A review of utility-based allocation strategies to maximize graft years of deceased donor kidneys

Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 368-376

  Lim, Wai H ^a,b   Chadban, Steve ^b,d   Campbell, Scott ^b,e   Cohney, Solomon ^b,f   Russ, Graeme ^b,c   McDonald, Stephen ^b,c  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ANZDATA Registry ^*  (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

age matching; ANZDATA registry; equity; renal transplant; utility

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CADAVER KIDNEY; EXPANDED CRITERIA DONOR; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955450556     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2011.01445.x     Document Type: Review

References (42)

1. Wolfe R, McCullough K, Leichtman A,. Predictability of survival models for waiting list and transplant patients: Calculating LYFT. Am. J. Transplant. 2009; 9: 1523-7.
2. McDonald S, Excell L, Dent H,. New patient commencing treatment in 2008. In:, McDonald S, Excell L, Livingston B, (eds). Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry. Adelaide: Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, 2009; 1-12.
3. Chadban S, McDonald S, Livingston B, Excell L,. Transplant waiting list. In:, McDonald S, Chang S, Excell L, (eds). The Twenty Ninth Report: Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry. Adelaide: Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, 2006; 1-4.
4. Campbell S, McDonald S, Excell L,. Transplant waiting list. In:, McDonald S, Excell L, Livingston B, (eds). The Thirty Second Report Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry. Adelaide: Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, 2009; 1-4.
5. Rao P, Merion R, Ashby V, Port F, Wolfe R, Kayler L,. Renal transplantation in elderly patients older than 70 years of age: Results from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. Transplantation 2007; 83: 1069-74. (Pubitemid 46659119)
6. Fabre J, Murphy P, Matesanz R,. Presumed consent: A distraction in the quest for increasing rates of organ donation. BMJ 2010; 341: c4873.
7. Excell L, Hee K, Russ G,. ANZOD registry report 2010. In:, Excell L, Hee K, Russ G, (eds). ANZOD Registry Report. Adelaide: Australia and New Zealand Organ Donation Registry, 2010; 1-49.
8. Meier-Kriesche H, Cibrik D, Ojo A, et al,. Interaction between donor and recipient age in determining the risk of chronic renal allograft failure. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2002; 50: 14-17. (Pubitemid 34053017)
9. Oppenheimer F, Aljama P, Peinado C, Bustamanta J, Albiach J, Perich L,. The impact of donor age on the results of renal transplantation. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2004; 19: iii11-15. (Pubitemid 38961432)
10. Collins M, Chang S, Russ G, McDonald S,. Outcomes of transplantation using kidneys from donors meeting expanded criteria in Australia and New Zealand, 1991 to 2005. Transplantation 2009; 87: 1201-9.
11. Collini A, Kalmar P, Dhamo A, Ruggieri G, Carmellini M,. Renal transplant from very old donors: How far can we go? Transplantation 2009; 87: 1830-36.
12. Savoye E, Tamarelle D, Chalem Y, Rebibou J, Tuppin P,. Survival benefits of kidney transplantation with expanded criteria deceased donors in patients aged 60 years and over. Transplantation 2007; 84: 1618-24.
13. Chavalitdhamrong D, Gill J, Takemoto S, et al,. Patient and graft outcomes from deceased kidney donors age 70 years and older: An analysis of the Organ Procurement Transplant Network/United Network of Organ Sharing database. Transplantation 2008; 85: 1573-9.
14. Excell L, Hee K, Russ G,. ANZOD registry report 2006. In:, Excell L, Hee K, Russ G, (eds). Australia and New Zealand Organ Donation Registry. Adelaide: Australia and New Zealand Organ Donation Registry, 2006; 1-50.
15. Metzger R, Delmonico F, Feng S, Port F, Wynn J, Merion R,. Expanded criteria donors for kidney transplantation. Am. J. Transplant. 2003; 3: 114-25. (Pubitemid 36612389)
16. Ojo A, Leichtman A, Punch J, et al,. Impact of pre-existing donor hypertension and diabetes mellitus on cadaveric renal transplant outcomes. Am. J. Kidney Dis. 2000; 36: 153-9. (Pubitemid 30432577)
17. Cosio F, Qiu W, Henry M, et al,. Factors related to the donor organ are major determinants of renal allograft function and survival. Transplantation 1996; 62: 1571-6. (Pubitemid 27009912)
18. Gaber L, Moore L, Alloway R, Amiri M, Vera S, Gaber A,. Glomerulosclerosis as a determinant of posttransplant function of older donor renal allografts. Transplantation 1995; 60: 334-9.
