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Liver Transplant Outcomes in the United States : Effect of Preservation Solution DKFC Symposium July 16, 2012. John Fung, MD, PhD Cleveland Clinic. Disclosure: I have been a past consultant for both Dupont and Odyssey. Recent Retrospective Database Reviews.
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Liver Transplant Outcomes in the United States : Effect of Preservation SolutionDKFC SymposiumJuly 16, 2012 John Fung, MD, PhD Cleveland Clinic Disclosure: I have been a past consultant for both Dupont and Odyssey
Recent Retrospective Database Reviews Theme of 3 studies: These results suggest that the increasing use of HTK for abdominal organ preservation should be reexamined
Liver Preservation Indiana University, 2001 to 2008 All adult, deceased donor n=1013 HTK 632, UW 381 Simultaneous, retrospective
Liver Preservation Indiana University, 2001 to 2008 All adult, deceased donor Simultaneous, retrospective n=1013 HTK 632 UW 381 Serum ALT Serum Bilirubin
Using the SRTR Database • Only adult first liver-only transplants from 2002-2008 were included and only for those whom flush and storage solutions were the same • All patients had minimum one year follow up • 25,616 patients, 20,901 (82%) with UW and 4,715 (18%) with HTK • Mean follow-up: 2.7 ± 1.7 years (2.9 ± 1.7 for UW and 1.8 ± 1.1 for HTK)
Statistical Analysis • Three comparisons: • Unadjusted graft survival • Bootstrapping hazard modeling using risk factors for graft survival determined using non-proportional, multiphase, multivariable hazard methodology with >100 clinically relevant recipient, donor, and procedure variables • Propensity-matched comparison for 50 most important variables
Bootstrapping • A random sample of patients is drawn from the original data - patients are drawn one at a time, with replacement, until a new dataset of the same size has been created • When the new dataset has been created, the stepwise regression technique is run again to see what significant predictors it finds and the process is repeated multiple times • The bootstrap percentage is the percent of runs in which the variable appeared, so the higher the percentage, the more certain is the impact of that variable - those appearing in >50% of runs were considered reliably statistically significant at p<0.001
Adjusting for Multiple Tests Use p = 0.05 / no. of tests
Results • Validation of reported significant recipient factors of graft failure in the early and later phases after DDLT • OPS did not appear as a statistically significant predictor of graft failure • hospital death, re-transplant rates and relisting rates were not different
Unadjusted Patient and Graft Survival - HTK vs UW Adult LTX from 2002-2008 UW n = 20,901 HTK n = 4,715 PS: p = 0.90 log rank test GS: p = 0.60
Unadjusted Patient and Graft Survival - HTK vs UW Adult LTX from 2002-2008: By DRI - 2.5 7,883 UW 10,484 UW 1,826 HTK 2,314 HTK DRI < 2.5 p = 0.20 log rank test DRI >2.5: p = 0.20
Unadjusted Patient and Graft Survival - HTK vs UW Adult LTX from 2002-2008: By CIT - 8 hrs (non-DCD) 14,053 UW 6,119 UW 3,279 HTK 1,177 HTK CIT < 8 hr p = 0.70 log rank test CIT >8 hr: p = 0.50
Unadjusted Patient and Graft Survival - HTK vs UW Adult LTX from 2002-2008: By CIT - 12 hrs (non-DCD) 19,082 UW 1,090 UW 4,253 HTK 203 HTK CIT < 12 hr p = 0.80 log rank test CIT >12 hr: p = 0.60
Limitations of the Hopkins UNOS Analysis • Used case-wise deletion of missing data, i.e. used only patients for whom all variables were reported - the actual number of cases deleted not provided • Last case included was 2/28/08 - the paper was submitted on 7/17/08. Allowing a minimum of 45 days to analyze and write the paper, the latest data cutoff was 6/1/08. Using UNOS timelines for a 6/1/08 cutoff, there would only have been data for transplants performed before 11/1/07
Unadjusted 1-year Graft Survival Rates by Year of Transplant
SRTR Data, 2000-2010, N=55110, Age 18+ By Years and Preservation Solution: 2001-2005 vs 2006-2010 and UW vs HTK HTK 2006-10 Liver Transplant Graft Survival UW 2006-10 HTK 2000-5 UW 2000-5 SRTR Data, 2000-2010, N=55110, Age 18+ By Years and Preservation Solution: 2001-2005 vs 2006-2010 and UW vs HTK
SRTR Data, 2000-2010, N=55110, Age 18+ By Years and Preservation Solution: 2001-2005 vs 2006-2010 and UW vs HTK HTK 2006-10 Liver Transplant Patient Survival UW 2006-10 HTK 2000-5 UW 2000-5 SRTR Data, 2000-2010, N=55110, Age 18+ By Years and Preservation Solution: 2001-2005 vs 2006-2010 and UW vs HTK
Conclusions • Discrepancies between published reports and clinical experience: • Flawed analysis • Learning curve • Changing practices • Excellent outcomes can be obtained with either solution