Long-term outcomes after hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion and transplantation of 1,202 donor livers in a real-world setting (HOPE-REAL study)

Janina Eden, Isabel M A Brüggenwirth, Gabriela Berlakovich, Bettina M Buchholz, Florin Botea, Stefania Camagni, Matteo Cescon, Umberto Cillo, Fabio Colli, Philippe Compagnon, Luciano G De Carlis, Riccardo De Carlis, Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Jule Dingfelder, Dulce Diogo, Daniele Dondossola, Moritz Drefs, Jiri Fronek, Giuliana Germinario, Enrico GringeriGeorg Györi, Matej Kocik, Efrayim H Küçükerbil, Dionysios Koliogiannis, Hwai-Ding Lam, Georg Lurje, Paolo Magistri, Diethard Monbaliu, Mostafa El Moumni, Damiano Patrono, Wojciech G Polak, Matteo Ravaioli, Michel Rayar, Renato Romagnoli, Gustaf Sörensen, Deniz Uluk, Andrea Schlegel, Robert J Porte, Philipp Dutkowski, Vincent E de Meijer*

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BACKGROUND & AIM: We aimed to assess long-term outcome after transplantation of HOPE-treated donor livers based on real-world data (i.e., IDEAL-D stage 4).

METHODS: In this international, multicentre, observational cohort study, we collected data from adult recipients of a HOPE-treated liver transplanted between January 2012 and December 2021. Analyses were stratified for brain-dead (DBD) and circulatory-dead (DCD) donor livers, sub-divided by their respective risk categories. The primary outcome was death-censored graft survival. Secondary outcomes included the incidence of primary non-function (PNF) and ischemic cholangiopathy (IC).

RESULTS: We report on 1202 liver transplantations (64% DBD) performed at 22 European centres. For DBD, a total number of 99 benchmark (8%), 176 standard (15%), and 493 extended-criteria (41%) cases were included. For DCD, 117 transplants were classified as low-risk (10%), 186 as high-risk (16%), and 131 as futile (11%), with significant risk profile variations among centres. Actuarial 1-, 3-, and 5-year death-censored graft survival for DBD and DCD was 95%, 92%, and 91%, vs. 92%, 87%, and 81%, respectively (logrank p=0.003). Within DBD and DCD-strata, death-censored graft survival was similar among risk groups (logrank p=0.26, p=0.99). Graft loss due to PNF or IC was 2.3% and 0.4% (DBD), and 5% and 4.1% (DCD).

CONCLUSIONS: This study shows excellent 5-year survival after transplantation of HOPE-treated DBD and DCD livers with low rates of graft loss due to PNF or IC, irrespective of their individual risk profile. HOPE-treatment has now reached IDEAL-D stage 4, which further supports the implementation of HOPE in routine clinical practice.

IMPACT AND IMPLICATIONS: This study demonstrates the excellent long-term performance of HOPE-treatment of DCD and DBD liver grafts irrespective of their individual risk profile in a real-world setting, outside the evaluation of randomized controlled trials. While previous studies have established safety, feasibility, and efficacy against the current standard, according to the IDEAL-D evaluation framework, HOPE-treatment has now reached the final IDEAL-D Stage 4, which further supports the implementation of HOPE in routine clinical practice.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05520320.

Originele taal-2English
TijdschriftJournal of Hepatology
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StatusE-pub ahead of print - 3-jul.-2024

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