Development of New Donor-Specific and Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibodies After Transfusion in Adult Lung Transplantation.

Abstract

Objectives

The development of new human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) and donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) in patients are associated with worse outcomes following lung transplantation. The authors aimed to examine the relationship between blood product transfusion in the first 72 hours after lung transplantation and the development of HLA antibodies, including DSAs.

Design

A retrospective observational study.

Setting

At a single academic tertiary center.

Participants

Adult lung transplant recipients who underwent transplantation between September 2014 and June 2019.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

A total of 380 patients were included in this study, and 87 (23%) developed de novo donor-specific antibodies in the first year after transplantation. Eighty-five patients (22%) developed new HLA antibodies that were not donor-specific, and 208 patients (55%) did not develop new HLA antibodies in the first year after transplantation. Factors associated with increased HLA and DSA development included donor pulmonary infection, non-infectious indication for transplant, increased recipient body mass index, and a preoperative calculated panel reactive antibody value above 0. Multivariate analysis identified platelet transfusion associated with an increased risk of de novo HLA antibody development compared to the negative group (odds ratio [OR; 95% CI] 1.18 [1.02-1.36]; p = 0.025). Cryoprecipitate transfusion was associated with de novo DSA development compared to the negative group (OR [95% CI] 2.21 [1.32-3.69] for 1 v 0 units; p = 0.002).

Conclusions

Increased perioperative transfusion of platelets and cryoprecipitate are associated with de novo HLA and DSA development, respectively, in lung transplant recipients during the first year after transplantation.

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Citation

Published Version (Please cite this version)

10.1053/j.jvca.2023.04.038

Publication Info

Stoker, Alexander, Anne Hicks, Mary Cooter Wright, Azfar Ali, Jacob Klapper, Jessica Poisson, Lorenzo Zaffiri, Dongfeng Chen, et al. (2023). Development of New Donor-Specific and Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibodies After Transfusion in Adult Lung Transplantation. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 37(9). pp. 1609–1617. 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.04.038 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/30532.

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Scholars@Duke

Klapper

Jacob A Klapper

Associate Professor of Surgery
Poisson

Jessica Lynne Poisson

Associate Professor of Pathology
Chen

Dongfeng Chen

Associate Professor in Pathology
Hartwig

Matthew Hartwig

Professor of Surgery

Dr. Hartwig is a thoracic surgeon with a clinical focus in lung transplantation and robotic assisted minimally invasive thoracic surgery for the treatment of diseases of the chest.  He serves as the Surgical Director of the Duke Lung Transplant Program and the Esophageal Center at Duke.  Additionally, he directs the Surgical Office of Clinical Research, which manages the clinical research portfolio for the Department of Surgery.  He also leads a successful program of clinical, basic and translational research in thoracic surgery and lung transplantation. He currently directs the Duke Ex Vivo Organ Laboratory (DEVOL), is the Chief of Lung Transplant Research, and is a faculty member at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI).

Dr. Hartwig has over 150 peer reviewed publications, received numerous awards, chaired many sessions at national and international meetings, serves regularly on NIH study sections, and is on the editorial board of many prominent journals. He has also personally mentored over pre-and post-doctoral trainees, many of whom are now engaged in their own successful research careers.

Ghadimi

Kamrouz Ghadimi

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Dr. Kamrouz (Kam) Ghadimi is an experienced cardiovascular acute care specialist (cardiovascular anesthesiology and intensive care), established investigator, physician leader, and associate professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at Duke Health.

His clinical practice is rooted in the cardiothoracic surgical ICU and operating rooms. He has broad expertise in all topics involving perioperative cardiovascular medicine and intensive care, including the management of acutely ill patients after surgery or those receiving extracorporeal life support (ECLS/ECMO). His specific area of expertise focuses on the enhancement of blood circulation through the lungs and the reversal of bleeding with prevention of thrombosis after surgery and circulatory life support. He has published original research, invited reviews, and guidance documents in several high-impact multidisciplinary journals and networks, including JAMACirculationBMJJournal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, and Journal of Thrombosis & Haemostasis. He has also published in anesthesiology specialty journals, including Anesthesia & AnalgesiaAnesthesiology, Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, and the British Journal of Anaesthesia. Dr. Ghadimi has served on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia since 2018 and has served as a peer reviewer for more than 30 top-medical journals worldwide.

Over his career, he has developed a global multidisciplinary network of collaborators and colleagues in academic medicine, private practice, larger healthcare systems, and offices of the federal government. He has experience with grant funding from a variety of sponsors, including federal, industry, foundation, philanthropy, and institutional sources. He also holds positions on several other national and international committees aimed at improving cardiovascular health in patients undergoing surgery and post-surgical intensive care. He is a selected task force and writing committee member of the 2024 American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association Perioperative Cardiovascular Guidelines. He has devoted the majority of his career to the service of patients requiring cardiovascular perioperative and surgical intensive care.

In addition to a doctorate in Medicine, Dr. Ghadimi holds a Bachelor’s in Economics from Boston University and a Master’s in Clinical Research from Duke University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. He is also an inventor with patents/patents pending, a medical consultant, a mentor, and an investor. He is a founding member and the original academic director of True Learn, an eLearning company focused on board exam preparation for multiple medical subspecialties. This resource is used by many physicians around the country. Beyond developing an educational platform that has reached several thousand physicians and physicians-in-training, Dr. Ghadimi has formally mentored 22 pre-doctorate and post-doctorate trainees, with several mentees continuing their faculty careers in academic practice. In addition, he serves as a resource for a multitude of other physicians, physicians-in-training, and allied healthcare professionals.

Currently, Dr. Ghadimi serves as Director of the Clinical Research Unit for the Department of Anesthesiology at Duke Health, leading a cohesive, high-performing management team that oversees 45 staff working with Anesthesiology faculty and faculty in other departments to operationalize more than 80 innovative research protocols annually (single- and multi-site studies) to advance the fields of perioperative medicine, intensive care, pain management, and brain and heart health. He is leading digital health and artificial intelligence implementation in research workflow to rapidly leverage capabilities for automation and efficiency with the evolving guidance of cybersecurity compliance.  He has also led the expansion of the Human Biospecimen Repository within the Department of Anesthesiology, where participants from prospective studies have generously donated biofluids and tissue for the advancement of disease-specific biology and translational research. Dr. Ghadimi is currently involved in the One Duke Gen precision medicine initiative for Duke Health to catalyze high-impact translational discoveries through expansive data-driven partnerships.

Welsby

Ian James Welsby

Professor of Anesthesiology

As a practicing cardiothoracic anesthesiologist, I have contributed to the better understanding of the management and of perioperative thrombosis (particularly HIT). This has been as a Duke site PI for the Rare Thrombotic Diseases Consortium led by Dr T.L Ortel and a clinical collaborator with the basic and translational science approach to HIT led by Dr G Arepally. I have also championed novel approaches to dealing with perioperative HIT such as plasmaperesis.

Similarly, I have been a local leader in establishing management of transfusion approaches to major cardiac surgery including the novel introduction of autologous plateletpheresis to limit exposure to allogeneic platelet transfusions in this highly transfused population, identifying the transfusion requirements during thoracic aortic reconstruction and promoting use of a lower dose of rFVIIa use in this population, changing established clinical practice.

My research interests focus on perioperative transfusion and hematology concerns. Recently, Dr Kor (Mayo Clinic) and I received a multiple PI R-01 award to evaluate point-of-care/bedside washing of packed red blood cells to reduce perioperative lung injury. This novel repurposing of commonly available “cell-saver” technology is, for most surgical cases, the only practical means of delivering a washed product, and promises to be a critical advancement in perioperative transfusion medicine. I also have a longstanding interest in the rejuvenation of RBCs to normalize oxygen delivery capacity of transfused RBCs. Such a development will be of tremendous importance to transfusion practice, particularly for highly transfused populations and with current threats to blood banking inventory. 

In summary, I have dedicated my research career to improving the outcome of patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery, understanding perioperative coagulopathy, and optimizing transfusion practice. 

Bottiger

Brandi Anne Bottiger

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

I have been a member of the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology division and Department of anesthesiology for >10 years, caring for cardiac and thoracic surgical patients. I am the current cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellowship director of 14 fellows (https://anesthesiology.duke.edu/?page_id=818051).  My academic interests are in education, CTA content development, and specific interests in outcomes improvement after lung transplantation. Additionally, I have greatly appreciated my leadership role and ability to engage with the Duke Transplant Center.


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