scholarly journals Renal transplantation outcomes in obese patients: a French cohort-based study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohann Foucher ◽  
Marine Lorent ◽  
Laetitia Albano ◽  
Solène Roux ◽  
Moglie Le Quintrec ◽  
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Abstract Background. Whilst there are a number of publications comparing the relationship between body mass index (BMI) of kidney transplant recipients and graft/patient survival, no study has assessed this for a French patient cohort. Methods. In this study, cause-specific Cox models were used to study patient and graft survival and several other time-to-event measures. Logistic regressions were performed to study surgical complications at 30 days post-transplantation as well as delayed graft function. Results. Among the 4691 included patients, 747 patients were considered obese with a BMI level greater than 30 kg/m². We observed a higher mortality for obese recipients (HR=1.37, p=0.0086) and higher risks of serious bacterial infections (HR=1.24, p=0.0006) and cardiac complications (HR=1.45, p<0.0001). We observed a trend towards death censored graft survival (HR=1.22, p=0.0666) and no significant increased risk of early surgical complications. Conclusions. We showed that obesity increased the risk of death and serious bacterial infections and cardiac complications in obese French kidney transplant recipients. Further epidemiologic studies aiming to compare obese recipients versus obese candidates remaining on dialysis are needed to improve the guidelines for obese patient transplant allocation.

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Foucher ◽  
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M. Lorent ◽  
L. Albano ◽  
S. Roux ◽  
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Abstract Background Whilst there are a number of publications comparing the relationship between body mass index (BMI) of kidney transplant recipients and graft/patient survival, no study has assessed this for a French patient cohort. Methods In this study, cause-specific Cox models were used to study patient and graft survival and several other time-to-event measures. Logistic regressions were performed to study surgical complications at 30 days post-transplantation as well as delayed graft function. Results Among the 4691 included patients, 747 patients were considered obese with a BMI level greater than 30 kg/m2. We observed a higher mortality for obese recipients (HR = 1.37, p = 0.0086) and higher risks of serious bacterial infections (HR = 1.24, p = 0.0006) and cardiac complications (HR = 1.45, p < 0.0001). We observed a trend towards death censored graft survival (HR = 1.22, p = 0.0666) and no significant increased risk of early surgical complications. Conclusions We showed that obesity increased the risk of death and serious bacterial infections and cardiac complications in obese French kidney transplant recipients. Further epidemiologic studies aiming to compare obese recipients versus obese candidates remaining on dialysis are needed to improve the guidelines for obese patient transplant allocation.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohann Foucher ◽  
Marine Lorent ◽  
Laetitia Albano ◽  
Solène Roux ◽  
Valérie Garrigue ◽  
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Abstract Background. Whilst there are numbers of publications comparing the relationship between the body mass index (BMI) of kidney transplant recipients and graft/patient survival, no study was performed in French patients. Methods. In this study, cause-specific Cox models were used to study patients and graft survival and several other different times-to-event. Logistic regressions were performed to study surgical complications at 30 days post-transplantation as well as delayed graft function. Results. Among the 4691 included patients, 747 patients were considered obese with a BMI level higher than 30 kg/m². We observed a higher mortality of obese recipients (HR = 1.37, p = 0.0086) and higher risks of serious bacterial infections (HR = 1.24, p = 0.0006) and cardiac complications (HR = 1.45, p < 0.0001). We reported a trend with death censored graft survival (HR = 1.22, p = 0.0666) and no significant increased risk of early surgical complications. Conclusions. We showed that obesity increased the risk of death and serious bacterial infections and cardiac complications in French kidney transplant recipients. Further epidemiologic studies aiming to compare obese recipients versus obese candidates staying in dialysis are needed for improving the guidelines of access to transplantation of obese patients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. 3063
Author(s):  
Napat Leeaphorn ◽  
Charat Thongprayoon ◽  
Pradeep Vaitla ◽  
Panupong Hansrivijit ◽  
Caroline C. Jadlowiec ◽  
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Background: Lower patient survival has been observed in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients who go on to receive a kidney transplant. This study aimed to assess the post-transplant outcomes of SCD kidney transplant recipients in the contemporary era. Methods: We used the OPTN/UNOS database to identify first-time kidney transplant recipients from 2010 through 2019. We compared patient and allograft survival between recipients with SCD (n = 105) vs. all other diagnoses (non-SCD, n = 146,325) as the reported cause of end-stage kidney disease. We examined whether post-transplant outcomes improved among SCD in the recent era (2010–2019), compared to the early era (2000–2009). Results: After adjusting for differences in baseline characteristics, SCD was significantly associated with lower patient survival (HR 2.87; 95% CI 1.75–4.68) and death-censored graft survival (HR 1.98; 95% CI 1.30–3.01), compared to non-SCD recipients. The lower patient survival and death-censored graft survival in SCD recipients were consistently observed in comparison to outcomes of recipients with diabetes, glomerular disease, and hypertension as the cause of end-stage kidney disease. There was no significant difference in death censored graft survival (HR 0.99; 95% CI 0.51–1.73, p = 0.98) and patient survival (HR 0.93; 95% CI 0.50–1.74, p = 0.82) of SCD recipients in the recent versus early era. Conclusions: Patient and allograft survival in SCD kidney recipients were worse than recipients with other diagnoses. Overall SCD patient and allograft outcomes in the recent era did not improve from the early era. The findings of our study should not discourage kidney transplantation for ESKD patients with SCD due to a known survival benefit of transplantation compared with remaining on dialysis. Urgent future studies are needed to identify strategies to improve patient and allograft survival in SCD kidney recipients. In addition, it may be reasonable to assign risk adjustment for SCD patients.


2003 ◽  
Vol 64 (10) ◽  
pp. S19
Author(s):  
D.S. Rodriguez ◽  
E. Jankowska-Gan ◽  
L.D. Haynes ◽  
G. Leverson ◽  
D. Heisey ◽  
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F1000Research ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 2893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rossana Rosa ◽  
Jose F. Suarez ◽  
Marco A. Lorio ◽  
Michele I. Morris ◽  
Lilian M. Abbo ◽  
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Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) poses challenging drug-drug interactions with immunosuppressant agents in transplant recipients.  We aimed to determine the impact of specific antiretroviral regimens in clinical outcomes of HIV+ kidney transplant recipients. Methods: A single-center, retrospective cohort study was conducted at a large academic center. Subjects included 58 HIV- to HIV+ adult, first-time kidney transplant patients. The main intervention was ART regimen used after transplantation.  The main outcomes assessed at one- and three-years were: patient survival, death-censored graft survival, and biopsy-proven acute rejection; we also assessed serious infections within the first six months post-transplant. Results: Patient and graft survival at three years were both 90% for the entire cohort. Patients receiving protease inhibitor (PI)-containing regimens had lower patient survival at one and three years than patients receiving PI-sparing regimens: 85% vs. 100% (p=0.06) and 82% vs. 100% (p=0.03), respectively. Patients who received PI-containing regimens had twelve times higher odds of death at 3 years compared to patients who were not exposed to PIs (odds ratio, 12.05; 95% confidence interval, 1.31-1602; p=0.02).  Three-year death-censored graft survival was lower in patients receiving PI vs. patients on PI-sparing regimens (82 vs 100%, p=0.03). Patients receiving integrase strand transfer inhibitors-containing regimens had higher 3-year graft survival. There were no differences in the incidence of acute rejection by ART regimen. Individuals receiving PIs had a higher incidence of serious infections compared to those on PI-sparing regimens (39 vs. 8%, p=0.01). Conclusions: PI-containing ART regimens are associated with adverse outcomes in HIV+ kidney transplant recipients.


2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngan N. Lam ◽  
Amit X. Garg ◽  
Greg A. Knoll ◽  
S. Joseph Kim ◽  
Krista L. Lentine ◽  
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Background: The implications of venous thromboembolism (VTE) for morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant recipients are not well described. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study using linked healthcare databases in Ontario, Canada to determine the risk and complications of VTE in kidney transplant recipients from 2003 to 2013. We compared the incidence rate of VTE in recipients (n = 4,343) and a matched (1:4) sample of the general population (n = 17,372). For recipients with evidence of a VTE posttransplant, we compared adverse clinical outcomes (death, graft loss) to matched (1:2) recipients without evidence of a VTE posttransplant. Results: During a median follow-up of 5.2 years, 388 (8.9%) recipients developed a VTE compared to 254 (1.5%) in the matched general population (16.3 vs. 2.4 events per 1,000 person-years; hazard ratio [HR] 7.1, 95% CI 6.0-8.4; p < 0.0001). Recipients who experienced a posttransplant VTE had a higher risk of death (28.5 vs. 11.2%; HR 4.1, 95% CI 2.9-5.8; p < 0.0001) and death-censored graft loss (13.1 vs. 7.5%; HR 2.3, 95% CI 1.4-3.6; p = 0.0006) compared to matched recipients who did not experience a posttransplant VTE. Conclusions: Kidney transplant recipients have a sevenfold higher risk of VTE compared to the general population with VTE conferring an increased risk of death and graft loss.


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