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
Transition probabilities between changing sensitization levels, waitlist activity status and competing-risk kidney transplant outcomes using multi-state modeling
Kulkarni S, Hall I, Formica R, Thiessen C, Stewart D, Gan G, Greene E, Deng Y. Transition probabilities between changing sensitization levels, waitlist activity status and competing-risk kidney transplant outcomes using multi-state modeling. PLOS ONE 2017, 12: e0190277. PMID: 29287087, PMCID: PMC5747475, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransplant probabilityTransplant outcomesActivity statusKidney transplant outcomesKAS implementationPost-KASWaitlist mortalityPatient characteristicsOPTN databaseMulti-state modelingStatistical differenceSensitization levelOutcomesTransplantCohortImpact outcomesCPRAStatus combinationsStatusMortalityWhitesSensitization