NCT03855722

Brief Summary

Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a concept where remotely induced ischemia produces protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury in a remote organ. RIPC has been studied extensively in animal models and heart surgery, but it's benefit in transplantation has been studied less. The primary aim of this study is to find out whether RIPC performed in a donor in donation after brain-death (DBD) could improve delayed graft function rate of kidney transplants.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
496

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Timeline
192mo left

Started Mar 2019

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
recruiting

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress31%
Mar 2019Feb 2042

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

February 11, 2019

Completed
16 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

February 27, 2019

Completed
13 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 12, 2019

Completed
3 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

March 1, 2022

Completed
19.9 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

February 1, 2042

Expected
Last Updated

March 10, 2020

Status Verified

March 1, 2020

Enrollment Period

3 years

First QC Date

February 11, 2019

Last Update Submit

March 6, 2020

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • DGF

    Delayed graft function of kidney allografts defined as postoperative dialysis within 1 week from transplantation

    7 days

Secondary Outcomes (27)

  • Kidney allografts: eGFR

    at 3 months, 1 year, 2 year, 5 year, 10 year, and 20 year

  • Combined Pancreas-Kidney allografts: eGFR

    at 3 months, 1 year, 2 year, 5 year, 10 year, and 20 year

  • Kidney allografts: BPAR

    within 1 year

  • Combined Pancreas-Kidney allografts: Kidney BPAR

    within 1 year

  • Kidney allografts: graft survival

    at 3 months, 1 year, 2 year, 5 year, 10 year, and 20 year

  • +22 more secondary outcomes

Other Outcomes (34)

  • Exploratory outcomes Kidney allograft miR-21

    peroperative blood samples before and after graft perfusion and urinary sample 6 hours after transplantion

  • Exploratory outcomes Kidney allograft miR-24

    peroperative blood samples before and after graft perfusion and urinary sample 6 hours after transplantion

  • Exploratory outcomes Kidney allograft NGAL

    peroperative blood samples before and after graft perfusion and urinary sample 6 hours after transplantion

  • +31 more other outcomes

Study Arms (2)

RIPC

EXPERIMENTAL

RIPC will consist of setting a tourniquet to donor thigh and inflating it to 300mmHg four times 5 minutes with 5 minutes deflating in between each. RIPC-intervention will be performed twice: First after brain death and second time before procurement procedure.

Procedure: RIPC

Sham-RIPC

SHAM COMPARATOR

Sham-RIPC will consist of setting a tourniquet to donor thigh without inflating it and keeping it in place for 35 min. Sham-RIPC-intervention will be performed twice: First after brain death and second time before procurement procedure.

Procedure: Sham-RIPC

Interventions

RIPCPROCEDURE

Remote Ischaemic Preconditioning

RIPC
Sham-RIPCPROCEDURE

Sham procedure

Sham-RIPC

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Brain-dead organ donor with a plan of harvesting at least one kidney

You may not qualify if:

  • Haemodynamically unstable donor
  • Age below 18 years
  • Planned organ recipients are recruited to another prospective trial, which prevents participation in this trial.
  • All organ recipients receiving organs (kidney, liver, pancreas-kidney, heart, lungs) from a randomized donor will be recruited providing that the recipient surgery is performed at Helsinki University Hospital, recipient is over 18 years old, and recipient gives written informed consent to participate in the trial.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Helsinki University Hospital

Helsinki, 00029, Finland

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

  • Uutela A, Helantera I, Lemstrom K, Passov A, Syrjala S, Aberg F, Makisalo H, Nordin A, Lempinen M, Sallinen V; RIPTRANS Study Group collaborators. Randomised sham-controlled double-blind trial evaluating remote ischaemic preconditioning in solid organ transplantation: a study protocol for the RIPTRANS trial. BMJ Open. 2020 Nov 16;10(11):e038340. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038340.

Study Officials

  • Aki Uutela, MD

    Helsinki University Central Hospital

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
  • Ville Sallinen, MD, PhD

    Helsinki University Central Hospital

    STUDY DIRECTOR
  • Marko Lempinen, MD, PhD

    Helsinki University Central Hospital

    STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Ville Sallinen, MD, PhD

CONTACT

Aki Uutela, MD

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
PREVENTION
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
MD, PhD, Adj. Prof., Consultant

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

February 11, 2019

First Posted

February 27, 2019

Study Start

March 12, 2019

Primary Completion

March 1, 2022

Study Completion (Estimated)

February 1, 2042

Last Updated

March 10, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-03

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

After the completion of the study the depersonalized data can be requested from the authors.

Locations