Everything You Wanted to Know about the OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Program

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Everything You Wanted to Know about the OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Program

The OPTN kidney paired donation pilot program (KPDPP) continues to expand; as of mid-April, 114 transplant centers are participating – view list. The goal is to increase the number of living donor kidney transplants, so center participation is crucial to the success of the national KPD program. Results from recent match runs indicate an upward trend in the number of donors and candidates matched. In the match run conducted in March, 24 matches of compatible potential donors and recipients were found from a pool of 163 donors and 145 candidates, about twice as many matches as the previous month. So far, 19 kidney candidates have received a transplant in the program as of mid-April.

Interested in participating or learning more about the program? Links to resources and training are available below. If you have more questions, contact Ruthanne Hanto, KPD program manager, at ruthanne.hanto@unos.org or call her at (804) 836-4652.