scholarly journals P1641DONOR ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY HAS A DELETERIOUS IMPACT ON KIDNEY GRAFT SURVIVAL: THE DON-AKI STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rémi Lenain ◽  
Camille Prouteau ◽  
Nicolas Chatauret ◽  
Aurélie Deshayes ◽  
Yohann Foucher ◽  
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Abstract Background and Aims Acute kidney injury (AKI) during organ procurement represents an important cause of discarded kidneys. In the context of organ shortage, the evaluation of such grafts is needed in order to enlarge the donor pool. Although many studies showed an increased risk of delayed graft function when donors present with AKI, long-term impact on graft survival remains controversial. A recent large US registry study concluded that AKI during organ procurement had no deleterious effect on graft survival. However the definition of AKI in this latter study is questionable. Indeed the donor baseline serum creatinine (SCr), according to KDIGO recommendations, is often not available. In this situation, the KDIGO guidelines suggest to estimate the baseline SCr using the MDRD equation, assuming a baseline glomerular filtration rate at 75 mL/min/1.73m? This method was applied in the present study to assess the impact of donor kidney failure on long term kidney allograft survival. Method We analyzed the French national allocation system CRISTAL (Agence de la Biomédecine) data of all the recipients who received a deceased donor kidney graft from 2006 to 2017. 26786 transplant patients from 14899 deceased kidney donors were included. The donors were categorized into four groups. Ongoing AKI at the time of kidney procurement: n=1880 (3373 transplantations, AKI group), AKI with total recovery (normal SCr) at the time of kidney procurement: n=1332 donors (2392 transplantations, recovery group), elevated SCr all along the procedure: n=952 donors (1745 transplantations, unclassified AKI/CKD group) and normal SCr all along the procedure: n=10735 donors (19276 transplantations, no-AKI group). The main outcome was death censored graft survival. Results 4458 graft losses occurred during the study period (648 in the AKI group, 411 in the recovery group, 297 in the unclassified AKI/CKD group and 3102 in the no-AKI group) after a median follow-up time of 5.7 years (3 - 8.9). Multivariate analysis showed a significant increase risk of graft loss for each group when compared to the no-AKI group: HR 1.18 (1.04-1.34), HR 1.15 (1.04-1.28) and HR 1.22 (1.12-1.34) for the unclassified AKI/CKD, recovery and AKI groups, respectively. Regarding the AKI group, the risk of graft loss increased according to the AKI stage (KDIGO 2012): HR 1.20 (1.08-1.32) for stage I AKI and HR 1.31 (1.13-1.53) for stage II-III AKI. Conclusion Donor AKI represents a significant risk factor of graft loss, independently of SCr at the time of procurement. Stage II-III AKI carries a higher risk than stage I AKI suggesting a “dose-effect”. However, considering organ shortage, further studies are required to better allocate these sub-optimal kidneys.

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 2871-2874 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kolonko ◽  
J. Chudek ◽  
A. Pawlik ◽  
J. Wilk ◽  
P. Jałowiecki ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyeong Deok Kim ◽  
Kyo Won Lee ◽  
Sang Jin Kim ◽  
Okjoo Lee ◽  
Manuel Lim ◽  
...  

AbstractThe use of kidneys from donation after brain death (DBD) donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) is a strategy to expand the donor pool. The aim of this study was to evaluate how kidney transplantation (KT) from a donor with AKI affects long-term graft survival in various situations. All patients who underwent KT from DBD donors between June 2003 and April 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. The KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) criteria were used to classify donor AKI. The cohort included 376 donors (no AKI group, n = 117 [31.1%]; AKI group n = 259 [68.9%]). Death-censored graft survival was similar according to the presence of AKI, AKI severity, and the AKI trend (p = 0.929, p = 0.077, and p = 0.658, respectively). Patients whose donors had AKI who received using low dose (1.5 mg/kg for three days) rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (r-ATG) as the induction agent had significantly superior death-censored graft survival compared with patients in that group who received basiliximab (p = 0.039). AKI in DBD donors did not affect long-term death-censored graft survival. Low-dose r-ATG may be considered as an induction immunosuppression in recipients receiving kidneys with AKI because it showed better graft survival than basiliximab.


2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Coche ◽  
Ben Sprangers ◽  
Steven Van Laecke ◽  
Laurent Weekers ◽  
Vicky De Meyer ◽  
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Abstract Background and Aims Recurrence of anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) glomerulonephritis in the kidney graft is a rare event, described in limited case reports and registry analysis. The aim of this study was to evaluate in a large cohort of patients with detailed data collection and long follow-up the risk of recurrence of anti-GBM disease and graft loss caused by recurrence, the risk factors associated with clinical recurrence and the long-term patient and graft survival. Method Multicenter retrospective study. Inclusion criteria: patients with anti-GBM glomerulonephritis transplanted with a kidney between 1977 and 2015. Exclusion criteria: systemic vasculitis (except ANCA), lupus erythematosus and cryoglobulinemia. Clinical recurrence was defined as reappearance of signs of glomerulonephritis along with histological signs of proliferative glomerulonephritis and linear IgG staining on kidney biopsy, with or without anti-GBM antibodies. Results Fifty-three patients were included. Clinical recurrence in a first kidney transplant occurred in only one patient five years after transplantation -a prevalence rate of 1.9%- in the context of cessation of immunosuppressive drugs. The graft was lost due to recurrence. Histological recurrence with linear IgG staining on kidney biopsy in the absence of histologic signs of proliferative glomerulonephritis was observed in four patients, in the context of cellular rejection. Two patients lost their kidney graft from severe acute rejection; the others fully recovered. Patient survival was 100%, 94% and 89% at 5, 10 and 15 years, respectively. Overall, death-censored first graft survival rates were 88%, 83% and 79% at 5, 10 and 15 years, respectively. Conclusion Recurrence rate of anti-GBM glomerulonephritis after transplantation is very low, and associated with graft loss. The long-term patient and graft survival rates are excellent.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Poppelaars ◽  
Mariana Gaya da Costa ◽  
Bernardo Faria ◽  
Siawosh K. Eskandari ◽  
Jeffrey Damman ◽  
...  

Introduction Improvement of long-term outcomes in kidney transplantation remains one of the most pressing challenges, yet drug development is stagnating. Human genetics offers an opportunity for much-needed target validation in transplantation. Conflicting data exists about the effect of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta1) on kidney transplant survival, since TGF-beta1 has profibrotic and protective effects. We therefore the impact of a recently discovered functional TGBF1 polymorphism on long term kidney graft survival. Methods We performed an observational cohort study analyzing recipient and donor DNA in 1,271-kidney transplant pairs from the University Medical Center Groningen in The Netherlands and associated a low-producing TGBF1 polymorphism (rs1800472 C>T) with 5, 10, and 15-year death-censored kidney graft survival. Results Donor genotype frequencies of s1800472 in TGBF1 differed significantly between patients with and without graft loss (P=0.042). Additionally, the low-producing TGBF1 polymorphism in the donor was associated with an increased risk of graft loss following kidney transplantation (HR 2.13 for the T allele; 95%-CI 1.16-3.90; P=0.015). The incidence of graft loss within 15 years of follow-up was 16.4% in the CC-genotype group and 28.9% in the CT-genotype group. After adjustment for transplant-related covariates, the association between the TGBF1 polymorphism in the donor and graft loss remained significant. In contrast, there was no association between the TGBF1 polymorphism in the recipient and graft loss. Conclusion Kidney allografts possessing a low-producing TGBF1 polymorphism have a higher risk of late graft loss. Our study adds to a growing body of evidence that TGFbeta1 is beneficial, rather than harmful, for kidney transplant survival.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Beetz ◽  
Juliane Thies ◽  
Clara A. Weigle ◽  
Fabio Ius ◽  
Michael Winkler ◽  
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Abstract Background In spite of renal graft shortage and increasing waiting times for transplant candidates, simultaneous heart and kidney transplantation (HKTx) is an increasingly performed procedure established for patients with combined end-stage cardiac and renal failure. Although data on renal graft outcome in this setting is limited, reports on reduced graft survival in comparison to solitary kidney transplantation (KTx) have led to an ongoing discussion of adequate organ utilization. Methods This retrospective study was conducted to evaluate prognostic factors and outcomes of 27 patients undergoing HKTx in comparison to a matched cohort of 27 patients undergoing solitary KTx between September 1987 and October 2019 in one of Europe’s largest transplant centers. Results Median follow-up was 100.33 (0.46–362.09) months. Despite lower five-year kidney graft survival (62.6% versus 92.1%; 111.73 versus 183.08 months; p = 0.189), graft function and patient survival (138.90 versus 192.71 months; p = 0.128) were not significantly inferior after HKTx in general. However, in case of prior cardiac surgery requiring sternotomy we observed significantly reduced early graft and patient survival (57.00 and 94.09 months, respectively) when compared to patients undergoing solitary KTx (183.08 and 192.71 months; p < 0.001, respectively) or HKTx without prior cardiac surgery (203.22 and 203.22 months; p = 0.016 and p = 0.019, respectively), most probably explained by the significantly increased rate of primary nonfunction (33.3%) and in-hospital mortality (25.0%). Conclusions Our data demonstrates the increased rate of early kidney graft loss and thus significantly inferior graft survival in high-risk patients undergoing HKTx. Thus, we advocate for a “kidney-after-heart” program in such patients to ensure responsible and reasonable utilization of scarce resources in times of ongoing organ shortage crisis.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1484
Author(s):  
Alessandra Palmisano ◽  
Ilaria Gandolfini ◽  
Marco Delsante ◽  
Chiara Cantarelli ◽  
Enrico Fiaccadori ◽  
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common finding in kidney donors and recipients. AKI in kidney donor, which increases the risk of delayed graft function (DGF), may not by itself jeopardize the short- and long-term outcome of transplantation. However, some forms of AKI may induce graft rejection, fibrosis, and eventually graft dysfunction. Therefore, various strategies have been proposed to identify conditions at highest risk of AKI-induced DGF, that can be treated by targeting the donor, the recipient, or even the graft itself with the use of perfusion machines. AKI that occurs early post-transplant after a period of initial recovery of graft function may reflect serious and often occult systemic complications that may require prompt intervention to prevent graft loss. AKI that develops long after transplantation is often related to nephrotoxic drug reactions. In symptomatic patients, AKI is usually associated with various systemic medical complications and could represent a risk of mortality. Electronic systems have been developed to alert transplant physicians that AKI has occurred in a transplant recipient during long-term outpatient follow-up. Herein, we will review most recent understandings of pathophysiology, diagnosis, therapeutic approach, and short- and long-term consequences of AKI occurring in both the donor and in the kidney transplant recipient.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyeong Deok Kim ◽  
Kyo Won Lee ◽  
Sang Jin Kim ◽  
Okjoo Lee ◽  
Manuel Lim ◽  
...  

