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ArticleAmerican journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2023

The effectiveness and safety of antibody induction immunosuppression in a large cohort of United States pediatric liver transplant recipients.

Phoebe Wood, Yuan-Shung Huang, Lucia Sanchez, Eimear Kitt, Peter L Abt, Therese Bittermann

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Article in American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Phoebe WoodDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Yuan-Shung HuangDepartment of Biomedical and Health Informatics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Lucia SanchezSidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Eimear KittDivision of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Peter L AbtDepartment of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Therese BittermannDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: therese.bittermann@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USThomas Jefferson University · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Impact of immunosuppression variability on outcomes after liver transplantationK08DK117013 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BITTERMANN, THERESE · 2018 to 2022
$932k
NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK117013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Data on the potential benefits and risks of induction therapy in pediatric liver transplantation (LT) are limited. This was a retrospective cohort study of 2748 pediatric LT recipients at 26 children's hospitals between January 1, 2006 to May 31, 2017 using data from the pediatric health information system linked to the United Network for Organ Sharing database. The induction regimen was obtained from the pediatric health information system day-by-day pharmacy resource utilization. Cox proportional hazards evaluated the association of induction regimen (none/corticosteroid-only, nondepleting, and depleting) on patient and graft survival. Additional outcomes, including opportunistic infections and posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder, were studied using multivariable logistic regression. Overall, 64.9% received none/corticosteroid-only induction, whereas 28.1% received nondepleting, 8.3% received depleting, and 2.5% other antibody regimens. Differences in patient characteristics were small, but center practices were heterogeneous. Compared with none/corticosteroid-only induction, nondepleting induction was associated with reduced acute rejection (odd ratio [OR], 0.53; P <.001) but with the increased posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (OR, 1.75; P =.021). Depleting induction was associated with improved graft survival (hazard ratio [HR], 0.64; P =.028) but with increased noncytomegalovirus opportunistic infections (OR, 1.46; P =.046). Depleting induction is underused yet may offer long-term benefits in this large multicenter cohort. Greater consensus guidance in this aspect of pediatric LT care is warranted.

Indexed as

Liver TransplantationLymphoproliferative DisordersAdrenal Cortex HormonesAntibodies, MonoclonalChildGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHumansImmunosuppression TherapyImmunosuppressive AgentsRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesAdrenal Cortex HormonesAntibodies, MonoclonalImmunosuppressive Agentscytopeniasinduction immunosuppressionopportunistic infectionsoutcomespediatric liver transplantationposttransplant lymphoproliferative disease

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PMID36933831
PMCPMC10247522
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