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Monitoring liver transplant rates in persons diagnosed with hepatitis C:a data linkage study, England 2008 to 2017
- Source :
- Ireland, G, Simmons, R, Hickman, M, Ramsay, M, Sabin, C & Mandal, S 2019, ' Monitoring liver transplant rates in persons diagnosed with hepatitis C : a data linkage study, England 2008 to 2017 ', Eurosurveillance, vol. 24, no. 41, 1900176 . https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.41.1900176, Eurosurveillance
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Introduction Liver transplantation is an important measure of burden from hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated liver disease. Aims To describe transplant rates and survival in individuals with HCV infection from 2008 to 2017 in England through data linkage. Methods This is a retrospective observational cohort study. Laboratory reports of HCV infection were linked to the Liver Transplant Registry for individuals aged 15 years and over, first diagnosed between 1998 and 2017. We estimated age-sex standardised incidence rates and used Poisson regression to investigate predictors of liver transplantation and test for a change in incidence after introduction of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) in 2014. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used to calculate post-transplant survival rates. Results Of 124,238 individuals diagnosed with HCV infection, 1,480 were registered and 1,217 received a liver transplant. Of individuals registered, 1,395 had post-HCV cirrhosis and 636 had hepatocellular carcinoma (618 also had post-HCV cirrhosis). Median time from HCV diagnosis to transplant was 3.4 years (interquartile range: 1.3–6.8 years). Liver transplant rates were lower 2014–17 compared with 2011–13 (incidence rate ratio: 0.64; 95% confidence interval: 0.55–0.76). Survival rates were 93.4%, 79.9% and 67.9% at 1, 5 and 10 years, respectively. Data linkage showed minimal under-reporting of HCV in the transplant registry. Conclusion In the post-DAA era, liver transplant rates have fallen in individuals with HCV infection, showing early impact of HCV treatment scale-up; but the short time from HCV diagnosis to liver transplant suggests late diagnosis is a problem.
- Subjects :
- hepatitis C virus
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Cirrhosis
Adolescent
medicine.medical_treatment
Information Storage and Retrieval
Hepacivirus
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Liver transplantation
Rate ratio
Antiviral Agents
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Interquartile range
Virology
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Registries
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Aged, 80 and over
blood-borne infections
liver transplantation
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Research
Incidence
direct‐acting antivirals
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C, Chronic
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Transplant Recipients
Transplantation
England
Hepatocellular carcinoma
HCV
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
epidemiology
Female
business
laboratory surveillance
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ireland, G, Simmons, R, Hickman, M, Ramsay, M, Sabin, C & Mandal, S 2019, ' Monitoring liver transplant rates in persons diagnosed with hepatitis C : a data linkage study, England 2008 to 2017 ', Eurosurveillance, vol. 24, no. 41, 1900176 . https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.41.1900176, Eurosurveillance
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....afb1e022a21d44e55bdc4108a709a829