The Transplant Cohort of the German Center for Infection Research

Recruiting

• Conditions: Infections; Transplant Complication; Transplant Failure; Immunosuppression

• Registration Number: NCT06346665
• Lead Sponsor: Technical University of Munich

Brief Summary

Medical data and biological samples obtained from transplant patients are collected and managed across Germany with the help of the DZIF Transplant Cohort. The data and samples form the basis of scientific studies which investigate the connections between numerous factors influencing an organ's susceptibility to infection and organ function.

Detailed Description

Infections in transplant recipients have a decisive impact on graft function and survival of the transplant recipient, but many issues are still poorly understood. For example, little is known about the long-term consequences of many infections on graft survival/function and graft- versus-host disease (GvHD), the role of individual susceptibility to bacterial, viral and fungal colonisation under immune suppression, the evolution of the antiviral T cell repertoire, the long- term impact of antiviral therapy on graft and patient survival or changes in the physiological microbiome that may have a bearing on colonisation with pathogenic microbes. Taking advantage of the fact that most of the university hospitals with sizeable transplantation programs in Germany are also DZIF partners, we will establish a large multicentre prospective observational cohort of transplant recipients.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-01
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Study First Submitted: 2024-03-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-04-03
• Study First Posted: 2024-04-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-22
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-23
• Primary Completion: 2025-12
• Study Completion: 2030-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3000

Inclusion Criteria

• Consent
• undergone transplantation of kidney, pancreas, liver, heart or stem cells

Exclusion Criteria

• No consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Realisation of studies that focus on the the medical needs of transplant patients, particularly with regard to their susceptibility to infection	10 years	Provision of collected data and biosamples to research groups for the realisation of scientific studies with a number of resources that individual clinics could not provide on their own

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Technische Universität München; 🇩🇪 München, Germany