New challenges and opportunities in organ donation

1. New challenges and opportunities in organ donation Dr Paul Murphy National Clinical Lead for Organ Donation NHS Blood and Transplant 1

2. Outline • Performance 2013/14 • Updates • Ante mortem interventions • DCD heart retrieval • Extended DCD • Anencephaly • Neurological determination of death in infants < 2 months • Challenges to neurological determination of death • Current strategies • Family refusal • DCD triage • Organ utilisation • Regional Collaboratives

3. Deceased donors and transplants in UK

4. Trends in UK donation

5. Eligible donors

6. Progress against PDA metricsReferral and BSD testing Referral BSD testing

7. Progress against PDA metricsConsent / authorisation

8. Age of deceased DCD donors • Proportionally fewer donors are aged 70+ • For kidneys, there appears to be less appetite to use the higher risk donors in the most recent year, while for livers there is no such trend. • Kidney offer decline rates are higher in the last two years for extended criteria donors. 2014/15 Based on activity to 1 March

9. Some features of current position 7% fall in donor numbers from peak Both DBD and DCD No substantial deterioration in donor pool, referral or testing Possible small fall in DBD pool 25% of potential DCD not referred Little progress with consent / authorisation Slight fall in both DBD and DCD in 2014/15 More cautious approach to older / higher risk kidney donors Kidney offer decline rates are higher in the last two years for extended criteria donors DRAFT

10. Update: ante mortem interventions in DCD • Legal guidance issued in 2009 - 11 • Conservative • Effective prohibition on ante-mortem heparin • Call for revision in 2012 / 2013 by UK DEC • Generic overarching guidance • Separate documents covering specific interventions (e.g. heparin, extubation) • Specific recommendations regarding heparin • Further evidence required by Department of Health • Risks and benefits • Clinical and public acceptability • NHSBT asked to conduct this review

11. Physiological changes following treatment withdrawal • Can a point of ‘no-return’ be identified following treatment withdrawal? • Does the patient always die if BP goes below a certain level? • Does donation always happen if BP goes below a certain level? • Is there time to give heparin once point of no return is identified for it to have a systemic effect? • What happens to non-proceeding DCD donors? • Do all potential DCD donors die following treatment withdrawal?

12. Systolic BP in proceeding DCD donors, all regions

13. Timings in proceeding DCD donors Minimum: time from first recording below selected BP to asystole Maximum: time from last recording over selected BP to asystole

14. Systolic BP, non-proceeding donors, n=153

15. Non-proceeding DCD donors with one or more SBP < 90 mmHg (n=13)

16. Time to death in non-proceeding DCD donors (n=153, data on three patients missing)

17. 2 pilots Normothermic regional perfusion assisted Papworth 3 centres in Eastern region 2 successful transplants to date Standard DCD retrieval Papworth and Harefield Eastern and South East regions Transthoracic echo (Harefield) Update: Heart retrieval from DCD donorsUK pilots

18. Update: extended DCD pilot • Andre Vercueil, King’s; Roberto Cacciola, Royal London • NRP to support abdominal organ retrieval for up to 9 hours after stand down • Cannulae sited on ICU after death • No ante mortem interventions • 1 proceeding case so far • Organs poorly perfused and so rejected after retrieval • Family grateful for extended opportunity • Positive staff feedback • ?? Benefits of • Heparin • Femoral guidewires

19. Update: organ donation from babies with anencephaly • Twin pregnancy • Successful donation of kidneys and heart valves from an anencephalic infant in April 14 • Delivery ≡ treatment withdrawal • Baby died after 100 minutes • Death diagnosed after 5 minutes asystole • Assessment of renal function limited to size on USS and lack of oligohydramnios • Media coverage at baby’s anniversary • c.15 000 on-line registrations National CLOD in Big Brother Chair

20. Update: organ donation from babies with anencephaly • Twin pregnancy • Successful donation of kidneys and heart valves from an anencephalic infant in April 14 • Delivery ≡ treatment withdrawal • Baby died after 100 minutes • Death diagnosed after 5 minutes asystole • Assessment of renal function limited to size on USS and lack of oligohydramnios • Media coverage at baby’s anniversary • c.15 000 on-line registrations

