DCD IIT: Evaluating the Safety of Utilizing Donor Hearts From Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD) Donors

Organ Transplant Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluating the Safety of Utilizing Donor Hearts From Donation After Circulatory Death (DCD) Donors Compared to Donor Hearts From Donation After Brain Death (DBD) Donors: A Single Center Pilot Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05462041
• Other study ID #: STUDY00002090
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 10, 2022
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Contact: Shruti Shantharam
• Phone: 5627873255
• Email: shruti.shantharam[@]csmns.org
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose the research is to evaluate whether patients who receive a Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) heart for cardiac transplantation using either normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) or direct procurement and perfusion (DPP) have similar outcomes as patients who receive Donation after Brain Death (DBD) heart using standard cold storage. The study will also evaluate whether DCD procured hearts have a meaningful impact on hearts available for transplantation at our center.

Description:

In the U.S., heart donation occurs after a person has been declared brain dead and is called a donor after brain death (DBD). In these patients, the heart continues to beat and pump blood throughout the body. After life support is withdrawn, organs are retrieved immediately for transplantation. This study will use hearts from donors after circulatory death (DCD) donors. DCD donors are those whose hearts have stopped beating and no longer pump blood. DCD hearts are not used as often for transplantation today in the U.S. because they may be further injured during traditional cold storage. In the US, donor hearts are currently mostly obtained from donors after brain death (DBD), although DCD donors are used for other donated organs, such as: lungs, kidneys, and livers.

This study will evaluate whether patients who receive a DCD heart transplant using either NRP or DPP have similar outcomes as patients who receive DBD hearts using standard cold storage. The study will also evaluate whether DCD procured hearts have a meaningful impact on hearts available for transplantation at our center. Ten (10) DCD donor heart recipients will be enrolled into the study intervention group, and approximately 30 DBD donor heart recipients will be enrolled into the control group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: August 31, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Recipient Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects must be willing and be capable of understanding the purpose and risks of the study and must sign a statement of informed consent OR consent of a legally authorized representative of a cognitively impaired individual will be obtained before the cognitively impaired individual may be included in research.

2. Signed: 1) written informed consent document and 2) authorization to use and disclose protected health information

3. Male or female, aged 18 years of age or older listed for primary heart transplant

Recipient Exclusion Criteria:

1. Prior history of cardiac transplantation

2. Multi-organ transplant

3. Current or planned participation in another interventional trial

4. Recipient has any condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would make study participation unsafe or would interfere with the objectives of the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Death
• Organ Transplant

Intervention

Other:
• DBD Donor Heart Transplantation
A technique of donor heart procurement.

Device:
• DCD Donor Heart Transplantation
A technique of donor heart procurement. The TransMedics' OCS Heart technology is the only portable system available for ex-vivo maintenance of the donor heart in a metabolically active and beating state. It is currently FDA approved for procurement and transport.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Cedars Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Evaluate the safety of utilizing DCD donor hearts as compared to DBD donor hearts for transplantation.	Percentage of subjects with incidence of heart graft-related Serious Adverse Events (HGRSAEs) in the DCD Heart Transplanted Recipient Population	30 days post-heart transplant
Secondary	Assess the practical, financial and logistical viability of using NRP vs. DPP for the procurement of DCD donor hearts.	Length of time on waiting list for DCD hearts (compared to time on waiting list for DBD heart for that patient, and compared to the median time for a patient matched for height and ABO group)	1 year