PMID- 25128416 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150728 LR - 20211021 IS - 1557-3117 (Electronic) IS - 1053-2498 (Print) IS - 1053-2498 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 12 DP - 2014 Dec TI - Effect of human leukocyte antigen-C and -DQ matching on pediatric heart transplant graft survival. PG - 1282-7 LID - S1053-2498(14)01229-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.healun.2014.07.014 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: A higher degree of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matching at the A, B, and DR loci has been associated with improved long-term survival after pediatric heart transplantation in multiple International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation registry reports. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of HLA matching at the C and DQ loci with pediatric graft survival. METHODS: The United Network of Organ Sharing database was queried for isolated heart transplants that occurred from 1988 to 2012 with a recipient age of 17 or younger and at least 1 postoperative follow-up encounter. When HLA matching at the C or DQ loci were analyzed, only transplants with complete typing of donor and recipient at the respective loci were included. Transplants were divided into patients with at least 1 match at the C locus (C-match) vs no match (C-no), and at least 1 match at the DQ (DQ-match) locus vs no match (DQ-no). Primary outcome was graft loss. Univariate analysis was performed with the log-rank test. Cox regression analysis was performed with the following patient factors included in the model: recipient age, ischemic time; recipient on ventilator, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ventricular assist device, or inotropes at transplant; recipient serum bilirubin and creatinine closest to transplant, ratio of donor weight to recipient weight, underlying cardiac diagnosis, crossmatch results, transplant year, and HLA matching at the A, B, and DR loci. RESULTS: Complete typing at the C locus occurred in 2,429 of 4,731 transplants (51%), and complete typing at the DQ locus occurred in 3,498 of 4,731 transplants (74%). Patient factors were similar in C-match and C-no, except for year of transplant (median year, 2007 [interquartile range, 1997-2010] vs year 2005 [interquartile range, 1996-2009], respectively; p = 0.03) and the degree of HLA matching at the A, B, and DR loci (high level of HLA matching in 11.9% vs 3%, respectively; p < 0.01). Matching at the C locus was not associated with a decreased risk of graft loss (median graft survival: 13.1 years [95% confidence interval CI, 11.5-14.8] in C-no vs 15.1 years [95% CI, 13.5-16.6) in C-match, p = 0.44 log-rank; hazard ratio, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.76-1.15; p = 0.52). DQ-match did not differ from DQ-no in any of the analyzed patient factors, except DQ-match was more likely to have high degree of matching at the A, B, and DR loci vs DQ-no (9.8% vs 3.2%, p < 0.01). Matching at the DQ locus was not associated with decreased risk of graft loss (median graft survival: DQ-no, 13.1 years [95% CI, 11.7-14.6) vs DQ-match, 13.0 years [95% CI, 11.4-14.6], p = 0.80, log-rank; hazard ratio, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.81-1.1; p = 0.51. CONCLUSIONS: Complete typing at the C locus of both donor and recipient occurs less often then typing at the DQ locus. A higher degree of donor-recipient HLA matching at the C locus or the DQ locus appears not to confer any graft survival advantage. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Butts, Ryan J AU - Butts RJ AD - Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston South Carolina. Electronic address: butts@musc.edu. FAU - Savage, Andrew J AU - Savage AJ AD - Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston South Carolina. FAU - Nietert, Paul J AU - Nietert PJ AD - Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston South Carolina. FAU - Kavarana, Minoo AU - Kavarana M AD - Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston South Carolina. FAU - Moussa, Omar AU - Moussa O AD - Division of HLA Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston South Carolina. FAU - Burnette, Ali L AU - Burnette AL AD - Department of Transplant Services, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston South Carolina. FAU - Atz, Andrew M AU - Atz AM AD - Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston South Carolina. LA - eng GR - UL1TR000062/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - 234-2005-370011C/PHS HHS/United States GR - 5T32-HL-07710-7/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 TR000062/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 HL007710/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. DEP - 20140722 PL - United States TA - J Heart Lung Transplant JT - The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation JID - 9102703 RN - 0 (HLA-C Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ Antigens) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Graft Rejection/epidemiology/*immunology MH - Graft Survival/*immunology MH - HLA-C Antigens/*immunology MH - HLA-DQ Antigens/*immunology MH - *Heart Transplantation MH - Histocompatibility Testing/*methods MH - Humans MH - Incidence MH - Infant MH - Kaplan-Meier Estimate MH - Regression Analysis MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Tissue Donors MH - Tissue and Organ Procurement/methods MH - Transplant Recipients PMC - PMC4252914 MID - NIHMS615600 OTO - NOTNLM OT - C locus OT - DQ locus OT - allograft survival OT - human leukocyte antigen typing OT - pediatric heart transplant COIS- Disclosures: No authors have relevant conflicts of interest to report. EDAT- 2014/08/17 06:00 MHDA- 2015/07/29 06:00 PMCR- 2015/12/01 CRDT- 2014/08/17 06:00 PHST- 2014/04/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/06/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/07/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/08/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/08/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/07/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1053-2498(14)01229-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.healun.2014.07.014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Heart Lung Transplant. 2014 Dec;33(12):1282-7. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.07.014. Epub 2014 Jul 22.