Characteristics of Pulmonary Vascular Changes in Patients With Kidney Transplantation

Pulmonary Hypertension Clinical Trial

Official title:

Characteristics of Pulmonary Vascular Changes in Patients With Kidney Transplantation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04842591
• Other study ID #: 33-022 ex 20/21
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: December 23, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: Medical University of Graz
• Contact: Gabor Kovacs, MD
• Phone: +43-316-385-80748
• Email: gabor.kovacs[@]klinikum-graz.at
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to investigate pulmonary hemodynamics at rest and during exercise in patients before and after kidney transplantation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: = 18 years

• patients listed for first kidney transplantation at the Clinical Division of Nephrology

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age < 18 years

• combined organ transplantations (heart-kidney, pancreas-kidney etc.)

• patients with prior kidney transplantation

• high calcium score on cardiac-CT (> 160 Agatston Score)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Haemodialysis
• Hypertension
• Hypertension, Pulmonary
• Kidney Transplantation
• Pulmonary Hypertension

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• exercise echocardiography
All patients will undergo exercise echocardiography during a symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise test.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Austria	Medical University of Graz, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonology	Graz

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Medical University of Graz	Janssen-Cilag G.m.b.H

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

References & Publications (16)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in the systolic pulmonary arterial pressure/cardiac output (SPAP/CO) slope	Change in the systolic pulmonary arterial pressure/cardiac output (SPAP/CO) slope (calculated as the difference of maximal and resting SPAP divided by the difference of maximal and resting CO) before versus one year after kidney transplantation assessed by exercise echocardiography	Baseline and 1 year after kidney transplantation
Secondary	Change in systolic pulmonary arterial pressure at rest before versus one year after kidney transplantation assessed by (exercise) echocardiography		Baseline and 1 year after kidney transplantation
Secondary	Change in systolic pulmonary arterial pressure at 25 Watts before versus one year after kidney transplantation assessed by (exercise) echocardiography		Baseline and 1 year after kidney transplantation
Secondary	Change in mean pulmonary arterial pressure at rest before versus one year after kidney transplantation		Baseline and 1 year after kidney transplantation
Secondary	Change in mean pulmonary arterial pressure during exercise before versus one year after kidney transplantation		Baseline and 1 year after kidney transplantation
Secondary	Change in pulmonary vascular resistance at rest before versus one year after kidney transplantation		Baseline and 1 year after kidney transplantation
Secondary	Change in pulmonary vascular resistance during exercise before versus one year after kidney transplantation		Baseline and 1 year after kidney transplantation
Secondary	Change in pulmonary arterial wedge pressure at rest before versus one year after kidney transplantation		Baseline and 1 year after kidney transplantation
Secondary	Change in pulmonary arterial wedge pressure during exercise before versus one year after kidney transplantation		Baseline and 1 year after kidney transplantation
Secondary	Change in cardiac output at rest before versus one year after kidney transplantation		Baseline and 1 year after kidney transplantation
Secondary	Change in cardiac output during exercise before versus one year after kidney transplantation		Baseline and 1 year after kidney transplantation