The Lower Survival in Patients With Alcoholism and Hepatitis C Continues in the DAA Era

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BACKGROUND: Alcohol liver disease (ALD) may coexist with hepatitis C (HCV) in many transplant recipients (alcoholic cirrhosis with hepatitis C [AHC]). Our objective was to determine whether there were differences in postliver transplantation outcomes of patients with AHC when compared with those with alcoholic cirrhosis (AC) and/or alcoholic hepatitis (AH).

METHODS: Using UNOS explant data sets (2016-2020), the survival probabilities of AC, AH, and AHC were compared by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. Cox proportional-hazard regression analysis was used to determine outcomes after adjusting for disease confounders. The outcomes were also compared with predirect antiviral agent (DAA) period.

RESULTS: During study period, 8369 biopsy-proven ALD liver transplant recipients were identified. Of those, 647 had AHC (HCV + alcohol), 353 had AH, and 7369 had AC. MELD-Na score (28.7 ± 9.5 versus 23.8 ± 10.7, P < 0.001) and presence of ACLF-3 (19% versus 11%, P < 0.001) were higher in AC + AH as compared with AHC. AHC and AC+AH has similar adjusted mortality at 1-y, but 3-y (hazard ratios, 1.76; 95% confidence intervals, 1.32-2.35; P < 0.0001) and 5-y (hazard ratios, 1.64; 95% confidence intervals, 1.24-2.15; P = 0.0004) mortality rates were higher in AHC. Survival improved in the DAA era (2016-2020) compared with 2009 to 2013 in AHC, but remained worse in AHC group versus AC and/or AH. Malignancy-related mortality was higher in AHC (15% versus 9.3% in AC) in the DAA era.

CONCLUSIONS: AHC was associated with lower 3- and 5-y post-LT survival as compared with ALD without HCV and the worse outcomes in AHC group continued in the DAA era.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Transplantation - (2024) vom: 23. Feb.

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Englisch

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Thuluvath, Paul J [VerfasserIn]
Amjad, Waseem [VerfasserIn]
Russe-Russe, Jose [VerfasserIn]
Li, Feng [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 23.02.2024

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10.1097/TP.0000000000004953

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NLM368791092