Frailty predicts outcomes in cystic fibrosis patients listed for lung transplantation.

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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Frailty predicts outcomes in cystic fibrosis patients listed for lung transplantation.
Journal
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation
Author(s)
Koutsokera A., Sykes J., Theou O., Rockwood K., Steinack C., Derkenne M.F., Benden C., Krueger T., Chaparro C., Aubert J.D., Soccal Gasche P., von Garnier C., Tullis E., Stephenson A.L., Singer L.G.
ISSN
1557-3117 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1053-2498
Publication state
Published
Issued date
11/2022
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
41
Number
11
Pages
1617-1627
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Survival predictors are not established for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients listed for lung transplantation (LT). Using the deficit accumulation approach, we developed a CF-specific frailty index (FI) to allow risk stratification for adverse waitlist and post-LT outcomes.
We studied adult CF patients listed for LT in the Toronto LT Program (development cohort 2005-2015) and the Swiss LT centres (validation cohort 2008-2017). Comorbidities, treatment, laboratory results and social support at listing were utilized to develop a lung disease severity index (LI deficits, d = 18), a frailty index (FI, d = 66) and a lifestyle/social vulnerability index (LSVI, d = 10). We evaluated associations of the indices with worsening waitlist status, hospital and ICU length of stay, survival and graft failure.
We studied 188 (Toronto cohort, 176 [94%] transplanted) and 94 (Swiss cohort, 89 [95%] transplanted) patients. The median waitlist times were 69 and 284 days, respectively. The median follow-up post-transplant was 5.3 and 4.7 years. At listing, 44.7% of patients were frail (FI ≥ 0.25) in the Toronto and 21.3% in the Swiss cohort. The FI was significantly associated with all studied outcomes in the Toronto cohort (FI and post-LT mortality, multivariable HR 1.74 [95%CI:1.24-2.45] per 0.1 point of the FI). In the Swiss cohort, the FI was associated with worsening waitlist status, post-LT mortality and graft failure.
In CF patients listed for LT, FI risk stratification was significantly associated with waitlist and post-LT outcomes. Studying frailty in young populations with advanced disease can provide insights on how frailty and deficit accumulation impacts survival.
Keywords
Adult, Humans, Frailty/complications, Cystic Fibrosis/complications, Cystic Fibrosis/surgery, Lung Transplantation, Waiting Lists, Cohort Studies, cystic fibrosis, frailty, lung transplantation outcomes
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