Clinical trials: Kidney Donation
End Stage Kidney Disease
Evaluation of a Website on Living Kidney Donation for Hispanics
The purpose of this study is to increase understanding about living kidney donation (LKD) among Hispanic/Latino patients and public by increasing knowledge and positive attitudes about LKD.
- Trial name
- NCT01859871
- Testing
- Website Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Nephrectomy
Recovery of Short-term Renal Function in Post-transplant Patients Living Donor
Objectives: To describe and analyze the perioperative and functional evolution of short-term renal graft in patients with kidney transplantation from a live donor, comparing three surgical techniques for obtaining kidney graft…
- Trial name
- NCT03717259
- Testing
- Open nephrectomy, Hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy, Laparoscopic nephrectomy
- Volunteers
- 508 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Hydrocele, Hydrocele of Tunica Vaginalis
Hydrocelectomies in Male Donors
This is a population-based matched cohort study to examine whether male living kidney donors are at increased risk of undergoing hydrocelectomy compared to similar males in the general population.
- Conditions
- Hydrocele, Hydrocele of Tunica Vaginalis, Hydrocelectomy, Living Kidney Donor
- Trial name
- NCT07078123
- Testing
- Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
- Volunteers
- 2,750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Kidney Donor
Quadratus Lumborum Block Versus Transversus Abdominus Plane Block for Pain Management After Donor Nephrectomy
To evaluate quadratus lumborum block effect on post operative pain scores during the first 24 hours after surgery as compared to transversus abdominis plane block after laparoscopic donor nephrectomy patients.
- Trial name
- NCT03476850
- Testing
- QL Block, TAP Block
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Surgery
Does Adding Spinal Anaesthesia to a General Anaesthetic Technique Influence Readiness for Discharge in Patients Having Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy
About 1100 living donor nephrectomies are performed in the UK every year contributing to almost 35% of all the kidney transplants.
- Trial name
- NCT02700217
- Testing
- Bupivacaine and Diamorphine, Remifentanil, Propofol and Cistracurium, Bupivacaine and Rectus Sheath injection
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Kidney Transplant
The Paired Donation Consortium Paired Donation Program
The purpose of the protocol is to increase the number of living donor transplants by eliminating immune incompatibilities between donors and recipients through paired donation.
- Trial name
- NCT00374400
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
Chronic Pain, Living Kidney Donor
The Effect of Quadratus Lumborum (QL) Block on the Incidence of Chronic Neuropathic Pain After Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Study on Neuroinflammation and Neurophysiology
To analyze the relationship of anterior subcostal quadratus lumborum (QL) block compared with control block on the incidence of chronic neuropathic pain at three months post-laparoscopic retroperitoneal living kidney donor.
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain, Living Kidney Donor, Quadratus Lumborum Block, Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
- Trial name
- NCT07037992
- Testing
- injection of local anesthesia solution, Injection of normal saline
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Renal Transplant Donor of Left Kidney, Donor Nephrectomy
Robotic Single Port Donor Nephrectomy
Feasibility study on robotic-assisted single-site donor nephrectomy utilizing da Vinci instrumentation and Single-Site platforms.
- Conditions
- Renal Transplant Donor of Left Kidney, Donor Nephrectomy, Robotic Surgery, Single-port
- Trial name
- NCT01925677
- Testing
- da Vinci® Single-Site™
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Kidney Donation, Robotic Surgery
Comparison of Robot-assisted Donornephrectomy vs Hand-assisted Laparoscopic Donornephrectomy
The aim of this retrospective study was to analyze donor and recipient outcomes after robotic-assisted donor nephrectomy and hand-assisted laparoscopic donornephrectomy.
- Trial name
- NCT05194280
- Testing
- Robotic surgery
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 186 people
- Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
End Stage Renal Disease, End Stage Liver Disease
Dissemination of the Donor Application: Utilizing Social Media to Identify Potential Live Organ Donors
This study utilizes a web-based application to help patients on the organ transplant waitlist communicate patient's need for a living donor via social media and provide interested potential donors the opportunity to engage with…
- Trial name
- NCT03803423
- Testing
- The Donor App
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Renal Disease
Comparison of Low Versus Normal Pressure Pneumoperitoneum - With Profound Low Versus Normal Pressure Pneumoperitoneum -With Profound Muscle Relaxation- During Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
As both patients with end-stage kidney disease and society benefit tremendously from live kidney donation, the safety and well-being of kidney donors are highly important objectives in live kidney donation.
- Trial name
- LEOPARD2 (NCT02146417)
- Testing
- Low pressure pneumoperitoneum, Normal pressure pneumoperitoneum (12 mmHg), Deep neuromuscular block
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Quadratus Lumborum Block, Surgical Wound Infiltration
Surgeon Infiltration QL Block Comparison
The purpose of this study is to learn if using a Quadratus Lumborum (QL) plane injection technique (also called a "nerve block") that numbs the nerves going to the abdominal area improve pain control after surgery compared to…
- Trial name
- NCT03496610
- Testing
- Liposomal Bupivicaine, QL Block
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Organ Transplant Failure or Rejection, Brain Death
Calcineurin Inhibitor in NEuRoloGically Deceased Donors to Decrease Kidney delaYed Graft Function (CINERGY)
The investigators hypothesize that preconditioning neurologically deceased organ donors with the calcineurin inhibitor tacrolimus will improve short and long-term transplant survival without causing harm.
- Conditions
- Organ Transplant Failure or Rejection, Brain Death, Ischemic Reperfusion Injury
- Trial name
- CINERGY (NCT05148715)
- Testing
- Tacrolimus
- Where
- 9 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 414 people
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Renal Transplant Donor of Left Kidney
Enhanced Recovery Open Versus Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
A phase III randomized trial conducted to compare recovery outcomes between laparoscopic and open donor nephrectomy within a specified enhanced recovery protocol
- Trial name
- MEnROL (NCT02699489)
- Testing
- Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, Open donor nephrectomy
- Volunteers
- 224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mansoura University
Renal Failure, Kidney Donors
BOne Dysfunction in Donor NEphrectomieS
Most dialysis patients die from vascular disease, which is statistically associated with changes related to chronic kidney disease associated mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD)3-9.
- Trial name
- BONES (NCT04674397)
- Testing
- Radioisotope GFR test
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Disorder Related to Renal Transplantation, Renal Transplant Rejection
A Perspective Multicenter Controlled Study On Application Of Mesenchymal Stem Cell(MSC) To Prevent Rejection After Renal Transplantation By Donation After Cardiac Death
Although donation after cardiac death(DCD) is the major source of renal transplantation in China, high incidence rate of rejection and delayed graft function(DGF) is existing due to the prolonged ischemia time.
- Trial name
- NCT02490020
- Testing
- mesenchymal stem cell
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- Qipeng Sun
Kidney Disease
Transplant Social Worker Support for Live Kidney Donation in African Americans
Talking About Live Kidney Donation Support (TALKS) will study the effectiveness of education, behavior, and financial support interventions to improve consideration of live kidney transplantation/live kidney donation among…
- Trial name
- TALKS (NCT02369354)
- Testing
- TALKS Social Worker Intervention, Financial Assistance Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Kidney Transplant, Renal Transplant
Trial to Define the Benefits and Harms of Deceased Donor Kidney Procurement Biopsies
The purpose of this research study is to compare the impact of the availability of biopsy results at the time of organ offers on the use and outcomes of kidneys from deceased donors.
- Trial name
- NCT03837522
- Testing
- Procurement Biopsy: Frozen section, Procurement Biopsy: Permanent section
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- St. Louis University
Kidney Transplant
Knowledge and Attitude of Dialysis Center Medical Staff Towards Living Kidney Donation
The goal of this cross-sectional study is to learn about the level of knowledge and attitudes of medical staff working in dialysis centers about living kidney donations.
- Trial name
- NCT05797337
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University
Kidney Transplant, Kidney Transplant Donor
Outcomes of a Pre-operative Exercise Programme for Live Donor and Recipient Kidney Transplant Patients
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a pre-operative outpatient exercise programme, monitored by a smart wearable device is acceptable to live kidney donor and recipient transplant patients.
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplant, Kidney Transplant Donor, Kidney Transplant Recipient
- Trial name
- OPERATe (NCT06858098)
- Testing
- Exercise programme, Wearable smart device
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester