Kidney/Pancreas Transplant

California Pacific performed its first pancreas transplant in 1982, and we have consistently maintained excellent patient outcomes. We perform both pancreas transplants and simultaneous kidney/pancreas transplants.

We are committed to providing the highest quality of care and publicly reporting our transplant outcomes. The graphs below show two markers of transplant quality: patient survival and graft survival.

Total Waitlisted Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Patients (as of January 20, 2010)*:

  • United States = 2,205

  • California = 458

  • CPMC = 142
*Source: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)

Patient Survival  |  Graft Survival

Patient Survival


Kidney/Pancreas Transplant: Patient Survival. Percentage of Patients Surviving at End of Period. 1 Month (Patients receiving transplant between 7/1/06 and 12/31/08) = 97.6% (CPMC - Observed), 99.0% (CPMC - Expected). 99.1% (United States). 1 Year (Patients receiving transplant between 7/1/06 and 12/31/08) = 95.2% (CPMC - Observed), 95.4% (CPMC - Expected). 96.0% (United States). 3 Years (Patients receiving transplant between 1/1/04 and 6/30/06) = 93.7% (CPMC - Observed), 90.1% (CPMC - Expected). 91.3% (United States). Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

How does California Pacific's survival compare to what is expected for similar patients?

  • 1 Month = Not significantly different

  • 1 Year = Not significantly different

  • 3 Years = Not significantly different
Kidney/pancreas patient survival is calculated at the 1 month mark following transplant, the 1 year mark and the 3 year milestone. The graph above shows the patient survival rate of transplanted patients at each milestone at California Pacific, and also shows the survival rate seen in the United States.
  • The "observed" value is the patient survival rate for each milestone as experienced at California Pacific.

  • The "expected" value is calculated based on transplant patient and donor characteristics which take factors such as age and patient diagnosis into consideration. The expected patient survival rate is the patient survival rate we would expect to see based on our patient and donor population's characteristics.

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Graft Survival


Kidney/Pancreas Transplant: Graft Survival - Kidney. Percentage of Patients Surviving at End of Period. 1 Month (Patients receiving transplant between 7/1/06 and 12/31/08) = 97.6% (CPMC - Observed), 97.7% (CPMC - Expected). 97.9% (United States). 1 Year (Patients receiving transplant between 7/1/06 and 12/31/08) = 95.2% (CPMC - Observed), 92.6% (CPMC - Expected). 93.3% (United States). 3 Years (Patients receiving transplant between 1/1/04 and 6/30/06) = 87.3% (CPMC - Observed), 85.7% (CPMC - Expected). 86.1% (United States). Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

How does California Pacific's survival compare to what is expected for similar patients?

  • 1 Month = Not significantly different

  • 1 Year = Not significantly different

  • 3 Years = Not significantly different

Kidney/Pancreas Transplant: Graft Survival - Pancreas. Percentage of Patients Surviving at End of Period. 1 Month (Patients receiving transplant between 7/1/06 and 12/31/08) = 95.2% (CPMC - Observed), 91.7% (CPMC - Expected). 92.2% (United States). 1 Year (Patients receiving transplant between 7/1/06 and 12/31/08) = 92.8% (CPMC - Observed), 85.6% (CPMC - Expected). 86.3% (United States). 3 Years (Patients receiving transplant between 1/1/04 and 6/30/06) = 73.7% (CPMC - Observed), 78.1% (CPMC - Expected). 79.2% (United States). Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

How does California Pacific's survival compare to what is expected for similar patients?
  • 1 Month = Not significantly different

  • 1 Year = Not significantly different

  • 3 Years = Not significantly different
Graft survival looks at whether the patient's transplanted organ is functioning at the above milestones.

The two graft survival tables look at the graft survival for kidney/pancreas transplant patients – the kidney graft survival information looks at the transplanted kidney, while the pancreas graft survival information looks at the transplanted pancrease.

Learn more about our Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program.

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