Direct-Acting Antiviral Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplantation From Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Donors to Noninfected Recipients: An Open-Label Nonrandomized Trial.
Direct-Acting Antiviral Prophylaxis in Kidney Transplantation From Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Donors to Noninfected Recipients: An Open-Label Nonrandomized Trial.
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DOI:
10.7326/m17-2871
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发表时间:
2018-04-17
影响因子:
39.2
通讯作者:
Desai NM
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作者:
Durand CM;Bowring MG;Brown DM;Chattergoon MA;Massaccesi G;Bair N;Wesson R;Reyad A;Naqvi FF;Ostrander D;Sugarman J;Segev DL;Sulkowski M;Desai NM
Given the high mortality rate for those with end-stage kidney d sease on dialysis and the efficacy and safety of current hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments, currently-discarded kidneys from HCV-infected (HCV+) donors may be a neglected public health resource. To determine the tolerability and feasibility of kidney transplantation (KT) from HCV+ donors to HCV-uninfected recipients (HCV D+/R−) in combination with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) as pre- and post-transplant prophylaxis. Open-label, non-randomized trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02781649) Single-center. 10 HCV-uninfected KT candidates over the age of 50 years with no available living donors. KT from deceased donors ages 13–50 years with a positive HCV RNA and HCV antibody test. All recipients received a dose of grazoprevir 100 mg/elbasvir 50 mg (GZR/EBR) immediately prior to transplant. For genotype 1 donors, recipients continued GZR/EBR for 12 weeks post-transplant; for genotype 2 or 3 donors, sofosbuvir 400 mg was added to GZR/EBR for 12 weeks of triple-therapy. The primary safety outcome was the incidence of adverse events related to GZR-EBR. The primary efficacy outcome was the proportion recipients with HCV RNA less than the lower limit of quantification 12 weeks after prophylaxis. Among 10 HCV D+/R− there were no treatment-related adverse events and HCV RNA was not detected in any recipient 12 weeks after treatment. Nonrandomized study design and small number of patients. Pre- and post-transplant HCV treatment was safe and prevented chronic hepatitis C in HCV D+/R− KT. If confirmed in larger studies, this strategy should markedly expand organ options and reduce mortality for HCV− KT candidates.