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Smith JD, Agrawal A, Wicklund C, Duquette D, Friedewald J, Rasmussen LV, Gacki-Smith J, Tandon SD, Muhammad LN, Yancy CW, Dong S, Cooper M, Gilbert A, Shetty A, Gordon EJ. Implementation of a culturally competent APOL1 genetic testing programme into living donor evaluation: A two-site, non-randomised, pre-post trial design. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e067657. [PMID: 37188469 PMCID: PMC10186444 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION While living donor (LD) kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for patients with kidney failure, LDs assume a higher risk of future kidney failure themselves. LDs of African ancestry have an even greater risk of kidney failure post-donation than White LDs. Because evidence suggests that Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk variants contribute to this greater risk, transplant nephrologists are increasingly using APOL1 genetic testing to evaluate LD candidates of African ancestry. However, nephrologists do not consistently perform genetic counselling with LD candidates about APOL1 due to a lack of knowledge and skill in counselling. Without proper counselling, APOL1 testing will magnify LD candidates' decisional conflict about donating, jeopardising their informed consent. Given cultural concerns about genetic testing among people of African ancestry, protecting LD candidates' safety is essential to improve informed decisions about donating. Clinical 'chatbots', mobile apps that provide genetic information to patients, can improve informed treatment decisions. No chatbot on APOL1 is available and no nephrologist training programmes are available to provide culturally competent counselling to LDs about APOL1. Given the shortage of genetic counsellors, increasing nephrologists' genetic literacy is critical to integrating genetic testing into practice. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Using a non-randomised, pre-post trial design in two transplant centres (Chicago, IL, and Washington, DC), we will evaluate the effectiveness of culturally competent APOL1 testing, chatbot and counselling on LD candidates' decisional conflict about donating, preparedness for decision-making, willingness to donate and satisfaction with informed consent and longitudinally evaluate the implementation of this intervention into clinical practice using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance framework. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION This study will create a model for APOL1 testing of LDs of African ancestry, which can be implemented nationally via implementation science approaches. APOL1 will serve as a model for integrating culturally competent genetic testing into transplant and other practices to improve informed consent. This study involves human participants and was approved by Northwestern University IRB (STU00214038). Participants gave informed consent to participate in the study before taking part. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04910867. Registered 8 May 2021, https://register. CLINICALTRIALS gov/prs/app/action/SelectProtocol?sid=S000AWZ6&selectaction=Edit&uid=U0001PPF&ts=7&cx=-8jv7m2 ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04999436. Registered 5 November 2021, https://register. CLINICALTRIALS gov/prs/app/action/SelectProtocol?sid=S000AYWW&selectaction=Edit&uid=U0001PPF&ts=11&cx=9tny7v.
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- Justin D Smith
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Health and Biomedical Informatics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine-Division of Biostatistics, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine-Division of Biostatistics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Medicine, The University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Vock DM, Helgeson ES, Mullan AF, Issa NS, Sanka S, Saiki AC, Mathson K, Chamberlain AM, Rule AD, Matas AJ. The Minnesota attributable risk of kidney donation (MARKD) study: a retrospective cohort study of long-term (> 50 year) outcomes after kidney donation compared to well-matched healthy controls. BMC Nephrol 2023; 24:121. [PMID: 37127560 PMCID: PMC10152793 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-023-03149-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND There is uncertainty about the long-term risks of living kidney donation. Well-designed studies with controls well-matched on risk factors for kidney disease are needed to understand the attributable risks of kidney donation. METHODS The goal of the Minnesota Attributable Risk of Kidney Donation (MARKD) study is to compare the long-term (> 50 years) outcomes of living donors (LDs) to contemporary and geographically similar controls that are well-matched on health status. University of Minnesota (n = 4022; 1st transplant: 1963) and Mayo Clinic LDs (n = 3035; 1st transplant: 1963) will be matched to Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) controls (approximately 4 controls to 1 donor) on the basis of age, sex, and race/ethnicity. The REP controls are a well-defined population, with detailed medical record data linked between all providers in Olmsted and surrounding counties, that come from the same geographic region and era (early 1960s to present) as the donors. Controls will be carefully selected to have health status acceptable for donation on the index date (date their matched donor donated). Further refinement of the control group will include confirmed kidney health (e.g., normal serum creatinine and/or no proteinuria) and matching (on index date) of body mass index, smoking history, family history of chronic kidney disease, and blood pressure. Outcomes will be ascertained from national registries (National Death Index and United States Renal Data System) and a new survey administered to both donors and controls; the data will be supplemented by prior surveys and medical record review of donors and REP controls. The outcomes to be compared are all-cause mortality, end-stage kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and mortality, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) trajectory and chronic kidney disease, pregnancy risks, and development of diseases that frequently lead to chronic kidney disease (e.g. hypertension, diabetes, and obesity). We will additionally evaluate whether the risk of donation differs based on baseline characteristics. DISCUSSION Our study will provide a comprehensive assessment of long-term living donor risk to inform candidate living donors, and to inform the follow-up and care of current living donors.
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- David M Vock
- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2221 University Ave SE, Room 200, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2221 University Ave SE, Room 200, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, USA.
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Surgery Clinical Trials Office, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Matas AJ, Rule AD. Long-term Medical Outcomes of Living Kidney Donors. Mayo Clin Proc 2022; 97:2107-2122. [PMID: 36216599 PMCID: PMC9747133 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2022.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Historically, to minimize risks, living kidney donors have been highly selected and healthy. Operative risks are well-defined, yet concern remains about long-term risks. In the general population, even a mild reduction in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is associated with cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). However, reduction in GFR in the general population is due to kidney or systemic disease. Retrospective studies comparing donors with matched general population controls have found no increased donor risk. Prospective studies comparing donors with controls (maximum follow-up, 9 years) have reported that donor GFR is stable or increases slightly, whereas GFR decreases in controls. However, these same studies identified metabolic and vascular donor abnormalities. There are a few retrospective studies comparing donors with controls. Each has limitations in selection of the control group, statistical analyses, and/or length of follow-up. One such study reported increased donor mortality; 2 reported a small increase in absolute risk of ESKD. Risk factors for donor ESKD are similar to those in the general population. Postdonation pregnancies are also associated with increased risk of hypertension and preeclampsia. There is a critical need for long-term follow-up studies comparing donors with controls from the same era, geographic area, and socioeconomic status who are healthy, with normal renal function on the date matching the date of donation, and are matched on demographic characteristics with the donors. These data are needed to optimize donor candidate counseling and informed consent.
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- Arthur J Matas
- Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Cobb MB, Wu W, Attipoe EM, Johnson AC, Garrett MR. Nephron-deficient HSRA rats exhibit renal injury with age but have limited renal damage from streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2021; 320:F1093-F1105. [PMID: 33843272 PMCID: PMC8285653 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00487.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Hypertension and diabetes are the greatest factors influencing the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Investigation into the role of nephron number in CKD alone or with hypertension has revealed a strong inverse relationship between the two; however, not much is known about the connection between nephron number and diabetic kidney disease. The heterogeneous stock-derived model of unilateral renal agenesis (HSRA) rat, a novel model of nephron deficiency, provides a unique opportunity to study the association between nephron number and hypertension and diabetes on CKD. HSRA rats exhibit failure of one kidney to develop in 50-75% of offspring, whereas the remaining offspring are born with two kidneys. Rats born with one kidney (HSRA-S) develop significant renal injury with age compared with two-kidney littermates (HSRA-C). The induction of hypertension as a secondary stressor leads to significantly more renal injury in HSRA-S compared with HSRA-C rats and nephrectomized HSRA-C (HSRA-UNX) rats. The present study sought to address the hypothesis that nephron deficiency in the HSRA rat would hasten renal injury in the presence of a secondary stressor of hyperglycemia. HSRA animals did not exhibit diabetes-related traits at any age; thus, streptozotocin (STZ) was used to induce hyperglycemia in HSRA-S, HSRA-C, and HSRA-UNX rats. STZ- and vehicle-treated animals were followed for 15 wk. STZ-treated animals developed robust hyperglycemia, but in contrast to the response to hypertension, neither HSRA-S nor HSRA-UNX animals developed proteinuria compared with vehicle treatment. In total, our data indicate that hyperglycemia from STZ alone does not have a significant impact on the onset or progression of injury in young one-kidney HSRA animals.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The HSRA rat, a novel model of nephron deficiency, provides a unique opportunity to study the association between nephron number and confounding cardiovascular complications that impact kidney health. Although hypertension was previously shown to exacerbate renal injury in young HSRA animals, diabetic hyperglycemia did not lead to worse renal injury, suggesting that nephron number has limited impact on kidney injury, at least in this model.
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- Meredith B Cobb
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
- Department of Medicine (Nephrology), University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
- Department of Pediatrics (Genetics), University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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Showmaker KC, Cobb MB, Johnson AC, Yang W, Garrett MR. Whole genome sequencing and novel candidate genes for CAKUT and altered nephrogenesis in the HSRA rat. Physiol Genomics 2020; 52:56-70. [PMID: 31841396 PMCID: PMC6985787 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00112.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The HSRA rat is a model of congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urogenital tract (CAKUT). Our laboratory has used this model to investigate the role of nephron number (functional unit of the kidney) in susceptibility to develop kidney disease as 50-75% offspring are born with a single kidney (HSRA-S), while 25-50% are born with two kidneys (HSRA-C). HSRA-S rats develop increased kidney injury and hypertension with age compared with nephrectomized two-kidney animals (HSRA-UNX), suggesting that even slight differences in nephron number can be an important driver in decline in kidney function. The HSRA rat was selected and inbred from a family of outbred heterogeneous stock (NIH-HS) rats that exhibited a high incidence of CAKUT. The HS model was originally developed from eight inbred strains (ACI, BN, BUF, F344, M520, MR, WKY, and WN). The genetic make-up of the HSRA is therefore a mosaic of these eight inbred strains. Interestingly, the ACI progenitor of the HS model exhibits CAKUT in 10-15% of offspring with the genetic cause being attributed to the presence of a long-term repeat (LTR) within exon 1 of the c-Kit gene. Our hypothesis is that the HSRA and ACI share this common genetic cause, but other alleles in the HSRA genome contribute to the increased penetrance of CAKUT (75% HSRA vs. 15% in ACI). To facilitate genetic studies and better characterize the model, we sequenced the whole genome of the HSRA to a depth of ~50×. A genome-wide variant analysis of high-impact variants identified a number of novel genes that could be linked to CAKUT in the HSRA model. In summary, the identification of new genes/modifiers that lead to CAKUT/loss of one kidney in the HSRA model will provide greater insight into association between kidney development and susceptibility to develop cardiovascular disease later in life.
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- Kurt C Showmaker
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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- College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
- Department of Medicine (Nephrology), University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
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Addressing the ESRD Risks of the Young Living Kidney Donor: Putting “Normal for Now” into Practice. CURRENT TRANSPLANTATION REPORTS 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s40472-016-0083-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Steiner RW. Moving closer to understanding the risks of living kidney donation. Clin Transplant 2015; 30:10-6. [DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Robert W. Steiner
- Center for Transplantation; University of California; San Diego CA USA
- Division of Nephrology; Department of Medicine; School of Medicine; University of California; San Diego CA USA
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- David Serur
- Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Rogosin Institute, New York, New York
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- Comprehensive Transplant Center, Center for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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