groups. The cumulative incidence of CMV disease at 1-year post-transplant was 4/50 (8%) versus 9/100 (9%) in the real-world and CAPSIL cohorts, respectively, p = 1.0. The rate of breakthrough CMV disease during the 100-day PET period was low (2/50 [4%]) and similar to the PET cohort from the CAPSIL study (3/100 [3%]).  All secondary and exploratory outcomes were not significantly different between the real-world and CAPSIL PET cohorts.

CONCLUSIONS: In this first reported study of real-world PET, the feasibility and effectiveness for CMV disease prevention and for other clinical outcomes in CMV D+R- LTxRs were similar to those reported with PET in a clinical trial. Additional studies to confirm feasibility and generalizability in other settings are warranted.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society - 25(2023), 2 vom: 14. Apr., Seite e14015

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Doss, Kathleen M [VerfasserIn]
Kling, Catherine E [VerfasserIn]
Heldman, Madeleine R [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Nina [VerfasserIn]
Wagener, Marilyn [VerfasserIn]
Rakita, Robert M [VerfasserIn]
Fisher, Cynthia E [VerfasserIn]
Limaye, Ajit P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
CMV
Ganciclovir
Journal Article
P9G3CKZ4P5
Preemptive therapy (PET)
Randomized Controlled Trial
Solid organ transplantation (SOT)

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Date Completed 11.04.2023

Date Revised 11.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/tid.14015

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NLM352447915