Surgery Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Prospective, Single-Center, Non-Randomized, Clinical Trial of Transplantation of Discarded Livers Using Normothermic Machine Perfusion (NMP)
This is a prospective, non-randomized, clinical trial of discarded liver transplants that have received normothermic machine perfusion (NMP), compared with standard cold preservation liver transplants. The discarded livers rejected by all other centers and meeting pre-NMP eligibility criteria will receive NMP using the OrganOx® metra device. The NMP-treated liver that meets the viability criteria will be transplanted to patients who are eligible and consented to the study. Liver transplant outcomes will be ascertained during 12 months post-transplantation. The results of the trial will be compared with those of contemporary comparison groups of patients who received the standard criteria donor liver transplantation.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 25 |
Est. completion date | September 2026 |
Est. primary completion date | September 2024 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility | PRE-NMP DECLINED LIVER ELIGIBILITY: Inclusion Criteria: - DCD donor aged 6 years or greater and liver weight between 1 kg and 3.4 kg, with functional warm ischemic time (defined as the period between the systolic blood pressure less than 60 mmHg to the time of commencing donor aortic perfusion) in DCD donors less than 40 minutes - DCD asystolic warm ischemia time (from heartbeat stopping to initiation of cold flush) less than 15 minutes - DBD donor aged 6 years or greater and liver weight between 1 kg and 3.4 kg, with less than 8 hours cold ischemia time and DCD livers with less than 7 hours cold ischemia time (defined as the interim from initiation of donor in vivo cold organ preservation to removal of the liver graft from cold storage) - 'Rapid Recovery' donors for liver procurement, meeting the above criteria - Suboptimal in situ flush Exclusion Criteria: - DBD or DCD donor less than 6 years old - DCD grafts with donor functional warm ischemic time (defined as the period between the systolic blood pressure less than 60 mmHg to the time of commencing donor aortic perfusion) greater than or equal to 40 minutes - DCD asystolic warm ischemia time (from heartbeat stopping to initiation of cold flush) greater than or equal to 15 minutes - DBD livers with cold ischemia time greater than or equal to 8 hours and DCD livers with greater than or equal to 7 hours cold ischemia time - Donor serum bilirubin greater than or equal to 5 mg/dL - Liver weight less than 1 kg or greater than or equal to 3.5 kg - Grafts from patients with HIV infection - Cirrhotic livers - Livers with bridging fibrosis LIVER TRANSPLANTATION - HUMAN Inclusion criteria: - Subject must be greater than or equal to 18 years of age. - Subject with end-stage liver disease who is actively listed for primary liver transplantation on the UNOS waiting list - Subject, or a legally authorized representative, has given informed consent to participate in the study - Subject has a frailty classification of "Mild frailty/No frailty (Robust)", based on the Liver Frailty Index (LFI), which has been assessed within 6 months prior to liver transplant OR Subject is able to perform >350 m on a 6 minute walk test (6MWT) within 6 months prior to liver transplant. - In all cases, the "most recent" (and within 6 months prior to transplant) measurement of LFI or 6MWT will be used to determine eligibility. Exclusion criteria: - Subject is currently listed as a UNOS status 1A. - Subject is requiring oxygen therapy via ventilator/respiratory support. - Subject is planned to undergo simultaneous solid organ transplant. - Subject is pregnant at the time of transplant. - Subject MELD score 29 or higher - Subject receives re-transplantation of liver. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Washington University School of Medicine | Saint Louis | Missouri |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Washington University School of Medicine | Mid-America Transplant, OrganOx Ltd. |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Number of patients with no graft failure at 6 months | 6-month graft and patient survival as an indicator of liver function after NMP- treated liver transplantation. 6-month patient survival rate will be estimated as the number of patients who survive by 6 months post-transplantation with NMP-treated livers
This is a nationally accepted outcome routinely assessed in organ transplantation programs. 6-month graft survival rate = (Number of patients with no graft failure at 6-month post transplantation)/(Total number patients who received transplantation with NMP-treated liver) 6-month graft and patient survival rates will be compared to those in each comparison group using Fisher's Exact test. Kaplan-Meier survival curve will be examined as well. |
Up to 6 months | |
Primary | Total number of patients who received NMP-treated liver transplantation | 6-month patient survival rate will be estimated as the number of patients who survive by 6 months post-transplantation with NMP-treated livers divided by the total number of patients who received NMP-treated liver transplantation.
6-month patient survival rate = (Number of patients who survive by 6-month post transplantation)/(Total number patients who received transplantation with NMP-treated liver) 6-month graft and patient survival rates will be compared to those in each comparison group using Fisher's Exact test. Kaplan-Meier survival curve will be examined as well. |
Up to 6 months | |
Secondary | Assess liver graft function and survival after transplantation | Liver graft function assessment: early allograft dysfunction (EAD) and primary non-function (PNF).
Long-term survivals of patient and graft will provide additional evidence on the safety of using NMP-treated liver for transplantation. |
3 months to 1 year | |
Secondary | Assess survival after transplantation | 90-day graft and patient survival
1-year graft and patient survival Long-term survivals of patient and graft will provide additional evidence on the safety of using NMP-treated liver for transplantation. |
3 months to 1 year | |
Secondary | To assess morbidity associated with receipt of NMP-treated liver | Incidence of intrahepatic biliary strictures
Incidence of vascular complications Event rate of requirement of renal replacement therapy Incidence of biopsy-proven acute rejection Event rate of transplant related reoperation rate Length of ICU and hospital stay Event rate of readmissions and other transplant related serious adverse events Incidence rates of adverse outcomes will provide additional evidence on the safety of using previously declined, NMP-treated liver for transplantation |
3 months to 1 year | |
Secondary | Quality of Life Score Questionnaire | Quality of life score using EQ-5D-5L questionnaire.
To evaluate the effect of liver transplantation on patient's quality of life. Quality of life questionnaire will be completed at 3 timepoints: Baseline (prior to transplantation), 90 days and month 6 |
6 months | |
Secondary | Estimate proportion of declined livers that can be used for transplantation following NMP | To estimate the proportion of declined livers that can be used for transplantation following NMP.
Rescue-rate that is the number of viable NMP- treated livers divided by the total number of NMP-treated livers. The organ recovery rate provides additional evidence on the feasibility of using NMP-treated liver for transplantation. |
12 months to 18 months |
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