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Direct-Acting Antiviral Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplantation From Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Donors to Noninfected Recipients: An Open-Label Nonrandomized Trial.


ABSTRACT: Background:Given the high mortality rate for patients with end-stage kidney disease receiving dialysis and the efficacy and safety of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments, discarded kidneys from HCV-infected donors may be a neglected public health resource. Objective:To determine the tolerability and feasibility of using direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) as prophylaxis before and after kidney transplantation from HCV-infected donors to non-HCV-infected recipients (that is, HCV D+/R- transplantation). Design:Open-label nonrandomized trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02781649). Setting:Single center. Participants:10 HCV D+/R- kidney transplant candidates older than 50 years with no available living donors. Intervention:Transplantation of kidneys from deceased donors aged 13 to 50 years with positive HCV RNA and HCV antibody test results. All recipients received a dose of grazoprevir (GZR), 100 mg, and elbasvir (EBR), 50 mg, immediately before transplantation. Recipients of kidneys from donors with genotype 1 infection continued receiving GZR-EBR for 12 weeks after transplantation; those receiving organs from donors with genotype 2 or 3 infection had sofosbuvir, 400 mg, added to GZR-EBR for 12 weeks of triple therapy. Measurements:The primary safety outcome was the incidence of adverse events related to GZR-EBR treatment. The primary efficacy outcome was the proportion of recipients with an HCV RNA level below the lower limit of quantification 12 weeks after prophylaxis. Results:Among 10 HCV D+/R- transplant recipients, no treatment-related adverse events occurred, and HCV RNA was not detected in any recipient 12 weeks after treatment. Limitation:Nonrandomized study design and a small number of patients. Conclusion:Pre- and posttransplantation HCV treatment was safe and prevented chronic HCV infection in HCV D+/R- kidney transplant recipients. If confirmed in larger studies, this strategy should markedly expand organ options and reduce mortality for kidney transplant candidates without HCV infection. Primary Funding Source:Merck Sharp & Dohme.

SUBMITTER: Durand CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6108432 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Direct-Acting Antiviral Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplantation From Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Donors to Noninfected Recipients: An Open-Label Nonrandomized Trial.

Durand Christine M CM   Bowring Mary G MG   Brown Diane M DM   Chattergoon Michael A MA   Massaccesi Guido G   Bair Nichole N   Wesson Russell R   Reyad Ashraf A   Naqvi Fizza F FF   Ostrander Darin D   Sugarman Jeremy J   Segev Dorry L DL   Sulkowski Mark M   Desai Niraj M NM  

Annals of internal medicine 20180306 8


<h4>Background</h4>Given the high mortality rate for patients with end-stage kidney disease receiving dialysis and the efficacy and safety of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments, discarded kidneys from HCV-infected donors may be a neglected public health resource.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the tolerability and feasibility of using direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) as prophylaxis before and after kidney transplantation from HCV-infected donors to non-HCV-infected recipients (that is, HCV D+/R- t  ...[more]

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