NCT04626284

Brief Summary

This is a prospective, observational, pilot trial to evaluate the feasibility of heart transplantation using normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) donation after donor circulatory death (DCD). Normothermic regional perfusion utilizes Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) or cardiopulmonary bypass to reperfuse the heart and other organs in situ after isolation and ligation of the cerebral vessels. In situ resuscitation of the heart has the added advantage of allowing full hemodynamic and echocardiographic assessment of the donor heart prior to final acceptance for transplantation without the imminent danger of ongoing warm ischemia.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
10

participants targeted

Target at below P25 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Jan 2021

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

November 2, 2020

Completed
10 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

November 12, 2020

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

January 3, 2021

Completed
1.3 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

April 8, 2022

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

April 8, 2022

Completed
Last Updated

September 28, 2023

Status Verified

September 1, 2023

Enrollment Period

1.3 years

First QC Date

November 2, 2020

Last Update Submit

September 26, 2023

Conditions

Keywords

Heart transplantationDonation after circulatory deathNormothermic regional perfusion

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Utilization rate

    Ratio of successful heart transplants using grafts obtained from DCD donors using NRO to the total number of DCD donors in whom NRP was used to procure an organ

    Date from the first DCD NRP Heart procurement until the 25th DCD NRP heart procurement, assessed up to 36 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

  • Graft survival

    From date of the transplantation to date of death or retransplantation, whichever comes first, assessed up to 12 months

  • Primary Graft Dysfunction (PGD)

    From day of heart transplantation up to 72 hours post-transplantation

  • Acute cellular rejection (ACR)

    From day of heart transplantation up to 1 year post-transplantation

  • Antibody mediated rejection (AMR)

    From day of heart transplantation up to 1 year post-transplantation

Study Arms (1)

Donors After Circulatory Determined death

EXPERIMENTAL

Recipients receiving an organ from donors after circulatory determined death

Procedure: Heart Transplantation

Interventions

Heart Transplantation

Donors After Circulatory Determined death

Eligibility Criteria

Age19 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Recipient is ≥ 19 years old
  • Recipient, or their designated healthcare proxy, is able and willing to sign informed consent
  • Recipient meets standard listing criteria for heart transplantation

You may not qualify if:

  • Recipient is \< 19 years old
  • Recipient, or their designated healthcare proxy, is unable to sign informed consent
  • Recipient is participating in another interventional trial
  • Recipient has a known history of HIV infection
  • Recipient has any condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would make study participation unsafe or would interfere with the objectives of the study

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, 68198, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

  • Barnard CN. The operation. A human cardiac transplant: an interim report of a successful operation performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. S Afr Med J. 1967 Dec 30;41(48):1271-4. No abstract available.

  • Dhital KK, Chew HC, Macdonald PS. Donation after circulatory death heart transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2017 Jun;22(3):189-197. doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000419.

  • Messer S, Page A, Colah S, Axell R, Parizkova B, Tsui S, Large S. Human heart transplantation from donation after circulatory-determined death donors using normothermic regional perfusion and cold storage. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 Jul;37(7):865-869. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.03.017. Epub 2018 Mar 30.

  • Chew HC, Iyer A, Connellan M, Scheuer S, Villanueva J, Gao L, Hicks M, Harkness M, Soto C, Dinale A, Nair P, Watson A, Granger E, Jansz P, Muthiah K, Jabbour A, Kotlyar E, Keogh A, Hayward C, Graham R, Spratt P, Macdonald P, Dhital K. Outcomes of Donation After Circulatory Death Heart Transplantation in Australia. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Apr 2;73(12):1447-1459. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.12.067.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Death

Interventions

Heart Transplantation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic ProcessesPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cardiac Surgical ProceduresCardiovascular Surgical ProceduresSurgical Procedures, OperativeThoracic Surgical ProceduresOrgan TransplantationTransplantation

Study Officials

  • Marian Urban, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
NA
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
SINGLE GROUP
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

November 2, 2020

First Posted

November 12, 2020

Study Start

January 3, 2021

Primary Completion

April 8, 2022

Study Completion

April 8, 2022

Last Updated

September 28, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-09

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations