Twelve-month kidney and liver outcomes of kidney transplantation from Hepatitis C Viremic deceased donors to aviremic recipients

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INTRODUCTION: Utilization of hepatitis C viremic (HCV+) deceased donor kidneys (DDKT) for aviremic recipients increases opportunities for transplantation with excellent short-term outcomes. Our primary aim was to understand longer-term outcomes, specifically assessing kidney and liver function in the first year posttransplant.

METHODS: This was a retrospective single-center study of adult DDKT recipients of HCV+ kidneys (cases) matched 1:1 to recipients of HCV- kidneys (comparators). Between-group outcomes were analyzed using comparisons of means and proportions, survival analysis methods, and multivariable mixed effects models.

RESULTS: Sixty-five cases and 65 comparators had statistically comparable demographic and clinical characteristics. There were no between-group differences in serum creatinine or estimated glomerular filtration rate at month 12 (p = .662) or in their trajectories over months 1-12 (p > .292). Within the first 60 days, rates of liver function values >3 times upper limit of normal among cases were comparable to comparators for aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (14% vs. 6%, p = .242) and higher for alanine transaminase (ALT) (23% vs. 6%, p = .011). AST declined during the first 8 weeks (p = .005) and stabilized for both groups (p = .406) during the following 10 months. ALT declined during the first 8 weeks (p < .001), continued to decline over months 3-12 (p = .016), and the trajectory was unrelated to antiviral therapy initiation among cases.

CONCLUSIONS: Aviremic recipients of HCV+ kidneys had comparable kidney outcomes to matched recipients of HCV- kidneys. Despite more HCV+ recipients having an elevation in ALT within the first 60 days, ALT values normalized with no identified liver complications attributed to HCV.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society - 26(2024), 1 vom: 06. Feb., Seite e14213

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Binari, Laura A [VerfasserIn]
Thorne, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Rega, Scott A [VerfasserIn]
Feurer, Irene D [VerfasserIn]
Shawar, Saed [VerfasserIn]
Naik, Ruchi [VerfasserIn]
Birdwell, Kelly A [VerfasserIn]
Helderman, J Harold [VerfasserIn]
Langone, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Sarrell, Bonnie Ann [VerfasserIn]
Schaefer, Heidi [VerfasserIn]
DuBray, Bernard John [VerfasserIn]
Eid, Kareem [VerfasserIn]
Hickman, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Shaffer, David [VerfasserIn]
Concepcion, Beatrice P [VerfasserIn]
Forbes, Rachel C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents
Estimated glomerular filtration rate
Hepatitis C
Journal Article
Kidney transplant
Liver function

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Date Completed 16.02.2024

Date Revised 09.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/tid.14213

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366027786