Use of Hepatitis C Virus Antibody-Positive Donor Livers in Hepatitis C Nonviremic Liver Transplant Recipients. 2019

Keith Luckett, and Tiffany E Kaiser, and Khurram Bari, and Kamran Safdar, and Michael R Schoech, and Senu Apewokin, and Tayyab S Diwan, and Madison C Cuffy, and Nadeem Anwar, and Shimul A Shah
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.

Given the shortage of available liver grafts, transplantation (LTx) of hepatitis C virus antibody-positive, nucleic acid test-negative (HCV Ab+/NAT-) livers into nonviremic HCV recipients can expand the donor pool. Having previously described the sentinel experience of HCV Ab+/NAT- allografts in nonviremic recipients, we report the growth and extended follow-up of this program for 55 patients compared with recipients of Public Health Services (PHS) increased-risk donor HCV Ab-/NAT- allografts. A prospective review of all HCV nonviremic LTx patients receiving HCV Ab+/NAT- organs between March 2016 and August 2018 was performed. All HCV Ab+/NAT- organ recipients underwent HCV testing at 3 months and 1-year post-LTx to determine HCV transmission. Fifty-five HCV nonviremic candidates received HCV Ab+/NAT- organs; 64% male, median age 59 years (range 36 to 69 years) and median Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score of 22.5. Two recipients were excluded due to death before HCV testing. The HCV disease transmission occurred in 5 recipients (9%). Of these, 4 (80%) underwent anti-HCV treatment with eradication of virus. No patient found to be negative at 3 months seroconverted at 1-year follow-up. No patients who received PHS increased-risk donor HCV Ab-/NAT- organs had viremia develop (0 of 57) and there was no difference in graft and renal function, complications, or survival between HCV Ab+/NAT- recipients and PHS increased-risk donor HCV Ab-/NAT- recipients. We report the largest experience with LTx from HCV Ab+/NAT- donors into 55 seronegative recipients with a HCV transmission rate of 9% with no late conversions at 1 year and no difference in function or graft loss compared with PHS increased-risk donor HCV Ab-/NAT- recipients. Due to availability of safe and effective HCV therapies, the use of such organs should be strongly considered to increase the donor organ pool.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009820 Ohio State bounded on the north by Michigan and Lake Erie, on the east by Ohio River and Pennsylvania, on the south by Ohio River, and on the west by Indiana.
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006297 Health Services Accessibility The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others. Access To Care, Health,Access to Care,Access to Contraception,Access to Health Care,Access to Health Services,Access to Medications,Access to Medicines,Access to Therapy,Access to Treatment,Accessibility of Health Services,Availability of Health Services,Contraception Access,Contraceptive Access,Medication Access,Accessibility, Health Services,Contraceptive Availability,Health Services Geographic Accessibility,Program Accessibility,Access to Cares,Access to Contraceptions,Access to Medication,Access to Medicine,Access to Therapies,Access to Treatments,Access, Contraception,Access, Contraceptive,Access, Medication,Accessibilities, Health Services,Accessibility, Program,Availability, Contraceptive,Care, Access to,Cares, Access to,Contraception, Access to,Contraceptive Accesses,Health Services Availability,Medication Accesses,Medication, Access to,Medicine, Access to,Medicines, Access to,Therapy, Access to,Treatment, Access to
D006526 Hepatitis C INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by HEPATITIS C VIRUS, a single-stranded RNA virus. Its incubation period is 30-90 days. Hepatitis C is transmitted primarily by contaminated blood parenterally and is often associated with transfusion and intravenous drug abuse. However, in a significant number of cases, the source of hepatitis C infection is unknown. Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Parenterally-Transmitted,Parenterally-Transmitted Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis,PT-NANBH,Parenterally Transmitted Non A, Non B Hepatitis

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