Affiliation:
1. Department of Pediatrics University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
2. Clinical and Translational Science University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
3. Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundEndomyocardial biopsy (EMB)‐led surveillance is common after pediatric heart transplantation (HT), with some centers performing periodic surveillance EMBs indefinitely after HT. Donor derived cell‐free DNA (dd‐cfDNA)‐led surveillance offers an alternative, but knowledge about its clinical and economic outcomes, both key drivers of potential utilization, are lacking.MethodsUsing single‐center recipient and center‐level data, we describe clinical outcomes prior to and since transition from EMB‐led surveillance to dd‐cfDNA‐led surveillance of pediatric and young adult HT recipients. These data were then used to inform Markov models to compare costs between EMB‐led and dd‐cfDNA‐led surveillance strategies.ResultsOver 34.5 months, dd‐cfDNA‐led surveillance decreased the number of EMBs by 81.8% (95% CI 76.3%–86.5%) among 120 HT recipients (median age 13.3 years). There were no differences in the incidences of graft loss or death among all recipients followed at our center prior to and following implementation of dd‐cfDNA‐led surveillance (graft loss: 2.9 vs. 1.5 per 100 patient‐years;p= .17; mortality: 3.7 vs. 2.2 per 100 patient‐years;p= .23). Over 20 years from HT, dd‐cfDNA‐led surveillance is projected to cost $8545 less than EMB‐led surveillance. Model findings were robust in sensitivity and scenario analyses, with cost of EMB, cost of dd‐cfDNA testing, and probability of elevated dd‐cfDNA most influential on model findings.Conclusionsdd‐cfDNA‐led surveillance shows promise as a less invasive and cost saving alternative to EMB‐led surveillance among pediatric and young adult HT recipients.
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