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Kidney Graft Tolerance KTOL

Recruiting
Conditions
Kidney Transplant Tolerance
Registration Number
NCT06271343
Lead Sponsor
Nantes University Hospital
Brief Summary

Prospective experimental study using PBMC from a limited number of adult patients (15) treated at Nantes University Hospital for a kidney transplant from a related living donor.

The study will be carried out on PBMC from both donors and recipients, collected during visits scheduled as part of the clinical management of the donor/recipient pair.

The study will test the hypothesis that DP8α Tregs expressing CD73, whose frequency in blood increases stably after non-rejected kidney transplants, but not when patients have undergone or will subsequently undergo rejection, are enriched in donor-specific cells, which would be a strong argument in favor of a direct role for these Tregs in preventing transplant rejection, through their ability to inhibit immune responses directed against donor alloantigens.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
15
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adult donor-recipient pair.
  • First or second kidney transplant from a related ABO-compatible living donor.
  • BMI < 35 for recipients.
  • Adult patients.
  • Patients weighing over 50 kgs.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Donor/recipient ABO incompatibility
  • BMI > 35 for recipients

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To test the role of donor-specific DP8α Tregs in preventing kidney transplant rejection.3 months

Measurement at D0 and 3 months post-transplant, and comparison, of the frequency of DP8a Tregs expressing CD73 among circulating T lymphocytes and the frequency of donor-reactive DP8a Tregs (identified in culture by their proliferative response to donor monocytes and clonal validation of DP8a Treg anti-donor reactivity at the 3-month post-transplant stage.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Determine whether the increased anti-donor reactivity of the patient's DP8α Tregs after transplantation results from the amplification among them of clones and establish, if possible, the anti-donor reactivity of amplified clones.3 months

Sorting of DP8a Tregs from the patient's blood before transplantation (D0) and at 3 months post-transplant, comparison of the TCR repertoire (TRA and TRB) of Tregs between these two stages, by a service provider. Identification (if possible by their Vb) of donor-reactive clones among the amplified TCR clones.

Determine whether clones of DP8α Tregs (reactive or not to donor antigens) are reactive to F. prausnitzii bacteria.3 months

The response (proliferation or cytokine secretion) of donor-reactive DP8α Tregs clones will be tested against patient monocytes loaded with F. prausnitzii bacteria.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nantes University Hospital

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Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France

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