19. Wolfe R, Ashby V, Milford E, et al,. Comparison of mortality in all patients on dialysis, patients on dialysis awaiting transplantation, and recipients of a first cadaveric transplant. N. Engl. J. Med. 1999; 341: 1725-30.
20. Ojo A, Hanson J, Meier-Kriesche H, et al,. Survival in recipients of marginal cadaveric donor kidneys compared with other recipients and wait-listed transplant candidates. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 2001; 12: 589-97. (Pubitemid 32180029)
21. Johnson D, Herzig K, Purdie D, et al,. A comparison of the effects of dialysis and renal transplantation on the survival of older uremic patients. Transplantation 2000; 69: 794-9. (Pubitemid 30174099)
22. Merion R, Ashby V, Wolfe R, et al,. Deceased-donor characteristics and the survival benefit of kidney transplantation. JAMA 2005; 294: 2726-33. (Pubitemid 41770102)
23. Schold J, Meier-Kriesche H,. Which renal transplant candidates should accept marginal kidneys in exchange for a shorter waiting time on dialysis? Clin. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 2006; 1: 532-8.
24. Cecka J, Cohen B, Rosendale J, Smith M,. Could more effective use of kidneys recovered from older deceased donors result in more kidney transplants for older patients? Transplantation 2006; 81: 966-70. (Pubitemid 43670422)
25. Carter J, Chan S, Roberts J, Feng S,. Expanded criteria donor kidney allocation: Marked decrease in cold ischemia and delayed graft function at a single center. Am. J. Transplant. 2005; 5: 2745-53.
26. Waiser J, Schreiber M, Budde K, et al,. Age-matching in renal transplantation. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2000; 15: 696-700. (Pubitemid 30242990)
27. Tan J, Alfrey E, Dafoe D, Millan M, Scandling J,. Dual-kidney transplantation with organs from expanded criteria donors: A long-term follow-up. Transplantation 2004; 78: 692-6. (Pubitemid 39244730)
28. Meier-Kriesche H, Schold J, Gaston R, Wadstrom J, Kaplan B,. Kidneys from deceased donors: Maximizing the value of a scarce resource. Am. J. Transplant. 2005; 5: 1725-30. (Pubitemid 40910456)
29. Smits J, Persijn G, van Houwelingen H, Claas F, Frei U,. Evaluation of the Eurotransplant Senior Program. The results of the first year. Am. J. Transplant. 2002; 2: 664-70. (Pubitemid 36306860)
30. Frei U, Noeldeke J, Machold-Fabrizii V, et al,. Prospective age-matching in elderly kidney transplant recipients-A 5-year analysis of the Eurotransplant Senior Program. Am. J. Transplant. 2008; 8: 50-57.
31. Lim W, Chang S, Chadban S, et al,. Donor-recipient age matching improves years of graft function in deceased-donor kidney transplantation. Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2010; 25: 3082-9.
32. Keith D, Demattos A, Golconda M, Prather J, Norman D,. Effect of donor recipient age match on survival after first deceased donor renal transplantation. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 2004; 15: 1086-91. (Pubitemid 38375329)
33. Moers C, Kornmann N, Leuvenink H, Ploeg R,. The influence of deceased donor age and old-for-old allocation on kidney transplant outcome. Transplantation 2009; 88: 542-52.
34. Segev D,. Evaluating options for utility-based kidney allocation. Am. J. Transplant. 2009; 9: 1513-18.
35. de Fijter J,. An old virtue to improve senior programs. Transpl. Int. 2009; 22: 259-68.
36. Kidney Health Australia Economic impact of end-stage kidney disease in Australia. 2006. [Cited 17 February 2011.] Available from URL http://kidney.org.au
37. Organ Procurement Transplant Network. Kidney allocation policy development. 2010. [Cited 17 February 2011.] Available from URL http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/kars.asp
38. Sharma P, Schaubel D, Sima C, Merion R, Lok A,. Re-weighting the model for end-stage liver disease score components. Gastroenterology 2008; 135: 1575-81.
39. Machnicki G, Pinsky B, Takemoto S, et al,. Predictive ability of pretransplant comorbidities to predict long-term graft loss and death. Am. J. Transplant. 2009; 9: 494-505.
40. Young C, Gaston R,. Renal transplantation in black Americans. N. Engl. J. Med. 2000; 343: 1545-52.
41. Young C, Gaston R,. Understanding the influence of ethnicity on renal allograft survival. Am. J. Transplant. 2005; 5: 2603-4.
42. Laupacis A, Keown P, Pus N, et al,. A study of the quality of life and cost-utility of renal transplantation. Kidney Int. 1996; 50: 235-42. (Pubitemid 26323718)