Lung Transplant HCV, Pilot Study

Patients will have standard monitoring with HCV RNA and liver panel assessment at 2 week intervals until HCV is undetectable and then at the end of treatment and 3 and 6 months following its completion. Post-operative transplant care and immunosuppression will be carried on as usual transplant practice at Toronto General Hospital.

Normothermic EVLP is a method of donor lung preservation, assessment, treatment, and repair of injured organs. This method allows donor lungs to be treated for at least 12h under protective physiological conditions.