Kidney transplant outcome following donation after euthanasia

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SLAGTER, Julia S. | KIMENAI, Hendrikus J. A. N. | VAN DE WETERING, Jacqueline | HAGENAARS, Hanneke J. A. M. | REINDERS, Marlies E. J. | POLAK, Wojciech G. | PORTE, Robert J. | MINNEE, Robert C.

IMPORTANCE: In the Netherlands, organ donation after euthanasia (donation after circulatory death type V [DCD-V]) has been increasingly performed since 2012. However, the outcomes of DCD-V kidney grafts have not been thoroughly investigated. It is critical to assess the outcomes of these kidney grafts to ascertain whether DCD-V is a safe and valuable way to increase the kidney donor pool. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the outcomes of DCD-V kidney transplantation and compare them with outcomes of kidney transplantation after circulatory death after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies (DCD type III [DCD-III]) and donation after brain death (DBD). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the database from the Dutch Transplant Foundation. All kidney transplants in the Netherlands between January 2012 (start of the euthanasia program) and July 2023 were included. Follow-up was obtained through 5 years after transplantation. Data analysis was performed from November 2023 until February 2024. EXPOSURES: Kidney transplantation with a DCD-V graft compared with DCD-III and DBD grafts. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The primary outcome was death-censored graft survival until 5 years after transplantation. Secondary outcomes were the incidence of delayed graft function (DGF), permanent nonfunction (PNF), serum creatinine concentration, and patient survival until 5 years after kidney transplantation. RESULTS: A total of 145 DCD-V kidney transplants were compared with 1936 DCD-III and 1255 DBD kidney transplants. Median (IQR) recipient age was 59 (46-66) years in the DCD-V cohort, compared with 61 (50-68) years in the DCD-III cohort and 61 (50-68) years in the DBD cohort. The incidence of DGF with DCD-V kidney transplants (26%) was significantly less than that with DCD-III kidney transplants (49%; P < .001) and similar to that with DBD kidney transplants (22%; P = .46). PNF occurrence with DCD-V kidneys (6%) was similar to that with DCD-III kidneys (6%; P = .79) and higher than in DBD kidneys (4%; P < .001). There was no difference in 5-year death-censored graft survival between DCD-V grafts (82%) and DCD-III (86%; P = .99) or DBD (84%; P = .99) grafts. There was no difference in 5-year patient survival between DCD-V kidney transplants (69%) and DCD-III (76%; P = .45) or DBD (73%; P = .74) kidney transplants. A propensity score analysis was performed to match the DCD-V and DCD-III cohort, showing results similar to those of the unmatched cohort. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This study found that DCD-V kidney transplantation yielded a lower incidence of DGF compared with DCD-III kidney transplantation and yielded long-term results similar to those of DCD-III and DBD kidney transplantation. The findings suggest that DCD-V is a safe and valuable way to increase the kidney donor pool.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2024.3913

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