Clinical trial NCT03801707: Utilization of Hepatitis C Positive Kidneys in Negative Recipients
Official title: An Open Label, Proof of Concept Study to Evaluate the Feasibility and Safety of Kidney Transplant From HCV Positive Donors Into HCV Negative Recipient
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
PHASE3
Conditions: Kidney Transplant
Hepatitis C
HCV
Lead sponsor: Ohio State University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-01-11
Enrollment: 54
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: To evaluate the safety and feasibility of transplanting kidneys from Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected donors into recipients without HCV infection

Detailed description: This will be an open label, prospective, interventional, proof of concept study to evaluate the feasibility and safety of kidney transplant from HCV positive donors into HCV negative recipients using treatment with pan-genotypic direct acting antiviral therapies (DAAS) for treatment of post-transplant HCV transmission

Eligibility criteria: Recipient Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult age \>18 years able to provide consent
* Lack of available living donor
* Calculated pre-transplant reactive panel (cPRA) of \<80%
* Estimated post-transplant survival (EPTS) index \>20% and \<80%
* Negative pre-transplant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and hepatitis B virus (HBV) serology and blood HCV polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
* No clinically significant pre-transplant liver disease

Exclusion Criteria:

* Living donor available
* Dialysis time \>5 years
* Listing for multi-organ transplantation
* Active or recent history (\<6 months) of alcohol abuse or substance abuse
* Clinically significant liver disease as determined by principal investigator
* History of hepatocarcinoma
* Pregnancy or lactation
* Refusal to accept blood transfusion
* HIV infection
* HCV pcr or antibody positive
* HBV infection

Donor Inclusion Criteria:

* Positive HCV PCR at time of donation
* Kidney donor profile index (KDPI)\<85%

Primary outcomes:
measure: Proportion of Patients With Undetectable Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) at 12 Weeks After Completion of HCV Treatment
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Elevation in Liver Enzyme >5 Times the Upper Limits, Development of Acute Cholestatic Hepatitis , or Intolerance to Direct Acting Antiviral Therapies
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) at 6 and 12 Months Post-transplant
timeFrame: 6 and 12 months
measure: Patient's Survival at 6 and 12 Months
timeFrame: 6 and 12 months
measure: Graft Survival at 6 and 12 Months
timeFrame: 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Columbus
country: United States
facility: Brenda Cuson
state: Ohio
Study officials:
affiliation: Ohio State University School of Biomedical Science: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
name: Reem Daloul, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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