Table 1.
Study | N (patients with severe AH transplanted) | Study design | Control group | Survival rate in patients transplanted (in bold) and in patients not transplanted (light) |
Any alcohol relapse post-LT | |||
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6-month survival | 1-year survival | 2-year survival | 3-year survival | |||||
Mathurin et al., 201122 | 26 | Prospective | Patients with severe AH not transplanted |
77% 23% |
71% 23% |
12% | ||
Im et al., 201624 | 9 | Retrospective | Patients with severe AH not transplanted |
89% 11% |
22% | |||
Lee et al., 201793 | 17 | Retrospective | Alcohol-related cirrhosis with ≥6 months abstinence |
100% 88% |
23.5% | |||
Weeks et al., 201894 | 46 | Retrospective | Alcohol-related cirrhosis who received liver transplants under standard protocols with at least 6 months sobriety. |
97% 100% |
−28% in patients with severe AH −24% in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis |
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Lee et al., 201823 | 147 | Retrospective | None | 94% | 84% | −25% (at one year) −34% (at 3 years) |
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Louvet et al., 202292 | 68 | Prospective |
|
89.7% 88,2% |
−34% at 2 years (patients with AH) −25% at 2 years (in patients with alcohol related cirrhosis) |
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Germani et al., 202296 | 16 | Retrospective | Patients with severe AH not transplanted |
100% 41% |
100% 41% |
100% 38% |
100% 35% |
12.5% |
Abbreviations: AH, Alcohol-related Hepatitis; LT, Liver Transplantation.