Clinical trials: Kidney Donors
Kidney Transplant, Renal Transplant Recipients
Allogeneic Regulatory Dendritic Cell (DCreg) Renal Study
This study will evaluate the safety and feasibility of treatment involving a single infusion of donor-derived regulatory dendritic cells (DCreg) in first time, living donor renal transplant recipients.
- Trial name
- RTB-006 (NCT03726307)
- Testing
- DCreg: 0.5 million cells/kg+SOC, DCreg: 1.2 million cells/kg+SOC, DCreg:2.5 to 5.0 million cells/kg+SOC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Angus W. Thomson PhD DSc
Kidney Transplantation, Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Multiparametric MRI in a Prospective Cohort of Living Kidney Donors, Recipients, and Healthy Controls: Correlations With Markers of Renal Function, Fibrosis and Ageing
Development of renal fibrosis is the irreversible culmination of various renal diseases and independently predicts adverse outcomes. Currently renal fibrosis can only be diagnosed by performing a renal biopsy.
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplantation, Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Living Donors, Renal Fibrosis
- Trial name
- MpRenal (NCT06210555)
- Testing
- Renal transplantation, Living kidney donation
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Patrick Schjelderup
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
Narcotic Use, Renal Transplant Donor of Left Kidney
Postoperative Pain Protocol Limiting Narcotics for Laparoscopic Hand-assisted Donor Nephrectomy
Kidney donors represent healthy patients and their anticipated postoperative course should be uncomplicated and brief. This study looks to optimize the perioperative pain regimen of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy patients by…
- Trial name
- NCT06458842
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
Living Donor Nephrectomy, Living Kidney Donation
Long-term Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Living Kidney Donors
The investigative team will conduct a population-based, matched retrospective cohort study across Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia using linked administrative healthcare databases to evaluate the long-term risk of major…
- Conditions
- Living Donor Nephrectomy, Living Kidney Donation, Living Kidney Donor, Living Kidney Donors
- Trial name
- NCT07431515
- Testing
- Nephrectomy
- Volunteers
- 50,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Pain, Postoperative
Study Evaluating the Effects of Toradol and Lyrica for Pain Control After Donor Nephrectomy
The investigators will assess how the use of toradol and pregabalin affects return to bowel function and see if there is a difference in length of hospital stay.
- Trial name
- NCT03669081
- Testing
- Ketorolac, Pregabalin, Saline
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Kidney Stones, Urolithiasis, Hypocitraturia, Living Kidney Donation
Long-Term Risk of Kidney Stones in Living Kidney Donors
Using a population-based, matched, retrospective cohort approach, this study will evaluate the long-term risk of kidney stones among living kidney donors compared with matched healthy nondonors.
- Conditions
- Kidney Stones, Urolithiasis, Hypocitraturia, Living Kidney Donation, Living Kidney Donor
- Trial name
- NCT07611500
- Testing
- Living kidney donation
- Volunteers
- 50,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Renal Transplantation, Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
Erector Spinae Plane Block in Renal Transplantation Donors
Erector Spina Plan Block (ESPB) is a relatively new, easy-to-apply and safe regional anesthesia technique used to provide postoperative analgesia in various surgeries.
- Conditions
- Renal Transplantation, Laparoscopic Nephrectomy, Erector Spinae Plane Block
- Trial name
- NCT04863716
- Testing
- Erector Spinae Plane Block, Intravenous fentanyl patient control device
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Koc University Hospital
Transplant Donation
Information-Assisted Intervention for Potential Living Kidney Donors
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an information-assisted intervention in enhancing knowledge, decision self-efficacy, and reducing decisional conflict among potential living kidney donors.
- Trial name
- NCT07243717
- Testing
- Information-Assisted Intervention
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
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
Renal Insufficiency
Atorvastatin in the Recipient's Kidney Graft From a Living Donor
Renal insufficiency is a priority disease in the health system, which may require renal replacement therapy based on kidney transplantation, which is considered as therapy of choice.
- Trial name
- ATORV15 (NCT02522117)
- Testing
- Atorvastatin
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Kidney Transplant Donor
Modifiable Factors Affecting Racial Disparities in Kidney Donation
While many people offer to be evaluated at transplant centers as potential living donors to donate one kidney to someone they know, few ultimately donate. Racial/ethnic minorities are less likely to become living donors.
- Trial name
- NCT07793877
- Testing
- Not applicable- observational study
- Volunteers
- 2,332 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Kidney Disease
Living-Related Donor Bone Marrow Immunoregulation in Kidney Transplants
Diabetes and end-stage kidney, liver and heart disease are prominent health issues among veteran patients. Successful solid organ transplantation in the absence of chronic immunosuppressive therapy (specific acquired…
- Trial name
- NCT00018785
- Testing
- donor bone marrow infusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
Effects of a Reduction in Renal Function on Cardiovascular Structure and Function
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is present in 1 in 7 of the population and confers a high risk of cardiovascular disease. The pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease in CKD is poorly understood because CKD is always accompanied by…
- Conditions
- Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular, Hypertension
- Trial name
- CRIB-DONOR II (NCT02973607)
- Testing
- Nephrectomy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Kidney Disease, Kidney Transplant
Strategies to Transform Kidney Care and Improve Pursuit of Transplant
Approximately 15% of the U.S. population has chronic kidney disease, and ~700,000 patients are in full kidney failure also called end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).
- Conditions
- Kidney Disease, Kidney Transplant, Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant, Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
- Trial name
- NCT07794631
- Testing
- Digital Health Integration, Training for Early Transplant Access and Support, Kidney Health Mobile Health (mHealth) Application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Kidney Transplant, Kidney Donor
Transforming Curiosity Into Donation
This is a multi-step study that will first create a preliminary living donor drop-out risk index (LD-DROP) by retrospectively identifying factors that contribute to the discontinuation of living donor evaluation.
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplant, Kidney Donor, Drop Out, High Risk
- Trial name
- NCT07793890
- Testing
- Living Kidney Donor Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Living-Kidney Donors
Dietary Interventions During Living Kidney Donations
Monocentre, non-randomized, non-blinded, open-label interventional study to identification of relevant changes in molecular biology in proteome, phosphoproteome, lipidome, epigenome and transcriptome in pretransplant kidney…
- Trial name
- DILKID (NCT05709600)
- Testing
- Fasting mimicking diet, Ketogenic diet, Dietary restriction of sulfur containing amino acids
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Cologne
Renal Insufficiency
Anti-inflammatory Effect of Atorvastatin on Graft Donor Kidney
Renal Insufficiency is a priority disease in health system, which may require renal replacement therapy based on renal transplantation, which is considered as therapy of choice.
- Trial name
- NCT02355704
- Testing
- Atorvastatin
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Living Kidney Donors
A Prospective UK Multicentre Study of Kidney Donors
Studies of patients with established kidney disease, even when this is mild, appear to show that they are at high risk of heart failure, stroke and sudden cardiac death.
- Trial name
- EARNEST (NCT01769924)
- Testing
- Nephrectomy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 463 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Healthy, Living Kidney Donation
Telemedicine to Support Living Kidney Donor Candidates
The goal of this feasibility clinical trial is to learn if telemedicine can be used to provide education and evaluation and counseling for people who are considering living kidney donation.
- Trial name
- NCT07206069
- Testing
- Standard Care (in control arm), Telemedicine Shared Decision-Making
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine