title: OPTN/SRTR 2015 Annual Data Report: Kidney.
abstract: The first full year of data after implementation of the new kidney allocation system reveals an increase in deceased donor kidney transplants among black candidates and those with calculated panel-reactive antibodies 98%-100%, but a decrease among candidates aged 65 years or older. Data from 2015 also demonstrate ongoing positive trends in graft and patient survival for both deceased and living donor kidney transplants, but the challenges of a limited supply of kidneys in the setting of increasing demand remain evident. While the total number of patients on the waiting list decreased for the first time in a decade, this was due to a combination of a decrease in the number of candidates added to the list and an increase in the number of candidates removed from the list due to deteriorating medical condition, as well as an increase in total transplants. Deaths on the waiting list remained flat, but this was likely because of an increasing trend toward removing inactive candidates too sick to undergo transplant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.|Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.affiliation: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.|Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Skeans
authors.affiliation: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gustafson
authors.affiliation: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, Richmond, VA.|United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, Richmond, VA.|United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Cherikh
authors.affiliation: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, Richmond, VA.|United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wainright
authors.affiliation: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, Richmond, VA.|United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kucheryavaya
authors.affiliation: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, Richmond, VA.|United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Woodbury
authors.affiliation: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.|Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.|Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Kasiske
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.|Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.|Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Israni
mesh_terms: D000847:Annual Reports as Topic; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D040841:Resource Allocation; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D014850:Waiting Lists
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents