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      Five year analysis of the eurotransplant senior program

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          Das zunehmende Durschnittsalter unserer Gesellschaft und der Mangel an Spenderorganen stellen bedeutende Herausforderungen für die Organtransplantation dar. Organe, die früher als "marginal" galten, werden heute routinemässig transplantiert. Gleichzeitig mit der Zunahme älterer Patienten auf der Warteliste steigt das Interesse an der Entwicklung von speziellen Allokations-Strategien. Basierend auf dem Konzept der Abstimmung des metabolischen Bedarfs des älteren Empfängers und der Kapazität der älteren Spenderniere entwickelte Eurotransplant daher das Eurotransplant Senior Program (ESP), welches im Januar 1999 gestartet wurde. Im Rahmen dieses Programms werden Nieren von über 65 Jahre alten Spendern lokal auf eine selektierte Gruppe über 65 Jahre alter, nicht immunisierter Empfänger übertragen. Das Ziel dieser 5-Jahres Analyse war es herauszufinden, ob das ESP erfolgreich seine Ziele erreicht hat, Organe von älteren Spendern optimal zu nutzen und die Zeit auf der Warteliste für ältere Empfänger zu verkürzen. Als Basis dienten Daten des Eurotransplant Information Systems (ENIS). Zusätzliche Informationen wurden für die ESP Patienten und zwei Kontrollgruppen mit entweder annähernd vergleichbarem Alter des Spenders (Kontrolle 1) oder des Empfängers (Kontrolle 2) erfasst. Insgesamt zeigt diese Auswertung, dass die Ziele des ESP erreicht wurden. Die Verfügbarkeit von älteren Spenderorganen wurde von 162 (10%) im Jahre 1998 auf 239 (fast 15%) im Jahre 2004 gesteigert. Die Wartezeit für ältere Empfänger verkürzte sich signifikant im Vergleich zu vor der Einführung des ESP und weiter im Verlauf der ersten 5 Jahre auf deutlich unter 4 Jahre, während sich die Wartezeit für Patienten in den Kontrollen die über ETKAS transplantiert wurden um bis zu einem Jahr verlängerte. Die kalte Ischämiezeit für ESP Patienten war signifikant kürzer mit etwa 12 im Vergleich zu ca. 17 Stunden für beide Kontrollen.Das Patienten- und Transplantatüberleben der Empfänger von Organen von über 65-jähriger Spendern wurde durch die ESP-Allokation, trotz 5-10% höherer Abstossungraten, nich negativ beeinflusst. Die Analyse der unabhängigen Risikofaktoren für akute Abstoßungsreaktionen weist darauf hin, dass ein verbessertes HLA matching unter Beibehaltung kurzer Ischämiezeiten möglicherweise von Vorteil wäre.

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          The aging society and the shortage of organs impose significant challenges to organ transplantation. As a result, organs previously considered marginal are now routinely used. At the same time, an increase in the number of elderly patients on renal transplant waiting lists has heightened interest in the development of special allocation strategies for these patients. As a result, Eurotransplant started the Eurotransplant Senior Program (ESP) in January 1999, an allocation scheme based on the concept of matching the metabolic demand of the recipient and the excretory capacity of the donor. The program obtaines kidneys from donors over 65 years and locally allocates them to a selected group of non-immunized patients in the same age group. The main objective of this evaluation was to find out if the allocation scheme is effective in using kidneys from elderly donors and if it shortens the waiting time for elderly patients. The Eurotransplant database was used as a starting point, and data added to the database by collecting additional information on the ESP patients, and on two control groups. The controls were observed over the same time period as the ESP patients, and matched them for either donor age (Control 1) or recipient age (Control 2). Overall, this 5-year analysis of the ESP shows that the objectives of the program have been met. The availability of elderly donors increased from 169 (10%) in 1998 to 239 (almost 15%) in 2004. The waiting time for elderly recipients transplanted within the ESP was successfully reduced compared to the waiting time before introduction of ESP and is now below 4 years, while waiting time in both control groups has increased by up to one year. The cold ischemia time for ESP patients was significantly shorter, with a mean of approximately 12 hours compared with over 17 hours in both control groups. Graft and patient survival in recipients of organs from donors age over 65 were not negatively impacted by the ESP allocation despite 5-10% higher acute rejection rates.Based on an analysis of independent risk factors the use of HLA matching instead of waiting time should be considered as an allocation criterion while maintaining a short cold ischemia time.

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              The benefit of renal transplantation for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has been well documented. This benefit is seen throughout all age ranges of patients. However, it has been documented that older renal transplant recipients are at increased risk for death because of infectious causes when compared with younger recipients. The present study addresses whether this increased risk merely parallels an age-related increase in infectious mortality or is reflective of a particular vulnerability in older renal transplant recipients. Patients wait-listed and transplanted between 1988 and 1997 were analyzed utilizing the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) database. The primary study end point was patient death secondary to infection. Secondary end points included death secondary to cardiovascular cause and malignancy. Cox-proportional hazard models were utilized with all pertinent variables. Death related to infectious cause increased exponentially in transplanted patients with increasing age (slope = 2.90.34x), while it increased linearly (slope = 1.9x + 8.6) with increasing age for those patients on the waiting list. Overall mortality increases with age were equal between the wait-listed and transplanted groups. The overall survival benefit of transplantation is maintained in the older age groups. However, renal transplantation is associated with an increased risk for infectious death beyond the expected age-related increased risk in patients on the renal transplant waiting list. This may have an impact on future immunosuppressive regimens in this population.
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                Medizinische Fakultät - Universitätsklinikum Charité, Humboldt-Universität (kvv )
                5 January 2006
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                oai:HUBerlin.de:26414
                94c518fd-d8f8-44bd-b3cb-119dc5c16a29
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                Medizin,YI 6565,BK 6200,Eurotransplant Senior Programm,Altersmatching,erweiterte Spenderkriterien,old-for-old Allokation,Warteliste,Nierentransplantation,kalte Ischämiezeit,Eurotransplant Senior Program,age matching,cadaveric renal transplantation,expanded criteria donor,old-for-old allocation,waiting list,cold ischemia time

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