Enteric Conversion of Bladder Drained Pancreas as a Time Dependent Predictor of Outcomes in over 900 Recipients
1Renal Disease and Hypertension, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2Informatics Services for Research and Reporting, Fairview Health Service, Minneapolis, MN
3Transplant Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Meeting: 2018 American Transplant Congress
Abstract number: A335
Keywords: Pancreas transplantation, Rejection
Session Information
Session Name: Poster Session A: Pancreas and Islet: All Topics
Session Type: Poster Session
Date: Saturday, June 2, 2018
Session Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm
Presentation Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm
Location: Hall 4EF
Background: Bladder drainage in pancreas transplantation technique has declined due to concern over complications such as severe dehydration, acidosis, hemorrhagic cystitis and recurrent urinary infections necessitating enteric conversion. We sought to study the impact of enteric conversion on the pancreas graft.
Methods: We analyzed 919 pancreas transplant recipients with bladder drainage, of which 177 underwent enteric conversion post-transplant. The data is left truncated at the starting of 2003, as this is when follow-up and retrospective data abstraction began. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards model were used to assess the impact of conversion as a time-dependent covariate on acute rejection, death censored graft survival and patient survival.
Results: In the Cox proportional hazards model, conversion was associated with a 2.3 fold increase in the risk of acute rejection- HR 2.30 (95% CI 1.44, 3.67), p 0.0005. Conversion was not associated with graft loss or mortality.
Cox proportional Hazards for: | Acute Rejection | Death Censored Graft Survival | Patient Mortality |
HR 95% CI p-Value | HR 95% CI p-Value | HR 95% CI p-Value | |
Conversion | 2.30 (1.44,3.67) 0.0005 | 0.98 (0.68,1.41) 0.90 | 0.93 (0.68,1.24) 0.61 |
Age at Transplant | 0.96 (0.94,0.98) <0.0001 | 0.95 (0.94,0.97) <0.0001 | 1.03 (1.01,1.04) 0.0001 |
Female Gender | 1.26 (0.92,1.73) 0.15 | 1.07 (0.83,1.37) 0.61 | 1.00 (0.80,1.24) 0.98 |
Re-transplant | 1.00 (0.65,1.55) 0.99 | 0.90 (0.60,1.35) 0.62 | 0.87 (0.59,1.29) 0.49 |
# of HLA mismatches | 1.20 (1.05,1.36) 0.007 | 0.93 (0.85,1.03) 0.17 | 0.95 (0.88,1.03) 0.21 |
CNI Free | 1.22 (0.85,1.75) 0.28 | 1.20 (0.88,1.63) 0.26 | 1.36 (1.07,1.73) 0.01 |
mTOR Use | 0.86 (0.43,1.74) 0.68 | 1.10 (0.62,1.94) 0.75 | 0.81 (0.46,1.42) 0.46 |
MMF use | 0.98 (0.69,1.39) 0.91 | 1.01 (0.76,1.33) 0.98 | 0.68 (0.53,0.86) 0.002 |
Conclusion: Enteric conversion as a time dependent variable was associated with increased risk of rejection but not increased risk of graft loss or mortality. The decision to convert should take into account this increased risk.
CITATION INFORMATION: Riad S., Keys D., Vakil V., Jackson S., Berglund D., Matas A., Kandaswamy R. Enteric Conversion of Bladder Drained Pancreas as a Time Dependent Predictor of Outcomes in over 900 Recipients Am J Transplant. 2017;17 (suppl 3).
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
Riad S, Keys D, Vakil V, Jackson S, Berglund D, Matas A, Kandaswamy R. Enteric Conversion of Bladder Drained Pancreas as a Time Dependent Predictor of Outcomes in over 900 Recipients [abstract]. https://atcmeetingabstracts.com/abstract/enteric-conversion-of-bladder-drained-pancreas-as-a-time-dependent-predictor-of-outcomes-in-over-900-recipients/. Accessed October 9, 2024.« Back to 2018 American Transplant Congress