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Trial of the TransMedics Organ Care System™ Liver For Preserving and Assessing Donor Livers for Transplantation

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Liver Preservation
Interventions
Device: OCS Liver
Registration Number
NCT02449694
Lead Sponsor
TransMedics
Brief Summary

A prospective, single-center controlled trial to evaluate the safety and performance of the portable Organ Care System (OCS) Liver for preservation and assessment of donor livers for transplantation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
25
Inclusion Criteria
  • Registered male or female primary Liver transplant candidate
  • Age ≥18 years old
  • Signed: written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Acute, fulminant liver failure;
  • Prior solid organ or bone marrow transplant;
  • Chronic use of hemodialysis or diagnosis of chronic renal failure, defined as chronic serum creatinine of >3 mg/dl (>265 mmol/L) for >2 weeks and/or requiring hemodialysis;
  • Multi-organ transplant;
  • Ventilator dependent;
  • Dependent on > 1 IV inotrope to maintain hemodynamics;
  • Malignancy excluding HCC;
  • Infection.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
OCS LiverOCS LiverOCS Liver will be used to preserve the donor liver
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of donor livers preserved by OCS in a near physiologic state.Within 1 day of organ retrieval
Number of events directly related to the use of the OCS Liver that led to the donor liver being deemed not clinically acceptable and, as a result, not transplantedWithin 1 day of organ retrieval
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of donor livers monitored for perfusate temperatures, SvO2, hematocrit, Hepatic Artery flow rates, Portal Vein flow rate, Hepatic Artery pressure, Portal vein pressure, and bile production during preservation.Within 1 day of organ retrieval
Number of donor livers maintained in a metabolically active and functioning state during preservation.Within 1 day of organ retrieval
Frequency of liver graft-related serious adverse events30 days after transplantation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

St. James's University Hospital

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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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