Abstract The use of kidneys from donation-after-brain-death (DBD) donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) is a strategy to expand the donor pool. The aim of this study was to evaluate how kidney transplantation (KT) from a donor with AKI affects long-term graft survival in various situations. All patients who underwent KT from DBD donors between June 2003 and April 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. The KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) criteria were used to classify donor AKI. The cohort included 376 donors (no AKI group, n = 117 [31.1%]; AKI group n = 259 [68.9%]). Death-censored graft survival was similar according to the presence of AKI, AKI severity, and the AKI trend (p = 0.929, p = 0.077, and p = 0.658, respectively). Patients whose donors had AKI who received using low dose (1.5 mg/kg for three days) rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (r-ATG) as the induction agent had significantly superior death-censored graft survival compared with patients in that group who received basiliximab (p = 0.039). AKI in DBD donors did not affect long-term death-censored graft survival. Low-dose r-ATG may be considered as an induction immunosuppression in recipients receiving kidneys with AKI because it showed better graft survival than basiliximab.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Poppelaars ◽  
Mariana Gaya da Costa ◽  
Bernardo Faria ◽  
Siawosh K. Eskandari ◽  
Marc A. Seelen ◽  
...  

Introduction Kidney transplantation has excellent short-term results with current immunosuppression regimes, but long-term outcomes have barely improved. Hence, there is a need for new therapeutic options to increase long-term survival of kidney grafts. Drug development for transplantation has slowly plateaued, limiting progress while making drug repurposing an attractive alternative. We, therefore, investigated the impact of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) gene (TNF) polymorphisms on kidney graft survival. Methods We performed a prospective cohort study to assess the association of TNF polymorphisms (rs1800629 G>A and rs3093662 A>G) with primary non-function (PNF) and death-censored kidney allograft survival in 1,271 kidney transplant pairs from the University Medical Center Groningen in The Netherlands. Results The G-allele of the TNF rs3093662 polymorphism in donor kidneys was associated with a higher risk of PNF (odds ratio: 2.05; 95%-CI: 1.06-3.97; P = 0.032). Furthermore, the G-allele of this TNF rs3093662 polymorphism in the donor was also associated with worse 5-year, 10-year, and 15-year death-censored kidney graft survival (P<0.05). The cumulative incidence of graft loss was 15.9% in the reference AA-genotype group and 25.2% in the AG/GG-genotype group, respectively. In multivariable analysis, the association between the TNF rs3093662 polymorphism in the donor and 15-year death-censored kidney graft survival remained significant (hazard ratio: 1.51; 95%-CI: 1.05-2.19, P = 0.028). Conclusion Kidney allografts possessing a high-producing TNF polymorphism have a greater risk of immediate and late graft loss. Our study adds to a growing body of literature indicating the potential of TNF-alpha blockade in improving kidney transplantation outcomes.


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