Table 5: Attitudes on HIV+ Deceased and Living Donor Eligibility.
Transplant Center and Study Team Experience Criteria | Agree |
Agree: but should not be organ specific |
Neutral | Disagree: should be no experience criteria |
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Transplant physician and HIV physician collectively have experience with at least 5 HIV D−/R+ transplants with the designated organs over the last four years | 35.1 | 40.4 | 11.7 | 12.8 |
HIV+ Deceased Donor Criteria | Agree | Neutral | Disagree too lenient |
Disagree too strict |
No evidence of invasive opportunistic infections | 92.7 | 5.2 | 0 | 2.1 |
Pre-implant donor organ biopsy | 71.9 | 22.9 | 0 | 5.2 |
Viral load: any viral load is allowed given effective post-transplant antiretroviral regimen is justified | 55.2 | 20.8 | 22.9 | 1.0 |
HIV+ Living Donor Criteria | Agree | Neutral | Disagree too lenient |
Disagree too strict |
CD4+ T-cell count >500/µL for the 6-month period before donation | 84.8 |
7.6 |
2.5 |
5.1 |
HIV-1 RNA <50 copies/mL | 89.9 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 0 |
No evidence of invasive opportunistic complications of HIV infection | 97.5 |
2.5 |
0 | 0 |
Pre-implant donor organ biopsy | 56.9 | 26.6 | 0 | 16.5 |