학술논문
Kidney Transplantation after Rescue Allocation - the Eurotransplant Experience: A Retrospective Multicenter Outcome Analysis
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Assfalg, Volker; Miller, Gregor; Stocker, Felix; van Meel, Marieke; Groenevelt, Tiny; Tieken, Ineke; Ankerst, Donna; Renders, Lutz; Novotny, Alexander; Hartmann, Daniel; Jell, Alissa; Rahmel, Axel; Wahba, Roger; Muehlfeld, Anja; Antonia, Bouts; Ysebaert, Dirk; Globke, Brigitta; Jacobs-Tulleneers-Thevissen, Daniel; Piros, László; Stippel, Dirk; Heller, Katharina; Eisenberger, Ute; van Laecke, Steven; Weimer, Rolf; Rosenkranz, Alexander R.; Berger, Stefan; Fischer, Lutz; Kliem, Volker; Vondran, Florian; Sester, Urban; Schneeberger, Stefan; Harth, Ana; Kuypers, Dirk; Függer, Reinhold; Arnol, Miha; Christiaans, Maarten; Weinmann-Menke, Julia; Krüger, Bernd; Hilbrands, Luuk; Banas, Bernhard; Hakenberg, Oliver; Minnee, Robert; Schwenger, Vedat; Heyne, Nils; van Zuilen, Arjan; Reindl-Schwaighofer, Roman; Lopau, Kai; Huüser, Norbert; Heemann, Uwe
Source
Transplantation. Oct 04, 2021
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0041-1337
Abstract
BACKGROUND:: At Eurotransplant (ET), kidneys are transferred to ‘rescue allocation’ (RA), whenever the standard allocation (SA) algorithms Eurotransplant kidney allocation system (ETKAS) and Eurotransplant senior program (ESP) fail. We analyzed the outcome of RA. METHODS:: Retrospective patient clinical and demographic characteristics association analyses with graft outcomes for 2,421 recipients of a deceased donor renal transplantation (DDRT) after RA versus 25,475 after SA from 71 centers across all ET countries from 2006 to 2018. RESULTS:: Numbers of DDRTs after RA increased over the time, especially in Germany. RA played a minor role in ESP vs. ETKAS (2.7% vs. 10.4%). RA recipients and donors were older compared to SA recipients and donors, cold ischemia times were longer, waiting times were shorter, and the incidence of primary non-function was comparable. Among ETKAS-recipients, HLA matching was more favorable in SA (mean 3.7 vs. 2.5). In multivariate modeling, the incidence of death with a functioning graft (DwFG) in ETKAS was reduced in RA compared to SA (subdistribution hazard ratio 0.70, 95% confidence interval [0.60-0.81], p<0.001) whereas other outcomes (mortality, graft loss) were not significantly different. None of the three outcomes were significantly different when comparing RA with SA within the ESP program. CONCLUSIONS:: Facing increased waiting times and mortality on dialysis due to donor shortage, this study reveals encouragingly positive DDRT outcomes following RA. This supports the extension of RA to more patients and as an alternative tool to enable transplantation in patients in countries with prohibitively long waiting times or at risk of deterioration.Supplemental Visual Abstract; http://links.lww.com/TP/C297