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Heart FailureNCT04452578

Hepatitis C Virus (HVC) Positive Heart Grafts in HCV Negative Recipients

A study testing Procedure: Heart Transplantation in people with Heart Failure, run by Loma Linda University at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

To provide proof-of-concept data on the efficacy/safety of transplanting HCV positive donor grafts in HCV negative heart recipients who are currently listed. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Heart Failure
What is being tested?
Procedure: Heart Transplantation
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
2 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
10 Jun 2020to 17 Jun 2022
Phase
Interventional
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 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Male or female
  • Age 18 and older
  • Active on the transplant list
  • Donor organ with Antibody and NAT (nucleic acid test) positive for HCV
  • HCV negative recipient; this includes patients who never had HCV and those with HCV previously eradicated with antiviral therapy. The latter is defined as those with undetectable HCV viral load at least 3 months since stopping therapy.
  • Willing and able to provide written informed consent or for those subjects where hepatic encephalopathy affects their ability to provide initial or ongoing consent, has an appropriate and legally-authorized representative willing and able to provide consent on behalf of the subject
  • Patients listed for multiple organ transplant (heart and kidney or heart and liver) can be included based on agreement of non-cardiac organ transplant team

Who cannot join

  • Participants co-infected with HIV
  • Donor previously treated with an NS5a containing regimen (if treatment history of donor known)
  • Known allergies or hypersensitivity to DAA or ribavarin
  • Pregnancy and/or actively breastfeeding

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Loma Linda University Transplant Institute

    Loma Linda, California, 92354

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About this study

Official title: Pilot Investigation Using HCV Positive Heart Grafts in HCV Negative or Previously Successfully Treated Recipients

To provide proof-of-concept data on the efficacy/safety of transplanting HCV positive donor grafts in HCV negative heart recipients who are currently listed.

Conditions
Heart Failure
Being tested
Procedure: Heart Transplantation
Keywords
HCV
Medical subject headings
Heart Failure

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Procedure: Heart TransplantationProcedure or surgery

    A HCV negative or previously successfully treated recipient who recieves a HCV positive graft will be monitored. Patients who recieve an HCV graft will be treated for HCV according to accepted protocols.

Study groups in NCT04452578
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Experimental: Recipient of HCV positive heart graftExperimentalA single center, open-label, pilot study examining 10 adult HCV negative heart transplant subjects who will receive an HCV infected graft. Target start date for antiviral therapy will be within 3 months after heart transplantation.
Receives: Procedure: Procedure: Heart Transplantation

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Patient Survival Rate

    Measured: 15 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted30 Jun 2020
  2. Study start10 Jun 2020
  3. Primary completion17 Jun 2022
  4. Study completion17 Jun 2022

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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
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
2 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04452578
Sponsor's protocol ID
5190371
Status last verified
Nov 2022
First submitted
26 Jun 2020
Last updated
1 Dec 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Procedure: Heart Transplantation in people with Heart Failure, run by Loma Linda 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 7 inclusion and 4 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Dec 2022. 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 is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Patient Survival Rate (time frame: 15 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

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 1 Dec 2022.

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