21. Update: diagnosis of death by neurological criteria in infants < 2 months • AoMRC (2008) applies from 37 weeks gestation to 2 months, with two additional cautions • Available at http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/system/files/protected/page/DNC%20Guide%20FINAL.pdf

22. Update: DNC in infants < 2 monthsAdditional cautions • In post-asphyxiated infants, or those receiving intensive care after resuscitation, a period of at least 24 hours of observation during which the preconditions necessary for assessment for DNC should be continuously present, should elapse before clinical testing for DNC. If there are concerns about residual drug-induced sedation, then this period of observation may need to be extended • A stronger hypercarbic stimulus is used to establish respiratory unresponsiveness. Specifically, there should be a clear rise in PaCO2 levels of >2.7kPa (>20 mm Hg) above the base line with no respiratory response at that level.

23. Update: challenges to neurological determination of death by organ retrieval teams • 6 incidents reported Nov 14 – Feb 15 • Nature • Apnoea test (starting CO2) • Hypernatraeamia • Interval between testing • Lack of microbiological characterisation • Outcome • Retrieval delayed until tests repeated • Considerable distress in donor hospitals • Root cause analysis • Education and training deficits • Variation in practice in critical care • Issues with documentation

24. Apnoea testing in Midlands, Jan-Mar 15 18 DBDs 6 forms had no CO2 data 7 tests completely compliant 4 tests partially compliant 1 set of tests non compliant

25. National Standards for Organ Retrieval 5.11 Before embarking on the retrieval operation, the lead retrieval surgeons must review the patient’s medical notes. In particular they must: • Have a clear understanding of the donor information prior to the start of the retrieval; • Check the identity, blood group and virology status of the donor; • Check that brain stem death or confirmation of cardiac death has been confirmed and documented correctly; • Check that appropriate consent/authorisation has been documented for the organs and tissues to be retrieved;

26. Additional form Completed by ICU consultant Confirmation that death has been diagnosed and confirmed by neurological criteria Cause, time and place of death No other clinical information Supported by NODC and NRG Consulting HTA Interim proposal

27. International family refusal rates, 2011

28. Consent / authorisation for DBD

29. Consent / authorisation for DBD

30. Collaborative requesting

31. SNOD consent ratesnon-BAME patients, not on ODR

32. Outcome of family approachImproving how we ask • Continued commitment to collaborative requesting • Has to be the right SNOD • Designated requester pilot in North West and Yorkshire • May require review of SN-OD deployment • Values based cohort SNOD recruitment • Six-month pilot of ALS review of refusals in Midlands, Yorkshire and London teams

33. DCD triage? 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 Respiratory failure 245 referrals, 140 attendances 28 NORS attendances, 25 donors 37 kidneys, 1 liver transplanted Multi Organ Failure 1113 referrals, 471 attendances, 3 NORS attendances 3 donors 5 kidney transplants Cancer, other than brain tumour 280 referrals, 106 Attendances, 0 NORS attendances 0 donors Septicaemia 247 referrals, 101 attendances, 3 NORS attendances, 3 donors, 1 kidney transplant Renal Failure 30 referrals, 10 Attendances, 0 NORS attendances 0 donors MOF/ Cancer/ Sepsis/Renal failure as a cause of death 688 SNOD attendances 6 NORS attendances 6 transplants

34. Improving donor / organ utilisation DCD heart retrieval Phase II of Scout project Ante-mortem interventions in DCD Heparin at point of no return Novel technologies In-situ normothermic regional perfusion Ex-situ perfusion Peer review of transplant centres Accredited training for retrieval surgeons DRAFT

35. Initial UK framework

36. The emerging UK framework for donation NHS Blood and Transplant National ODO Employment of SNODs Commissioning of retrieval Audit Public engagement Education and training More patients having their wishes to donate recognised, fulfilled and maximised Regional Collaboratives CLODs SNODs Donation Committees Acute hospitals Funding Resolution of ethical and legal obstacles Regulation Public recognition Donor hospitals Departments of Health and Professional Societies

37. Timely identification and referral Emergency Department Brain-stem death testing Collaborative requesting Streamlining DCD Physiological optimisation of the DBD donor Service improvement in deceased donation