Development of the Asian Transplant Registry Under the Asian Society of Transplantation

Introduction In the Asian region, no international organ transplantation registry exists. Individual centers maintain their own database, or some countries developed a national registration system. To promote collaboration among Asian transplantation societies, the Asian Society of Transplantation (AST) has developed an international transplantation registry for the Asian countries that has been named as the Asian Society Transplant Registry (ASTREG). Methods In 2017, the AST council formed a registry committee to develop 2 kinds of databases: ASTREG-N (nationwide level), which collects yearly aggregated data of participating countries, and ASTREG-H (hospital level), which collects the data of transplant recipients and donors from individual centers. Results ASTREG-N collects each country’s aggregate data of solid-organ transplantation, such as the total number of transplantations and deceased donors. ASTREG-H collects 5 transplant domains, namely recipient baseline characteristics, immunosuppression, post-transplant event, annual post-transplant evaluation, and donor traits. For the ASTREG-H project, South Korea, Philippines, Mongolia, and Myanmar are the current participants. A web-based secure data entry platform with real-time data visualization and automated data verification systems is currently available. Any participating centers can run this platform as their own data collection system. Conclusion The ASTREG is a collaborative project that will be the representative solid-organ transplantation database in the Asian region. It can aid in the harmonization of transplantation data in the Asian region.