Amendments to kidney and pancreas allocation policies approved by the OPTN Board of Directors in December 2019 and originally intended for implementation Dec. 15, 2020, will be postponed until after Feb. 13, 2021. The current policies that allocate kidneys and pancreata will remain in effect pending further notice. Find details.
News
- OPTN response to critical comments received about revised kidney policy (1/4/2021)
- HRSA directive to delay kidney allocation policy implementation (12/14/2020)
- Pre-implementation notice: Removal of DSA and region from kidney and pancreas allocation to go into effect Dec. 15 (11/15/2020)
- Pre-implementation notice: Phase I of new kidney medical urgency requirements to implement Dec. 1 (11/12/2020)
- Transplant patient webinar addresses upcoming changes to kidney and pancreas distribution (11/10/2020)
- Policy changes to kidney and pancreas allocation to be implemented Dec. 15 (10/20/2020
- Changes to kidney and pancreas allocation to be implemented later this year (9/11/2020)
- Additional provisions adopted to upcoming kidney, pancreas distribution system (6/9/2020)
- New policy adopted to improve kidney, pancreas allocation (12/5/2019)
- Revised kidney and pancreas proposals going to the OPTN Board of Directors; briefing papers available (11/26/2019)
- Modifications made to kidney and pancreas allocation proposals, import backup workgroup and medical urgency subcommittee formed (11/18/2019)
- Kidney and pancreas allocation proposals modified to advance 250 NM circle, fewer proximity points (10/28/2019)
- Committees to review kidney and pancreas proposals (10/18/2019)
- Kidney and Pancreas Distribution Modeling: Analysis at a Glance (8/7/2019)
- Kidney allocation proposal maps showing 250 NM and 500 NM circles (8/2019)
- Public comment open August 2 through October 2, 2019 (8/2/2019)
- Kidney Accelerated Placement project fpr national offers begins July 18 (7/17/2019)
- Kidney and pancreas committees refine distribution policy options (7/4/2019)
- Dual and en bloc kidney allocation changes (6/26/2019)
- Kidney/Pancreas Workgroup Board Report (6/10/2019)
- SRTR modeling available for kidney and pancreas distribution (6/10/2019)
- Webinars discuss revisions to kidney and pancreas allocation policies (6/10/2019)
- Journal article assesses kidney allocation system (KAS) (2/18/2019)
- Public comment open January 22 through March 22, 2019 (2/21/2019)
- Concept paper: "Eliminate the use of DSAs and regions from kidney and pancreas distribution" (1/2019)
- SRTR modeling results available for kidney and pancreas distribution proposal (12/10/2018)
Allocation Calculators
- CPRA Calculator (calculated panel reactive antibody)
Used to evaluate candidates for kidney, pancreas and k/p transplants - EPTS Calculator (estimated post transplant score)
Assigned to all adult candidates on the kidney waiting list - KDPI Calculator (kidney donor profile index)
Summarizes the risk of graft (organ) failure after kidney transplant
Policy & Guidance
Kidney
- KAS two-year analysis (7/2017)
- Equity in access report update (8/2017)
- Equity in access report - original (11/2016)
- OPTN Policy 8: Allocation of kidneys (PDF - 2.5 M)
- OPTN Evaluation Plan: Policy 8 (PDF - 709 K)
- Kidney Transplantation Committee documents
- Guidance: Procedures to mark kidney laterality (1/2015)
- Collaborative innovation and improvement network
Pancreas
- OPTN Policy 11: Pancreas, kidney-pancreas and islets (PDF - 2.5 M)
- Evaluation Plan, Policy 11 (PDF - 709 KB)
- Pancreas Transplantation Committee documents
- Charges for pancreata recovered for islet transplantation (1/2007)
Kidney Accelerated Placement project
Find news and updates on the Kidney Accelerated Placement project, a one-year pilot to accelerate national offers of hard-to-place kidneys.
Patient Education
Visit the OPTN Organ DataSource for organ-specific data and statistics at U.S. transplant hospitals.