Longitudinal Study of Cell Free DNA in Lung Transplant

Lung Transplant Rejection Clinical Trial

— LoSt  

Official title:

A Longitudinal Study of Donor-Derived Cell Free DNA in Lung Transplant

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04234919
• Other study ID #: 19-2946
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 19, 2020
• Est. completion date: November 22, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: University of Colorado, Denver
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Lung transplant is a viable treatment strategy for many with end-stage lung diseases. Despite advances in both the surgical and medical management, lung transplant recipients experience episodes of allograft insult and injury that lead to dysfunction and ultimately contribute to graft failure. The primary noninvasive tool for monitoring the lung allograft, pulmonary function testing, is neither sensitive nor specific for lung allograft injury which makes the management of lung transplant recipients particularly challenging. A decline in pulmonary function tests prompts invasive procedures such as bronchoscopy with transbronchial lung biopsy to diagnose the cause of allograft injury, although this, too, is not 100% sensitive, and oftentimes patients are treated empirically for rejection when no other etiology for lung function decline is identified. Empiric treatment prompted by extrapulmonary drivers of decline in lung function may result in inappropriate exposure to risks of augmented immunosuppression. The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent monitoring of donor-derived cell free DNA in lung transplant recipients can be used as a marker of lung injury and stability.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: November 22, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: November 22, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 99 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• = 18 years old

• Actively listed or have recently had a double lung transplant

• Participant is willing and able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior organ transplantation

• Transplantation performed in the setting of hospitalization for acute illness or decompensation

• Unable or unwilling to consent for enrolment

• Single lung transplant recipient

• Consideration for multi-organ transplantation

• Pregnant women

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Lung Transplant Rejection

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Colorado, Denver	Aurora	Colorado

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Colorado, Denver	CareDx

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (17)

Akbarpour M, Wu Q, Liu X, Sun H, Lecuona E, Tomic R, Bhorade S, Mohanakumar T, Bharat A. Clinical relevance of lung-restricted antibodies in lung transplantation. Hum Immunol. 2019 Aug;80(8):595-601. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2019.04.016. Epub 2019 May 8. Review. — View Citation

Bharat A, Saini D, Steward N, Hachem R, Trulock EP, Patterson GA, Meyers BF, Mohanakumar T. Antibodies to self-antigens predispose to primary lung allograft dysfunction and chronic rejection. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Oct;90(4):1094-101. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.009. — View Citation

Chambers DC, Cherikh WS, Goldfarb SB, Hayes D Jr, Kucheryavaya AY, Toll AE, Khush KK, Levvey BJ, Meiser B, Rossano JW, Stehlik J; International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirty-fifth adult lung and heart-lung transplant report-2018; Focus theme: Multiorgan Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 Oct;37(10):1169-1183. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.07.020. Epub 2018 Aug 11. — View Citation

Emtiazjoo AM, Wilkes DS. Humoral immunity and the development of obliterative bronchiolitis after lung transplantation: is there a link? Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2013 Feb;48(2):145-9. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2012-0349RT. Epub 2012 Oct 18. Review. — View Citation

Glanville AR, Aboyoun CL, Havryk A, Plit M, Rainer S, Malouf MA. Severity of lymphocytic bronchiolitis predicts long-term outcome after lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 May 1;177(9):1033-40. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200706-951OC. Epub 2008 Feb 8. — View Citation

Glanville AR, Verleden GM, Todd JL, Benden C, Calabrese F, Gottlieb J, Hachem RR, Levine D, Meloni F, Palmer SM, Roman A, Sato M, Singer LG, Tokman S, Verleden SE, von der Thüsen J, Vos R, Snell G. Chronic lung allograft dysfunction: Definition and update of restrictive allograft syndrome-A consensus report from the Pulmonary Council of the ISHLT. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019 May;38(5):483-492. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.03.008. Epub 2019 Apr 3. — View Citation

Glanville AR. Bronchoscopic monitoring after lung transplantation. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Apr;31(2):208-21. doi: 10.1055/s-0030-1249117. Epub 2010 Mar 30. Review. — View Citation

Hopkins PM, Aboyoun CL, Chhajed PN, Malouf MA, Plit ML, Rainer SP, Glanville AR. Association of minimal rejection in lung transplant recipients with obliterative bronchiolitis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Nov 1;170(9):1022-6. Epub 2004 Aug 5. — View Citation

Khalifah AP, Hachem RR, Chakinala MM, Yusen RD, Aloush A, Patterson GA, Mohanakumar T, Trulock EP, Walter MJ. Minimal acute rejection after lung transplantation: a risk for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. Am J Transplant. 2005 Aug;5(8):2022-30. — View Citation

Kulkarni HS, Bemiss BC, Hachem RR. Antibody-mediated Rejection in Lung Transplantation. Curr Transplant Rep. 2015 Dec;2(4):316-323. Epub 2015 Sep 30. — View Citation

Levine DJ, Glanville AR, Aboyoun C, Belperio J, Benden C, Berry GJ, Hachem R, Hayes D Jr, Neil D, Reinsmoen NL, Snyder LD, Sweet S, Tyan D, Verleden G, Westall G, Yusen RD, Zamora M, Zeevi A. Antibody-mediated rejection of the lung: A consensus report of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2016 Apr;35(4):397-406. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.01.1223. Epub 2016 Feb 10. Review. — View Citation

Morrell MR, Pilewski JM, Gries CJ, Pipeling MR, Crespo MM, Ensor CR, Yousem SA, D'Cunha J, Shigemura N, Bermudez CA, McDyer JF, Zeevi A. De novo donor-specific HLA antibodies are associated with early and high-grade bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and death after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2014 Dec;33(12):1288-94. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.07.018. Epub 2014 Aug 23. — View Citation

Rademacher J, Suhling H, Greer M, Haverich A, Welte T, Warnecke G, Gottlieb J. Safety and efficacy of outpatient bronchoscopy in lung transplant recipients - a single centre analysis of 3,197 procedures. Transplant Res. 2014 May 27;3:11. doi: 10.1186/2047-1440-3-11. eCollection 2014. — View Citation

Safavi S, Robinson DR, Soresi S, Carby M, Smith JD. De novo donor HLA-specific antibodies predict development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2014 Dec;33(12):1273-81. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.07.012. Epub 2014 Jul 21. — View Citation

Snyder LD, Wang Z, Chen DF, Reinsmoen NL, Finlen-Copeland CA, Davis WA, Zaas DW, Palmer SM. Implications for human leukocyte antigen antibodies after lung transplantation: a 10-year experience in 441 patients. Chest. 2013 Jul;144(1):226-233. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-0587. — View Citation

Verleden GM, Glanville AR, Lease ED, Fisher AJ, Calabrese F, Corris PA, Ensor CR, Gottlieb J, Hachem RR, Lama V, Martinu T, Neil DAH, Singer LG, Snell G, Vos R. Chronic lung allograft dysfunction: Definition, diagnostic criteria, and approaches to treatment-A consensus report from the Pulmonary Council of the ISHLT. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019 May;38(5):493-503. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.03.009. Epub 2019 Apr 3. — View Citation

Weigt SS, Wang X, Palchevskiy V, Gregson AL, Patel N, DerHovanessian A, Shino MY, Sayah DM, Birjandi S, Lynch JP 3rd, Saggar R, Ardehali A, Ross DJ, Palmer SM, Elashoff D, Belperio JA. Gene Expression Profiling of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cells Preceding a Clinical Diagnosis of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction. PLoS One. 2017 Jan 19;12(1):e0169894. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169894. eCollection 2017. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Relationship	Determine the relationship between donor derived cell free DNA and lung allograft function during the first year after lung transplant.	12 Months
Secondary	Quantitative Assessments	Quantitative assessments of dd-cfDNA obtained at pre-specified timepoints post-transplant compared to clinical events (PGD scores, detection of allograft dysfunction, rejection, or infection).	12 Months