2018
Solid organ transplantation of viral hepatitis C positive donor organs into viral hepatitis C negative recipients
Liapakis A, Formica RN, Levitsky J. Solid organ transplantation of viral hepatitis C positive donor organs into viral hepatitis C negative recipients. Current Opinion In Organ Transplantation 2018, 23: 257-263. PMID: 29432255, DOI: 10.1097/mot.0000000000000504.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViremic donorsHepatitis CWaitlist mortalityHepatitis C viremic donorsEarly trial dataHCV-negative recipientsTransplantation of graftsHepatitis C therapySolid organ transplantsSolid organ transplantationUtilization of graftsFormal clinical trialsNet overall reductionGraft utilizationNonviremic recipientsTransplant recipientsC therapyNegative patientsAntiviral therapyNegative recipientsTransplantation ratesClinical trialsOrgan poolDonor organsOrgan transplantation
2017
The American Society of Transplantation Consensus Conference on the Use of Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in Solid Organ Transplantation
Levitsky J, Formica R, Bloom R, Charlton M, Curry M, Friedewald J, Friedman J, Goldberg D, Hall S, Ison M, Kaiser T, Klassen D, Klintmalm G, Kobashigawa J, Liapakis A, O’Conner K, Reese P, Stewart D, Terrault N, Theodoropoulos N, Trotter J, Verna E, Volk M. The American Society of Transplantation Consensus Conference on the Use of Hepatitis C Viremic Donors in Solid Organ Transplantation. American Journal Of Transplantation 2017, 17: 2790-2802. PMID: 28556422, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.14381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSolid organ transplantationOrgan transplantationHepatitis C viremic donorsHepatitis C virus infectionEnd-stage organ diseaseHCV-viremic organsHCV-viremic patientsProspective research protocolC virus infectionChronic HCV infectionAmerican SocietyViremic donorsViremic organsViremic recipientsHCV infectionHepatitis CTransplant waitlistMeeting of expertsOrgan diseaseVirus infectionOrgan transplantsYoung donorsAntiviral agentsConsensus conferenceTransplantation