Combined Pancreas-kidney Transplantation After Rescue Allocation: The Eurotransplant Experience: A Retrospective Multicenter Outcome Analysis

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Contributors

  • Volker Assfalg - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Felix Stocker - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Norbert Hüser - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Daniel Hartmann - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Edouard Matevossian - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Milou van Bruchem - , Eurotransplant International Foundation (Author)
  • Serge Vogelaar - , Eurotransplant International Foundation (Author)
  • Lutz Renders - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Christoph Schmaderer - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Christian Margreiter - , Innsbruck Medical University (Author)
  • Andras Deak - , Medical University of Graz (Author)
  • Franka Messner - (Author)
  • Michael Kammer - , Medical University of Vienna (Author)
  • Dirk Ysebaert - , University of Antwerp (Author)
  • Daniel Jacobs-Tulleneers-Thevissen - , Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Author)
  • Dimitri Mikhalski - , Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (Author)
  • Steven van Laecke - , Ghent University (Author)
  • Pieter Gillard - , KU Leuven (Author)
  • Andreas Kahl - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Author)
  • Richard Viebahn - , Ruhr University Bochum (Author)
  • Carina Riediger - , Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Bernd Jänigen - , University Medical Center Freiburg (Author)
  • Moritz Schmelzle - , Hannover Medical School (MHH) (Author)
  • Friedrich Alexander von Samson-Himmelstjerna - , University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel (Author)
  • Dirk Stippel - , University of Cologne (Author)
  • Ana Harth - , Witten/Herdecke University (Author)
  • Martin Nitschke - , University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck (Author)
  • Dionysios Koliogiannis - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Andreas Pascher - , University of Münster (Author)
  • Joachim Hoyer - , University Hospital Gießen and Marburg (Author)
  • Julia Weinmann-Menke - , Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Author)
  • Mario Schiffer - , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Author)
  • Sebastian Hinz - , University of Rostock (Author)
  • Silvio Nadalin - , University Hospital Tübingen (Author)
  • Kai Lopau - , University of Würzburg (Author)
  • Volkert Huurman - , Leiden University (Author)
  • Miha Arnol - , University Medical Centre Ljubljana (Author)
  • Gregor Miller - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (Author)

Abstract

Background. Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) is the therapy of choice for selected patients with complicated type 1 diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease. Pancreas rescue allocation was implemented in Eurotransplant allocation algorithms to increase organ utilization, concurrently facilitating transplantation of supposedly inferior quality organs. The aim of this study was to examine whether outcomes of SPKT after rescue allocation, which can either be recipient-oriented extended allocation or competitive rescue allocation, were as good as after standard allocation. Methods. This retrospective multicenter analysis of 1504 SPKT performed from 2013 to 2021 evaluated outcomes by allocation type considering survival of patients, pancreas grafts, and kidney grafts. Multivariable analyses further explored the influence of specific donor-, recipient-, and transplant-related variables on outcomes. Results. Multivariable analyses showed no significant differences in SPKT outcome for standard allocation versus either rescue allocation type regarding patient, pancreas graft, and kidney graft survival. Rescue allocation organ donors were older, had higher body mass index, and were more likely to smoke. Rescue allocation had fewer HLA matches. Cold ischemic times of both pancreas and kidneys were longer in competitive rescue allocation but not in recipient-oriented extended allocation. Rescue allocation pancreas recipients had shorter waiting times. Multivariable analyses showed inferior pancreas and kidney graft survival for higher donor age. Higher recipient age correlated with higher mortality despite better pancreas graft survival. Conclusions. SPKT outcome after rescue allocation is comparable with standard allocation in both patient and graft survival. Age of both donors and recipients essentially influences the success of SPKT. (Transplantation 2025;109: 1437–1448).

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1437-1448
Number of pages12
JournalTransplantation
Volume109
Issue number8
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2025
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 40059095

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

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