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Observational Study
. 2017 Jun;30(3):441-447.
doi: 10.1007/s40620-016-0366-6. Epub 2016 Nov 29.

Survival and time-to-transplantation of peritoneal dialysis versus hemodialysis for end-stage renal disease patients: competing-risks regression model in a single Italian center experience

Marta Rigoni  1 , Emanuele Torri  2   3 , Giandomenico Nollo  2   4 , Diana Zarantonello  5 , Alessandro Laudon  5 , Laura Sottini  5 , Giovanni Maria Guarrera  6 , Giuliano Brunori  5
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Observational Study

Survival and time-to-transplantation of peritoneal dialysis versus hemodialysis for end-stage renal disease patients: competing-risks regression model in a single Italian center experience

Marta Rigoni et al. J Nephrol. 2017 Jun.

Abstract

Aims: Despite several studies reporting similar outcomes for peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis (HD), the former is underused worldwide, with a PD prevalence of 15% in Italy. In 2008, the Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis of the Healthcare Trust of the Autonomous Province of Trento implemented a successful PD program which has increased the proportion of PD incident patients from 7 to 47%. We aimed to assess the effect of this extensive use of PD by comparing HD and PD in terms of survival and time-to-transplantation.

Methods: A total of 334 HD and 153 PD incident patients were enrolled between January 2008 and December 2014. After screening for exclusion criteria and propensity score matching, 279 HD and 132 PD patients were analyzed. Survival and time-to-transplantation were assessed by competing-risks regression models, using death and transplantation as primary and competing events.

Results: Crude and adjusted regression models for survival revealed the absence of significant differences between HD and PD cumulative incidence functions (subhazard ratio: 1.09, p = 0.62 and 1.34, p = 0.10, respectively). Differently, crude and adjusted regression models for transplantation revealed a lower time-to-transplantation for PD versus HD patients (subhazard ratio: 2.34, p < 0.01, and 2.57, p < 0.01, respectively). The waiting time for placement in the transplant waiting list was longer in HD than PD patients (330 vs. 224 days, p < 0.01).

Conclusions: The extensive use of PD did not lead to any statistically significant difference in mortality. Furthermore, PD was associated with lower time to transplantation. PD may be a viable option for large-scale dialytic treatment in the advanced chronic kidney disease population.

Keywords: Advanced chronic kidney disease; Competing-risks model; Dialysis survival; Hemodialysis; Kidney transplantation; Peritoneal dialysis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest

We have read and understood the Journal of Nephrology’s policy on disclosing conflicts of interest and declare that we have none.

Informed consent

Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

Ethical approval

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of study formal consent is not required, since it is retrospective.

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Fig. 1
Cumulative incidence function of hemodialysis (HD, continuous line) and peritoneal dialysis (PD, dashed line) patients from 2008 to 2014, provided by crude (left) and adjusted (right) competing-risks regression models. In the model the event of interest was death and the competing event was transplantation. Adjustment was performed for age-group, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and arterial hypertension
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Fig. 2
Cumulative incidence function of hemodialysis (HD, continuous line) and peritoneal dialysis (PD, dashed line) patients from 2008 to 2014, provided by crude (left) and adjusted (right) competing-risks regression models. In the model the event of interest was transplantation and the competing event was death. Adjustment was performed for age-group
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