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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Transplant. 2018 Aug 31;32(10):e13365. doi: 10.1111/ctr.13365

Table 5: Attitudes on HIV+ Deceased and Living Donor Eligibility.

Respondents degree of agreement with the HOPE Safeguards and Research Criteria.

Transplant Center and Study Team Experience Criteria Agree
Agree:
but should not be organ specific
Neutral Disagree:
should be no experience criteria
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