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Methods: We conducted a retrospective study in 8 European high-volume transplant centers and investigated the outcome of 166 consecutive CLKTs, including 46 patients with pDSAs.
Results: Patient survival was lower in those with pDSAs (5-year patient survival rate of 63% and 78% with or without pDSA, respectively; P = 0.04). The presence of pDSAs with a mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) ? 5000 (hazard ratio 4.96; 95% confidence interval: 2.3-10.9; P < 0.001) and the presence of 3 or more pDSAs (hazard ratio 6.5; 95% confidence interval: 2.5-18.8; P = 0.05) were independently associated with death. The death-censored liver graft survival was similar in patients with or without pDSAs. Kidney graft survival was comparable in both groups. (The 1- and 5-year death-censored graft survival rates were 91.6% and 79.5%, respectively, in patients with pDSAs and 93% and 88%, respectively, in the donor-specific antibody [DSA]-negative group, P = not significant). Despite a higher rate of kidney graft rejection in patients with pDSAs (5-year kidney graft survival rate without rejection of 87% and 97% with or without pDSAs, respectively; P = 0.04), kidney function did not statistically differ between both groups at 5 years post-transplantation (estimated glomerular filtration rate 45 ± 17 vs. 57 ± 29 ml/min per 1.73 m2, respectively, in patients with and without pDSAs). Five recipients with pDSAs (11.0%) experienced an antibody-mediated kidney rejection that led to graft loss in 1 patient.
Conclusion: Our results suggest that CLKT with pDSAs is associated with a lower patients' survival despite good recipients', liver and kidney grafts' outcome.
SUBMITTER: Del Bello A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7710847 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Del Bello Arnaud A Thaunat Olivier O Le Quintrec Moglie M Bestard Oriol O Durrbach Antoine A Perrin Peggy P Gatault Philippe P Jambon Frederic F Pageaux Georges-Philippe GP Llado Laura L Besch Camille C Barbier Louise L Neau-Cransac Martine M Dumortier Jérôme J Kamar Nassim N
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<h4>Introduction</h4>The impact of preformed donor-specific anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies (pDSAs) after combined liver-kidney transplantation (CLKT) is still uncertain.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective study in 8 European high-volume transplant centers and investigated the outcome of 166 consecutive CLKTs, including 46 patients with pDSAs.<h4>Results</h4>Patient survival was lower in those with pDSAs (5-year patient survival rate of 63% and 78% with or without pDSA, re ...[more]