Patients with HIV in need of a kidney or liver transplant may no longer be required to participate in a clinical study to receive an organ from a donor with HIV, according to a proposed federal rule change published in the Federal Register.
HHS posted notice of the proposed change to the HOPE Act, enacted in 2013, which currently allows transplantation of organs from donors with HIV only to recipients who have HIV and who also are involved with clinical research overseen by an institutional review board.
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) reviewed safety and outcomes from