Subclinical Pancreas Rejection on Protocol Biopsy Within the First Year of Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant

ABSTRACT This single‐center retrospective study investigated subclinical rejection prevalence and significance in simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant (SPKT) recipients. We analyzed 352 SPKT recipients from July 2003 to April 2022. Our protocol included pancreas allograft surveillance biopsie...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical transplantation 2024-10, Vol.38 (10), p.e15467-n/a
Hauptverfasser: Budhiraja, Pooja, Heilman, Raymond L., Butterfield, Richard, Reddy, Kunam S., Khamash, Hassan A., Abu Jawdeh, Bassam G., Jadlowiec, Caroline C., Katariya, Nitin, Smith, Maxwell, Jaramillo, Andres, Alajous, Salah, Mathur, Amit, Hacke, Katrin, Chakkera, Harini A.
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT This single‐center retrospective study investigated subclinical rejection prevalence and significance in simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant (SPKT) recipients. We analyzed 352 SPKT recipients from July 2003 to April 2022. Our protocol included pancreas allograft surveillance biopsies at 1, 4, and 12months post‐transplant. After excluding 153 patients unable to undergo pancreas biopsy, our study cohort comprised 199 recipients. Among the 199 patients with protocol pancreas biopsies, 107 had multiple protocol pancreas biopsies in the first year, totaling 323. Subclinical rejection was identified in 132 episodes (41%). Of these, 72% were Grade 1, 20% were indeterminate, and 8% were Banff Grade 2 or higher. All episodes of subclinical rejection were treated. Rates of pancreas graft loss (10% vs. 7%) and clinical rejection (21% vs. 20%) at 3 years were similar between those with and without subclinical rejection. Subclinical rejection Banff Grade 2 or more was associated with poor pancreas graft survival HR of 5.5 (95% CI: 1.24–24.37, p = 0.025). Of 236 simultaneous protocol kidney and pancreas biopsies, 102 (43%) showed pancreas subclinical rejection, while only 17% had concurrent kidney subclinical rejection. Our findings suggest limited predictive value of pancreatic enzymes and euglycemia in detecting pancreas rejection. Furthermore, poor concordance existed between pancreas and kidney subclinical rejection.
ISSN:0902-0063
1399-0012
1399-0012
DOI:10.1111/ctr.15467