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Congenital DisordersNCT00460824

A Retrospective Review - Anti-HLA Antibodies

An observational study of Congenital Disorders, run by Emory University at 1 site in United States.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

Transplant rejection following organ transplant occurs because the recipient's immune system attacks the transplanted organ. The recipients immune system recognizes the transplanted organ as foreign tissue and attempts to destroy it in the similar way that it attempts to destroy infectious agents such as bacteria and… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 18 years
Conditions the study is for
Congenital Disorders
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jul 1988to not given
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Up to 18 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Study population: * heart transplants at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta, Egleston Hospital * transplants between July 1, 1988 through and including January 31, 2007 * complete HLA data * survived more than 30 days after transplant

Who may be able to join

  • heart transplants at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta, Egleston Hospital
  • transplants between July 1, 1988 through and including January 31, 2007
  • complete HLA data
  • survived more than 30 days after transplant

Who cannot join

  • subjects undergoing retransplant

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Emory University

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

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About this study

Official title: A Retrospective Review of Anti-HLA Antibodies and Donor Crossmatch Results as a Predictor of Pediatric Heart Transplant Outcomes

Transplant rejection following organ transplant occurs because the recipient's immune system attacks the transplanted organ. The recipients immune system recognizes the transplanted organ as foreign tissue and attempts to destroy it in the similar way that it attempts to destroy infectious agents such as bacteria and viruses. The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system is a set of genes that is responsible for controlling an individuals' ability to tell the difference between an infectious agent and self tissue.

Differences in HLA genes between donors and recipients play a major part in influencing the rejection or acceptance of foreign tissue (i.e. transplanted organs). Due to time limitations in heart transplantation, HLA matching is not considered. It is unclear how individual HLA differences affect the recovery and expected lifespan of pediatric heart transplant recipients.

This study is designed to look at the donor-recipient matching and mismatching to determine if mismatching leads to more complications, shorter graft survival and, therefore, increased risk of death following pediatric heart transplantation.

Read the detailed description

It is generally thought that immunologic mismatching in solid organ transplant will lead to increased rates of graft failure due to acute rejection in the short term and chronic rejection, or coronary vasculopathy in the longterm. Many studies in renal, pancreas and lung transplantation suggest favorable outcomes when HLA matching occurs and unfavorable outcomes when HLA mismatching occurs and circulating donor-specific antibodies are produced.

However, in heart transplantation this association is less clear. Advances in recognition and identification of HLA antibodies have resulted in more specific information regarding HLA mismatching and outcomes. This study is aimed at analyzing outcomes in pediatric heart transplant based on recipient-donor HLA incompatibility and the post-transplant production of donor-specific HLA antibodies.

Hypothesis:

  1. HLA systems' genes class I \& II matching results in a survival/rejection benefit in pediatric heart transplant recipients.
  2. Mismatched transplants with donor-specific HLA antibodies have decreased overall survival.

A Multivariate Analysis of data will be performed by both Emory and Children's investigators and research support staff.

Keywords
transplant, HLA antibodies matching, immunologic mismatching
Medical subject headings
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted17 Apr 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 1988

Why it stopped: Not a Clinical trial. Retrospective Data review only.

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00460824
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRB00003541
Status last verified
Dec 2013
First submitted
16 Apr 2007
Last updated
31 Dec 2013
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Congenital Disorders, run by Emory University at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 Dec 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 31 Dec 2013.

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