Evaluation of the Added Clinical Value of Donor-derived Cell-free DNA for the Monitoring of Cardiac Allograft Rejection: an Observational Prospective Longitudinal Multicenter Study.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Heart Transplantation
- Sponsor
- Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation
- Enrollment
- 320
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of patients with biopsy proven rejection and / or acute allograft dysfunction
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this observational study is to assess the clinical added value of donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) to monitor cardiac allograft rejection. The main question it aims to answer is whether dd-cfDNA is independently associated with rejection and if it allows a significant improvement in individual risk stratification of rejection on top of a robust predictive model based on standard clinical and biological predictive variables.
Detailed Description
Despite major advances in immunosuppression, allograft rejection remains an important complication after heart transplantation. International guidelines recommend performing routine endomyocardial biopsies (EMB) to detect allograft rejection with the goal of identifying rejection at a subclinical state. However, this invasive strategy suffers from major limitations, making an improvement in individual risk stratification of rejection highly needed. Major advances in the field of non-invasive biomarkers of cardiac rejection have been made. Strong associations between donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) and cardiac rejection have been reported, including in properly designed prospective observational studies with a longitudinal follow-up. However, the independent nature of this association and the improvement in individual risk stratification with dd-cfDNA on top of routine parameters have not yet been demonstrated. The aim of our study is to challenge, in a large observational prospective cohort, the clinical added value of dd-cfDNA with a previously published robust rejection predictive model including the following variables: time post-transplant, pre-transplant sensitizing event, circulating anti-HLA donor-specific antibodies (DSA) with mean fluorescence intensity ≥ 3,000, acute graft dysfunction and prior history of rejection.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •heart transplant recipients,
- •heart transplantation performed for more than 30 days,
- •clinical indication of an endomyocardial biopsy, either protocol or for cause,
- •informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •multiorgan transplantation
- •refusal to participate
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of patients with biopsy proven rejection and / or acute allograft dysfunction
Time Frame: 12 months
* acute cellular rejection ≥ 2R according to the international society for heart and lung transplantation working formulation * antibody-mediated rejection ≥ pAMR1 according to the international society for heart and lung transplantation working formulation * acute allograft dysfunction defined as an unknown left ventricular ejection fraction - LVEF \< 0.50 and/or acute drop in LVEF ≥ 0.15 compared to baseline evaluation.
Secondary Outcomes
- Independent association between donor-derived cell-free DNA and allograft ejection(12 months)
- Individual risk stratification(12 months)