Does pre-emptive transplantation versus post start of dialysis transplantation with a kidney from a living donor improve outcomes after transplantation? A systematic literature review and position statement by the Descartes Working Group and ERBP

Daniel Abramowicz; Marc Hazzan; Umberto Maggiore; Licia Peruzzi; Pierre Cochat; Rainer Oberbauer; Maria C Haller; Wim Van Biesen; Descartes Working Group and the European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) Advisory Board

doi:10.1093/ndt/gfv378

Does pre-emptive transplantation versus post start of dialysis transplantation with a kidney from a living donor improve outcomes after transplantation? A systematic literature review and position statement by the Descartes Working Group and ERBP

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2016 May;31(5):691-7. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfv378. Epub 2015 Nov 12.

Authors

Daniel Abramowicz¹, Marc Hazzan², Umberto Maggiore³, Licia Peruzzi⁴, Pierre Cochat⁵, Rainer Oberbauer⁶, Maria C Haller⁷, Wim Van Biesen⁸; Descartes Working Group and the European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) Advisory Board

Collaborators

Descartes Working Group and the European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) Advisory Board:
Daniel Abramowicz, Umberto Maggiore, Klemens Budde, Chris Dudley, Marc Hazzan, Marian Klinger, Rainer Oberbauer, Julio Pascual, Soren Schwartz, Ondrej Viklicky, Jorge Cannata, Pierre Cochat, Adrian Covic, Lucia Delvecchio, Kai Uwe Eckardt, Denis Fouque, Jonathan Fox, Olof Heimburger, Kitty Jager, Elisabeth Lindley, Anna Marti, Evi Nagler, Rainer Oberbauer, Goce Spasovski, James Tattersall, Wim Van Biesen, Raymond Vanholder, Christoph Wanner, David Wheeler, William Withers, Andrzej Wiecek, Carmine Zoccali

Affiliations

¹ Descartes Working Group of ERA-EDTA, London, UK Nephrology Department, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
² Descartes Working Group of ERA-EDTA, London, UK Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital Huriez, CHRU, Lille, France.
³ Descartes Working Group of ERA-EDTA, London, UK Kidney and Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Unit (Nephrology Department), Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy.
⁴ Descartes Working Group of ERA-EDTA, London, UK Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
⁵ Descartes Working Group of ERA-EDTA, London, UK Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France.
⁶ Descartes Working Group of ERA-EDTA, London, UK Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁷ Methods Support Team ERBP, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Department of Internal Medicine III, Nephrology and Hypertension Diseases, Transplantation Medicine and Rheumatology, Krankenhaus Elisabethinen, Linz, Austria.
⁸ Methods Support Team ERBP, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Renal Division, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

PMID: 26567249
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfv378

Abstract

This position statement brings up guidance on pre-emptive kidney transplantation from living donors. The provided guidance is based on a systematic review of the literature.

Keywords: dialysis; end stage renal failure; guideline; living donation; pre-emptive; transplantation.

Publication types

Review
Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic / physiopathology
Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
Kidney Transplantation*
Living Donors*
Renal Dialysis*