The overall purpose of this project is to better understand the incidence, risk factors, etiology, clinical manifestations and outcome of tCOVID19 in solid organ transplant recipients. The results obtained will allow us to gain insight on the need of antiviral treatment, on the strategy for complications surveillance, on how to adjust the immunosuppressant therapy and on the level of care in which each patient should be treated. In order to attain the objectives previously described we will develop a multicenter prospective study of consecutive cases of COVID-19 among solid organ transplant recipients.
There will be a clinical follow-up of the patients included in this study to observe possible
complications and survival rate. Data collected form this study will be evaluated with a
descriptive statistical analysis of the cohort consisting of analysis of the risk factors of
COVID-19. Subsequently a multivaried logistic regression analysis will be performed in which
the factors selected from the analysis and those clinically relevant.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients older than 16 years with a solid organ transplant diagnosed of COVID-19.
NOTE: A confirmed case of infection, is defined by a clinical syndrome that is compatible
to that of an respiratory infection (fever, cough and/or dyspnea) and the presence of a
positive microbiological result.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Absence of informed consent after giving the information regarding the study.
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio
Seville, Spain
Elisa Cordero-Matía, MD-PhD, Study Chair
University Hospital Virgen del Rocío