Consent to Receive Offers for Kidneys From Donors With Hepatitis C Among Pediatric Kidney Transplant Candidates in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Changes to the calculation of the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) have lowered the KDPI of hepatitis C (HCV+) donor kidneys; therefore, increasing the proportion of pediatric-prioritized kidneys that are HCV+. We aimed to study consent rates for HCV+ kidneys among pediatric kidney transplant candidates.

Methods

We identified pediatric candidates waitlisted from 2019 to 2024 and excluded those who received a living donor transplant. We used logistic regression to identify candidate characteristics associated with HCV+ offer consent and Cox proportional hazards models to determine the association between HCV+ offer consent and the rate of deceased donor transplantation.

Results

Among 3202 candidates included in the analysis, 124 (4%) consented to receive HC

SUBMITTER: Husain SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12558682 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature