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Vicky Lee Ng1, George V Mazariegos2, Beau Kelly3
1Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Center, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Insights
Pediatric liver transplant (LT) recipients now commonly survive long-term. Focus has shifted beyond survival rates to thriving, encompassing graft health, fewer immunosuppression complications, and improved well-being for pediatric LT patients.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Hepatology
- Transplant Surgery
- Immunology
Background:
- Long-term survival is now standard for pediatric liver transplant (LT) recipients.
- Evaluating outcomes solely on survival rates is insufficient for this population.
- A paradigm shift is occurring towards assessing 'surviving and thriving' post-LT.
Purpose of the Study:
- To address the limitations of focusing only on survival rates in pediatric LT.
- To explore comprehensive outcomes including long-term allograft health and patient well-being.
- To identify clinical gaps and barriers in pediatric LT care across all stages.
Main Methods:
- Expert community review of pretransplant, intra-operative, and post-transplant stages.
- Identification of clinical gaps and barriers to 'surviving and thriving'.
- Outline of strategies for research, innovation, and quality improvement.
Main Results:
- Focus has shifted from survival to holistic outcomes: graft health, reduced immunosuppression complications, self-reported well-being, and functional health.
- Clinical gaps and barriers exist across all phases of pediatric LT.
- Strategies targeting traditional metrics and Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) are proposed.
Conclusions:
- Pediatric LT outcomes must encompass 'surviving and thriving' beyond mere survival rates.
- Addressing identified gaps and barriers is crucial for improving long-term results.
- Implementing proposed strategies can enhance the quality of life for pediatric LT recipients.
Abstract:
Long-term survival for children who undergo LT is now the rule rather than the exception. However, a focus on the outcome of patient or graft survival rates alone provides an incomplete and limited view of life for patients who undergo LT as an infant, child, or teen. The paradigm has now appropriately shifted to opportunities focused on our overarching goals of "surviving and thriving" with long-term allograft health, freedom of complications from long-term immunosuppression, self-reported well-being, and global functional health. Experts within the liver transplant community highlight clinical gaps and potential barriers at each of the pretransplant, intra-operative, early-, medium-, and long-term post-transplant stages toward these broader mandates. Strategies including clinical research, innovation, and quality improvement targeting both traditional as well as PRO are outlined and, if successfully leveraged and conducted, would improve outcomes for recipients of pediatric LT.
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