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Hepatitis C Virus (HVC) Positive Heart Grafts in HCV Negative Recipients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Heart Failure
Registration Number
NCT04452578
Lead Sponsor
Loma Linda University
Brief Summary

To provide proof-of-concept data on the efficacy/safety of transplanting HCV positive donor grafts in HCV negative heart recipients who are currently listed.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
2
Inclusion Criteria
  • Male or female
  • Age 18 and older
  • Active on the transplant list
  • Donor organ with Antibody and NAT (nucleic acid test) positive for HCV
  • HCV negative recipient; this includes patients who never had HCV and those with HCV previously eradicated with antiviral therapy. The latter is defined as those with undetectable HCV viral load at least 3 months since stopping therapy.
  • Willing and able to provide written informed consent or for those subjects where hepatic encephalopathy affects their ability to provide initial or ongoing consent, has an appropriate and legally-authorized representative willing and able to provide consent on behalf of the subject
  • Patients listed for multiple organ transplant (heart and kidney or heart and liver) can be included based on agreement of non-cardiac organ transplant team
Exclusion Criteria
  • Participants co-infected with HIV
  • Donor previously treated with an NS5a containing regimen (if treatment history of donor known)
  • Known allergies or hypersensitivity to DAA or ribavarin
  • Pregnancy and/or actively breastfeeding

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patient Survival Rate15 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Loma Linda University Transplant Institute

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Loma Linda, California, United States

Loma Linda University Transplant Institute
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈLoma Linda, California, United States

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