TY - JOUR
T1 - Increasing Utilization and Excellent Initial Outcomes Following Liver Transplant of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)-Viremic Donors Into HCV-Negative Recipients
T2 - Outcomes Following Liver Transplant of HCV-Viremic Donors
AU - Cotter, Thomas G.
AU - Paul, Sonali
AU - Sandıkçı, Burhaneddin
AU - Couri, Thomas
AU - Bodzin, Adam S.
AU - Little, Ester C.
AU - Sundaram, Vinay
AU - Charlton, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy has altered the frequency and outcome of liver transplantation (LT) for hepatitis C virus (HCV). The high efficacy and tolerability of DAA therapy has also created a rationale for utilizing HCV-viremic (HCV-RNA–positive) donors, including into HCV-negative recipients. We examined trends in frequency of organ utilization and graft survival in recipients of HCV-viremic donors (HCV-RNA positive as measured by nucleic acid testing [NAT]). Data were collected from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) on adult patients who underwent a primary, single-organ, deceased donor LT from January 1, 2008 to January 31, 2018. Outcomes of HCV-negative transplant recipients (R–) who received an allograft from donors who were HCV-RNA positive (DNAT+) were compared to outcomes for R– patients who received organs from donors who were HCV-RNA negative (DNAT–). There were 11,270 DNAT–/R–; 4,748 DNAT–/R+; 87 DNAT+/R–; and 753 DNAT+/R+ patients, with 2-year graft survival similar across all groups: DNAT–/R– 88%; DNAT–/R+ 88%; DNAT+/R– 86%; and DNAT+/R+ 90%. Additionally, there were 2,635 LTs using HCV antibody-positive donors (DAb+): 2,378 DAb+/R+ and 257 DAb+/R–. The annual number of DAb+/R– transplants increased from seven in 2008 to 107 in 2017. In the post-DAA era, graft survival improved for all recipients, with 3-year survival of DAb+/R– patients and DAb+/R+ patients increasing to 88% from 79% and to 85% from 78%, respectively. Conclusion: The post-DAA era has seen increased utilization of HCV-viremic donor livers, including HCV-viremic livers into HCV-negative recipients. Early graft outcomes are similar to those of HCV-negative recipients. These results support utilization of HCV-viremic organs in selected recipients both with and without HCV infection.
AB - Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy has altered the frequency and outcome of liver transplantation (LT) for hepatitis C virus (HCV). The high efficacy and tolerability of DAA therapy has also created a rationale for utilizing HCV-viremic (HCV-RNA–positive) donors, including into HCV-negative recipients. We examined trends in frequency of organ utilization and graft survival in recipients of HCV-viremic donors (HCV-RNA positive as measured by nucleic acid testing [NAT]). Data were collected from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) on adult patients who underwent a primary, single-organ, deceased donor LT from January 1, 2008 to January 31, 2018. Outcomes of HCV-negative transplant recipients (R–) who received an allograft from donors who were HCV-RNA positive (DNAT+) were compared to outcomes for R– patients who received organs from donors who were HCV-RNA negative (DNAT–). There were 11,270 DNAT–/R–; 4,748 DNAT–/R+; 87 DNAT+/R–; and 753 DNAT+/R+ patients, with 2-year graft survival similar across all groups: DNAT–/R– 88%; DNAT–/R+ 88%; DNAT+/R– 86%; and DNAT+/R+ 90%. Additionally, there were 2,635 LTs using HCV antibody-positive donors (DAb+): 2,378 DAb+/R+ and 257 DAb+/R–. The annual number of DAb+/R– transplants increased from seven in 2008 to 107 in 2017. In the post-DAA era, graft survival improved for all recipients, with 3-year survival of DAb+/R– patients and DAb+/R+ patients increasing to 88% from 79% and to 85% from 78%, respectively. Conclusion: The post-DAA era has seen increased utilization of HCV-viremic donor livers, including HCV-viremic livers into HCV-negative recipients. Early graft outcomes are similar to those of HCV-negative recipients. These results support utilization of HCV-viremic organs in selected recipients both with and without HCV infection.
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U2 - 10.1002/hep.30540
DO - 10.1002/hep.30540
M3 - Article
C2 - 30706517
AN - SCOPUS:85064039288
SN - 0270-9139
VL - 69
SP - 2381
EP - 2395
JO - Hepatology
JF - Hepatology
IS - 6
ER -