Clinical trials: Heart Transplant Rejection
Heart Transplant Recipients
The GRAFT Study: Evaluation of Graft Function, Rejection and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in First Heart Transplant Recipients.
Objective: To assess the relationship between coronary allograft vasculopathy (CAV) and graft function, and to evaluate non-invasive methods for CAV diagnosis.
- Trial name
- NCT02077764
- Testing
- OCT and coronary angiography, Right heart cat., PET
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aarhus University Hospital Skejby
Cardiac Transplant Failure, Cardiac Transplant Rejection
Utility of Donor-Derived Cell Free DNA in Association With Gene Expression Profiling
Plasma donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is measured as a % of the total plasma cfDNA in association with the measurement of AlloMap, a non-invasive gene expression test to aid in heart transplant management.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Transplant Failure, Cardiac Transplant Rejection, Heart Diseases
- Trial name
- D-OAR (NCT02178943)
- Where
- 28 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CareDx
Heart Failure, Liver Fibrosis
Magnetic Resonance Elastography as a Method to Estimate Stiffness of Soft Tissues
Magnetic resonance elastography is a novel non-invasive MRI technique to obtain stiffness of soft tissues such as liver, heart, kidneys, etc.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Liver Fibrosis, Cardiac Transplant Rejection, Aortic Aneurysms
- Trial name
- MRE (NCT01757730)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arunark Kolipaka
Cardiac Transplant Rejection
A Pilot Study Evaluating the Potential of 18F Fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT Imaging in Diagnosing Cardiac Rejection.
This pilot study aims to assess whether 18F-FDG PET CT imaging has the potential in diagnosing cardiac rejection. The investigators aim to recruit 20 heart transplant subjects within two groups of 10 subjects each.
- Trial name
- NCT06519240
- Testing
- 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-computed Tomography (18F-FDG PET CT)
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Heart Transplant Recipients
Autonomic Cardiovascular Control After Heart Transplantation
The purpose of this prospective study is to investigate denervation (ie. surgical cutting of autonomic nerves) and re-innervation (ie. growth of autonomic nerves) in heart transplant recipients. More specifically, we focus on: 1.
- Trial name
- AccHeart (NCT01759966)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Transplantation, Heart-Lung, Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction
Evaluation of Electrical Impedance Tomography for the Diagnosis of Chronic Rejection in Lung Transplants Recipients
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is non-invasive and provides functional imaging of the lung and it could be a useful tool to diagnose chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) and specially Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome…
- Conditions
- Transplantation, Heart-Lung, Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction, Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome
- Trial name
- CLAD (NCT02863835)
- Testing
- EIT, Salbutamol nebulisation and with CPAP
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Graft Rejection, Heart Disease
Cardiac Allograft Rejection Gene Expression Observational (CARGO) II STUDY
The Cardiac Allograft Rejection Gene Expression Observational (CARGO) II Study is designed to provide independent evidence of the clinical performance of the non-invasive AlloMap test.
- Trial name
- CARGOII (NCT00761787)
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, Austria and 9 more
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- XDx
Cardiac Transplant Failure, Cardiac Transplant Rejection
Outcomes AlloMap Registry: the Long-term Management and Outcomes of Heart Transplant Recipients With AlloMap Testing
The objective of this registry is to observe short and long term clinical outcomes in heart transplant recipients who receive regular AlloMap testing as part of allograft rejection surveillance.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Transplant Failure, Cardiac Transplant Rejection, Heart Diseases
- Trial name
- OAR (NCT01833195)
- Where
- 36 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,444 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CareDx
Heart Transplant Failure and Rejection, Heart Failure
HEARTBiT: Multi-Marker Blood Test for Acute Cardiac Transplant Rejection
Heart transplantation is a life saving therapy for people with end stage heart failure. Acute rejection, a process where the immune system recognizes the transplanted heart as foreign and mounts a response against it, remains a…
- Conditions
- Heart Transplant Failure and Rejection, Heart Failure, Heart Diseases, Heart Failure，Congestive
- Trial name
- HEARTBiT (NCT03575910)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 196 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Graft Rejection, Heart Diseases
A Comparison of AlloMap Molecular Testing and Traditional Biopsy-based Surveillance for Heart Transplant Rejection Early Post-transplantation
This study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a peripheral blood mononuclear cell gene expression profiling method (AlloMap) in monitoring asymptomatic heart transplant patients for acute rejection beginning 2-6…
- Trial name
- EIMAGE (NCT00962377)
- Testing
- Endomyocardial biopsy, AlloMap Molecular Testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- XDx
Heart Failure, Respiratory Failure
Donor Simvastatin Treatment in Organ Transplantation
The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of donor simvastatin treatment on ischemia-reperfusion injury after heart transplantation.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Respiratory Failure, Liver Failure, Kidney Failure
- Trial name
- SIMVA (NCT01160978)
- Testing
- Simvastatin 80mg, Control Rx
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Heart Transplant Rejection
Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Targeted Therapy After Heart Transplantation
The objective of this prospective observational single center study is to investigate donor-derived cell-free DNA (ddcfDNA), peripheral blood platelet mRNA, peripheral blood extracellular vesicle mRNA, and peripheral blood…
- Trial name
- EMBIO (NCT06064123)
- Testing
- Cell-free DNA
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital