Clinical trials: Heart Transplant Rejection
Heart Transplantation
Magnetocardiography as a Non-Invasive Tool for Detecting Tissue Rejection in Heart Transplant Patients
Heart transplantation is a great procedure for selected patients with end-stage heart failure, but graft rejection remains a major factor limiting long-term survival despite continued advancement in the scientific skill of…
- Trial name
- NCT00169936
- Testing
- Magnetocardiograph
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Disorder Related to Cardiac Transplantation
Heart Transplant Registry of Városmajor
The purpose of this registry is to determine the long term outcomes of heart transplantations performed at the Semmelweis University Heart and Vascular Center.
- Trial name
- NCT02347371
- Where
- Hungary
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Semmelweis University Heart and Vascular Center
Heart Transplant
Noninvasive Methods to Monitor Graft Survival in Heart Transplant Patients
Injury of transplant tissue by a transplant recipient's immune system continues to be the leading cause of graft rejection and recipient death.
- Trial name
- NCT00466804
- Testing
- Heart transplant
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 263 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Heart Transplantation, Heart Transplant Rejection
A National Swedish Study Evaluating Dd-cfDNA for as a Diagnostic Biomarker for Rejection Surveillence in Heart Transplantation
The SweD-HTx-study is an observational, multicenter cohort study including adult HTx recipients from Skåne University Hospital (Lund), Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Gothenburg), and Karolinska University Hospital (Stockholm).
- Trial name
- SweD-HTx (NCT07531784)
- Testing
- dd-cfDNA
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Heart Transplant Rejection, Heart Transplant Infection
TTV Viral Load in Heart Transplant Recipients
This prospective, multicenter, non-interventional trial aims to study the association between TTV viral load and the occurrence of rejection or infection during the first year after transplantation.
- Conditions
- Heart Transplant Rejection, Heart Transplant Infection, Virus
- Trial name
- TTVCoeur (NCT05064462)
- Testing
- Collection of EDTA blood sample (5 to 7 ml)
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Heart Transplant Rejection
Molecular Diagnosis of Heart Allograft Rejection Using Intra-Graft Targeted Gene Expression Profiling.
The goal of this observational study is to develop and validate a molecular heart rejection diagnostic system based on targeted transcriptome as a novel monitoring companion tool for heart allograft precision diagnostics…
- Trial name
- Nano-Heart (NCT06436027)
- Testing
- Nano-Heart tool: Intra-Graft Targeted Gene Expression Profiling
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, France and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 496 people
- Sponsor
- Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation
Graft Rejection, Kidney Failure
Study Of The Safety And Efficacy Of Conversion From A CNI To Sirolimus In Renally-Impaired Heart Transplant Recipients
The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether converting from calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) therapy to sirolimus therapy will be more effective than continuing calcineurin inhibitor therapy with respect to renal…
- Trial name
- NCT00369382
- Testing
- cyclosporine or tacrolimus, sirolimus
- Where
- 23 sites in United States, Australia and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
Immunosuppression
Safety Outcomes of Lower Immunosuppression Versus Traditional Immunosuppression in Heart Transplant Recipients
This was a study to compare less intense immunosuppression with a more traditional approach. The hypothesis was that less immunosuppression will provide similar protection against rejection than typical 2-3 drug therapy.
- Trial name
- TICTAC (NCT00299221)
- Testing
- Tacrolimus, combination therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Heart Transplant Rejection
Trifecta-Heart cfDNA-MMDx Study
Demonstrate the relationship between DD-cfDNA levels and HLA antibodies in blood transplant recipient and the Molecular Microscope® (MMDx) Diagnostic System results in indication and protocol biopsies from heart transplants.
- Trial name
- NCT04707872
- Testing
- MMDx diagnostic test, Prospera, HLA antibody
- Where
- 12 sites in United States, Australia and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy, Acute Cellular Graft Rejection
Cardiac Mitochondrial Function After Heart Transplantation
Studies have shown that cardiac function is affected immediately after heart transplantation (HTx), but seems to recover to some extent over the first year.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy, Acute Cellular Graft Rejection, Primary Graft Failure, Mitochondrial Function
- Trial name
- ENERGY-HTX (NCT04105803)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Heart Transplantation
Myocardial Perfusion Echocardiography to Detect Human Heart Transplant Rejection
The primary objective of this proposal is to show the efficacy of contrast enhanced ultrasonography in detecting heart transplant rejection in humans.
- Trial name
- NCT02300870
- Testing
- Optison
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Heart Transplanted Patients, Lung Transplanted Patients
Unraveling Mechanism of Action of Extracorporeal Photopheresis in Heart and Lung Transplant Patients
This is a prospective observational single center national study. Lung and heart transplant patients with a definite diagnosis of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) or cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) will be assigned…
- Conditions
- Heart Transplanted Patients, Lung Transplanted Patients, Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD), Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
- Trial name
- URRAH (NCT06899828)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia
Rejection Heart Transplant, Immunosuppression
Improving Immunosuppressive Therapy in Heart Transplantation
Cardiac allograft rejection (CAR) occurs in 30% to 40% of transplant recipients within the first year post-transplant, and carries an increased risk of both acute graft failure and reduced graft longevity.
- Trial name
- NCT03932539
- Where
- 4 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia
Heart Transplantation, Rejection Heart Transplant
CARdiac Imaging and BIomarkers in the Diagnosis of Antibody Mediated Rejection in Heart Transplantation
The goal of this observational study is to systematically assess the presence and distribution of CMR-defined inflammation and fibrosis in clinically stable HT recipients with DSA detected during active screening for AMR…
- Conditions
- Heart Transplantation, Rejection Heart Transplant, HLA Antigens
- Trial name
- CARIBIAM (NCT06774365)
- Where
- 4 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 683 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Graft Rejection
Efficacy and Safety of Everolimus in Recipients of Heart Transplants to Prevent Acute and Chronic Rejection
This trial was to examine the impact of everolimus and reduced dose of cyclosporine on efficacy and safety compared to mycophenolate mofetil and a standard dose of cyclosporine in heart transplant recipients.
- Trial name
- NCT00300274
- Testing
- everolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, cyclosporine
- Where
- 64 sites in United States, Argentina and 13 more
- Volunteers
- 721 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Heart Transplant Rejection
Cardiac Transplant Metabolomics With and Without Rejection
Patient who received a heart transplant may develop organ rejection. Currently, an invasive biopsy of the heart needs to be performed to diagnose rejection.
- Trial name
- ANTIPARTICLE (NCT05772442)
- Testing
- Extra blood samples (5-10 mL) drawn
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Allosensitization, Heart Transplant Failure and Rejection
Study of Daratumumab for Decreasing Circulating Antibodies in Sensitized Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation
The purpose of this study is to test whether daratumumab, a drug that eliminates antibody-producing plasma cells, can effectively lower the level of preformed antibodies in patients awaiting heart transplantation.
- Trial name
- NCT04088903
- Testing
- Daratumumab
- Sponsor
- Ronald Witteles
Cardiac Transplantation
Use of Daclizumab for the Prevention of Allograft Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients
This protocol is designed to obtain information on the drug levels, metabolism, and safety of daclizumab (Zenapax(R)) in children and adolescents undergoing cardiac transplantation.
- Trial name
- NCT00284531
- Testing
- Daclizumab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Cardiac Transplant Rejection, Lung Transplant Rejection
Genome Transplant Dynamics: Non-invasive Sequencing-based Diagnosis of Rejection
The purpose of this study is to determine whether shotgun sequencing technology, which can be used to detect donor DNA in recipient plasma, can be used as a rapid, accurate, non-invasive method to detect Acute Cellular Rejection…
- Trial name
- GTD (NCT01985412)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Transplant Failure, Heart Transplant Rejection
MuLtimodality EvaluatiOn of aNtibody mEdiated Damage in Heart Transplantation (LEONE-HT)
Cross-sectional evaluation of antibody mediated injury in heart transplantation patients through a multimodal approach: electron microscopy, optic microscopy, immunohistochemistry techniques, transthoracic echocardiography…
- Conditions
- Transplant Failure, Heart Transplant Rejection, Antibody-mediated Rejection
- Trial name
- LEONE-HT (NCT05184426)
- Testing
- Echocardiogram, Cardiac magnetic resonance, Coronary angiography
- Where
- 3 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Juan Francisco Delgado Jimenez