Impact of expanding HOPE Act experience criteria on program eligibility for transplantation from donors with human immunodeficiency virus to recipients with human immunodeficiency virus
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: The HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, implemented on November, 25, 2015, allows hospitals to transplant organs from donors with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to recipients with HIV (HIV D+/R+). 1 National Institutes of Health, HHSFinal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act safeguards and research criteria for transplantation of organs infected with HIV. Fed Regist. 2015; 80: 73785-73796 Google Scholar Currently, regulations stipulate that these transplants can only be performed under institutional review board-approved protocols, with an Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) variance, and if the transplant team meets “experience criteria,” or a “minimum combined experience of the transplant physician and HIV physician on the team [of] 5 organ-specific cases over 4 years.” 1 National Institutes of Health, HHSFinal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act safeguards and research criteria for transplantation of organs infected with HIV. Fed Regist. 2015; 80: 73785-73796 Google Scholar
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,300
Funders: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Sanofi, Gilead Sciences, CSL Behring, National Institutes of Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Awards: G1158395370, G1265733712, G149138245, G2114083439, G3190020023, G4095142642, G4393132037, Patient Oriented Research in Kidney Disease and Transplant Surgery, G576100536, G60919868, G6599211419, HOPE in Action: A clinical trial of HIV-to-HIV deceased donor kidney transplantation, Expanding HOPE Liver Transplantation: Understanding Opportunistic Infection and Cancer Risk, Medical Scientist Training Program
OpenAlex ID: W4323929155