Table of Contents Author Guidelines Submit a Manuscript
Table of Contents Alerts

To receive news and publication updates for Journal of Transplantation, enter your email address in the box below.

Journal of Transplantation
Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 748102, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/748102
Research Article

Alternative Living Kidney Donation Programs Boost Genetically Unrelated Donation

Rosalie A. Poldervaart, Mirjam Laging, Tessa Royaards, Judith A. Kal-van Gestel, Madelon van Agteren, Marry de Klerk, Willij Zuidema, Michiel G. H. Betjes, and Joke I. Roodnat

Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, Netherlands

Received 18 May 2015; Revised 20 August 2015; Accepted 24 August 2015

Academic Editor: Gaetano Ciancio

Copyright © 2015 Rosalie A. Poldervaart et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Linked References

  1. D. L. Segev, S. E. Gentry, D. S. Warren, B. Reeb, and R. A. Montgomery, “Kidney paired donation and optimizing the use of live donor organs,” The Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 293, no. 15, pp. 1883–1890, 2005. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  2. R. J. Johnson, J. E. Allen, S. V. Fuggle, J. A. Bradley, and C. Rudge, “Early experience of paired living kidney donation in the United Kingdom,” Transplantation, vol. 86, no. 12, pp. 1672–1677, 2008. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  3. F. L. Delmonico, P. E. Morrissey, G. S. Lipkowitz et al., “Donor kidney exchanges,” American Journal of Transplantation, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 1628–1634, 2004. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  4. K. Park, J. I. Moon, S. I. Kim, and Y. S. Kim, “Exchange donor program in kidney transplantation,” Transplantation, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 336–338, 1999. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  5. M. de Klerk, M. D. Witvliet, B. J. J. M. Haase-Kromwijk, F. H. J. Claas, and W. Weimar, “Hurdles, barriers, and successes of a national living donor kidney exchange program,” Transplantation, vol. 86, no. 12, pp. 1749–1753, 2008. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  6. E. H. Cole, P. Nickerson, P. Campbell et al., “The Canadian kidney paired donation program: a national program to increase living donor transplantation,” Transplantation, vol. 99, no. 5, pp. 985–990, 2015. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  7. B. S. Kim, Y. S. Kim, S. I. Kim et al., “Outcome of multipair donor exchange by a web-based algorithm,” Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, vol. 18, pp. 1000–1006, 2007. View at Google Scholar
  8. P. Ferrari, P. D. Hughes, S. J. Cohney, C. Woodroffe, S. Fidler, and L. D'Orsogna, “ABO-incompatible matching significantly enhances transplant rates in kidney paired donation,” Transplantation, vol. 96, no. 9, pp. 821–826, 2013. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  9. M. de Klerk, W. C. Zuidema, J. N. M. IJzermans, and W. Weimar, “Alternatives for unsuccessful living donor kidney exchange pairs,” Clinical Transplants, pp. 327–332, 2010. View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  10. Y. J. Lee, S. U. Lee, S. Y. Chung et al., “Clinical outcomes of multicenter domino kidney paired donation: brief communication,” American Journal of Transplantation, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 2424–2428, 2009. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  11. J. I. Roodnat, W. Zuidema, J. van de Wetering et al., “Altruistic donor triggered domino-paired kidney donation for unsuccessful couples from the kidney-exchange program,” American Journal of Transplantation, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 821–827, 2010. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  12. M. van Agteren, W. Weimar, A. E. de Weerd et al., “The first fifty ABO blood group incompatible kidney transplantations: the Rotterdam experience,” Journal of Transplantation, vol. 2014, Article ID 913902, 6 pages, 2014. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  13. H. Ishida, N. Miyamoto, H. Shirakawa et al., “Evaluation of immunosuppressive regimens in ABO-incompatible living kidney transplantation—single center analysis,” The American Journal of Transplantation, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 825–831, 2007. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  14. J. I. Roodnat, J. van de Wetering, F. H. Claas, J. Ijzermans, and W. Weimar, “Persistently low transplantation rate of ABO blood type O and highly sensitised patients despite alternative transplantation programs,” Transplant International, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 987–993, 2012. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  15. G. Opelz, C. Morath, C. Süsal, T. H. Tran, M. Zeier, and B. Döhler, “Three-year outcomes following 1420 ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplants performed after ABO antibody reduction: results from 101 centers,” Transplantation, vol. 99, no. 2, pp. 400–404, 2015. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  16. S. Zschiedrich, A. Kramer-Zucker, B. Jänigen et al., “An update on ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation,” Transplant International, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 387–397, 2015. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  17. H. Genberg, G. Kumlien, L. Wennberg, U. Berg, and G. Tydén, “ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation using antigen-specific immunoadsorption and rituximab: a 3-year follow-up,” Transplantation, vol. 85, no. 12, pp. 1745–1754, 2008. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  18. U. Maggiore, R. Oberbauer, J. Pascual et al., “Strategies to increase the donor pool and access to kidney transplantation: an international perspective,” Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 217–222, 2015. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  19. J. I. Roodnat, J. A. Kal-van Gestel, W. Zuidema et al., “Successful expansion of the living donor pool by alternative living donation programs,” American Journal of Transplantation, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 2150–2156, 2009. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  20. P. I. Terasaki, J. M. Cecka, D. W. Gjertson, and S. Takemoto, “High survival rates of kidney transplants from spousal and living unrelated donors,” The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 333, no. 6, pp. 333–336, 1995. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  21. D. W. Gjertson and J. M. Cecka, “Living unrelated donor kidney transplantation,” Kidney International, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 491–499, 2000. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  22. G. Mjøen, S. Hallan, A. Hartmann et al., “Long-term risks for kidney donors,” Kidney International, vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 162–167, 2014. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  23. H. N. Ibrahim, R. Foley, L. Tan et al., “Long-term consequences of kidney donation,” The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 360, no. 5, pp. 459–469, 2009. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  24. L. D. Horvat, S. Z. Shariff, and A. X. Garg, “Global trends in the rates of living kidney donation,” Kidney International, vol. 75, no. 10, pp. 1088–1098, 2009. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
  25. A. J. Ghods and S. Savaj, “Iranian model of paid and regulated living-unrelated kidney donation,” Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 1136–1145, 2006. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  26. S. Taheri, S. M. Alavian, B. Einollahi, and M. Nafar, “Gender bias in Iranian living kidney transplantation program: a national report,” Clinical Transplantation, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 528–534, 2010. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  27. T. H. S. Hsu, L.-M. Su, L. E. Ratner, T. W. Jarrett, and L. R. Kavoussi, “Demographics of 353 laparoscopic renal donor and recipient pairs at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions,” Journal of Endourology, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 393–396, 2003. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  28. M. C. Freitas, “Kidney transplantation in the US: an analysis of the OPTN/UNOS registry,” Clinical Transplants, pp. 1–16, 2011. View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  29. T. F. Fuller, S. Feng, T. V. Brennan, S. Tomlanovich, A. Bostrom, and C. E. Freise, “Increased rejection in living unrelated versus living related kidney transplants does not affect short-term function and survival,” Transplantation, vol. 78, no. 7, pp. 1030–1035, 2004. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  30. N. Ishikawa, T. Yagisawa, T. Kimura et al., “Kidney transplantation of living unrelated and ABO-incompatible donor-recipient combinations,” Transplantation Proceedings, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 1242–1244, 2013. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  31. P. K. Bailey, C. R. V. Tomson, and Y. Ben-Shlomo, “Study of living kidney donor-recipient relationships: variation with socioeconomic deprivation in the white population of England,” Clinical Transplantation, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. E327–E331, 2013. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  32. G. Santori, S. Barocci, I. Fontana et al., “Kidney transplantation from living donors genetically related or unrelated to the recipients: a single-center analysis,” Transplantation Proceedings, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 1892–1896, 2012. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  33. J. I. Roodnat, J. van de Wetering, W. Zuidema et al., “Ethnically diverse populations and their participation in living kidney donation programs,” Transplantation, vol. 89, no. 10, pp. 1263–1269, 2010. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  34. M. Cooper, A. Kramer, R. Barth, and M. Phelan, “Living kidney donor relationship in caucasian and African American populations and implications for targeted donor education programs,” Clinical Transplantation, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 32–36, 2013. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  35. F. H. J. Claas, A. Rahmel, and I. I. N. Doxiadis, “Enhanced kidney allocation to highly sensitized patients by the acceptable mismatch program,” Transplantation, vol. 88, no. 4, pp. 447–452, 2009. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  36. R. A. Montgomery, “Living donor exchange programs: theory and practice,” British Medical Bulletin, vol. 98, no. 1, pp. 21–30, 2011. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  37. C. Morath, J. Beimler, G. Opelz et al., “Living donor kidney transplantation in crossmatch-positive patients enabled by peritransplant immunoadsorption and anti-CD20 therapy,” Transplant International, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 506–517, 2012. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  38. A. Bentall, L. D. Cornell, J. M. Gloor et al., “Five-year outcomes in living donor kidney transplants with a positive crossmatch,” American Journal of Transplantation, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 76–85, 2013. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  39. R. A. Montgomery, B. E. Lonze, K. E. King et al., “Desensitization in HLA-incompatible kidney recipients and survival,” The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 365, no. 4, pp. 318–326, 2011. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  40. D. Glotz, C. Antoine, P. Julia et al., “Desensitization and subsequent kidney transplantation of patients using intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIg),” American Journal of Transplantation, vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 758–760, 2002. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
  41. L. V. Riella, K. Safa, J. Yagan et al., “Long-term outcomes of kidney transplantation across a positive complement-dependent cytotoxicity crossmatch,” Transplantation, vol. 97, no. 12, pp. 1247–1252, 2014. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus