Design and methodology of the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS): a comprehensive prospective nationwide long-term follow-up cohort

Koller, Michael; Van Delden, Christian; Müller, Nicolas J.; Baumann, Philippe; Lovis, Christian; Marti, Hans-Peter; Fehr, Thomas; Binet, Isabelle; De Geest, Sabina; Bucher, Heiner C.; Meylan, Pascal; Pascual, Manuel Antonio; Steiger, Jürg

doi:10.1007/s10654-012-9754-y

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Title		Design and methodology of the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS): a comprehensive prospective nationwide long-term follow-up cohort
Authors		Koller, Michael Van Delden, Christian Müller, Nicolas J. Baumann, Philippe Lovis, Christian Marti, Hans-Peter Fehr, Thomas Binet, Isabelle De Geest, Sabina Bucher, Heiner C. Meylan, Pascal Pascual, Manuel Antonio Steiger, Jürg show all authors [1 - 13]
Published in		European Journal of Epidemiology. 2013, vol. 28, no. 4, p. 347-55
Abstract		In Switzerland, organ procurement is well organized at the national-level but transplant outcomes have not been systematically monitored so far. Therefore, a novel project, the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS), was established. The STCS is a prospective multicentre study, designed as a dynamic cohort, which enrolls all solid organ recipients at the national level. The features of the STCS are a flexible patient-case system that allows capturing all transplant scenarios and collection of patient-specific and allograft-specific data. Beyond comprehensive clinical data, specific focus is directed at psychosocial and behavioral factors, infectious disease development, and bio-banking. Between May 2008 and end of 2011, the six Swiss transplant centers recruited 1,677 patients involving 1,721 transplantations, and a total of 1,800 organs implanted in 15 different transplantation scenarios. 10 % of all patients underwent re-transplantation and 3% had a second transplantation, either in the past or during follow-up. 34% of all kidney allografts originated from living donation. Until the end of 2011 we observed 4,385 infection episodes in our patient population. The STCS showed operative capabilities to collect high-quality data and to adequately reflect the complexity of the post-transplantation process. The STCS represents a promising novel project for comparative effectiveness research in transplantation medicine.
Keywords		Adult — Female — Graft Survival — Humans — Longitudinal Studies — Male — Middle Aged — Outcome Assessment (Health Care) — Prospective Studies — Registries — Research Design — Socioeconomic Factors — Switzerland — Tissue and Organ Procurement/statistics & numerical data — Transplantation/statistics & numerical data
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9754-y PMID: 23546766
Full text		Article (Published version) (330 Kb) - Free access
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de microbiologie et médecine moléculaire
Research groups		Hépatologie chirurgicale (327) Quorom-sensing et gènes de virulence (301) Interfaces Homme-machine en milieu clinique (610)
Citation (ISO format)		KOLLER, Michael et al. Design and methodology of the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS): a comprehensive prospective nationwide long-term follow-up cohort. In: European Journal of Epidemiology, 2013, vol. 28, n° 4, p. 347-55. doi: 10.1007/s10654-012-9754-y https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:31188