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HOPE in Action Prospective Multicenter, Clinical Trial of Deceased HIVD+ Kidney Transplants for HIV+ Recipients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Hiv
Interventions
Other: HIV D+/R+
Registration Number
NCT03500315
Lead Sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Brief Summary

The primary objective of this study is to determine if an HIV-infected deceased kidney donor (HIVD+) transplant is safe with regards to major transplant-related and HIV-related complications.

Detailed Description

This study will evaluate if receiving a kidney transplant from an HIV-infected deceased kidney donor is safe with regards to survival and major transplant-related and HIV-related complications compared to receiving a kidney from an HIV-uninfected deceased kidney donor (HIVD-). Those participants who have accepted an HIVD- organ will be randomized to be followed in the full study or followed in the nested observational group.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
209
Inclusion Criteria
  • Participant meets the standard criteria for kidney transplant at the local center.
  • Participant is able to understand and provide informed consent.
  • Participant meets with an independent advocate per the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act Safeguards.
  • Documented HIV infection (by any licensed assay, or documented history of detectable HIV-1 RNA).
  • Participant is ≥18 years old.
  • Opportunistic complications: if prior history of an opportunistic infection, the participant has received appropriate therapy and has no evidence of active disease.
  • Cluster of Differentiation 4 (CD4)+ T-cell: ≥200/µL within 16 weeks of transplant.
  • HIV-1 is below 50 copies RNA/mL. Viral blips between 50-400 copies allowed as long as there are not consecutive measurements >200 copies/mL.
  • Participant is willing to comply with all medication related to their transplant and HIV management.
  • For participant with a history of aspergillus colonization or disease, no evidence of active disease.
  • The participant must have, or be willing to start seeing, a primary medical care provider with expertise in HIV management.
  • All participants participating in sexual activity that could lead to pregnancy must use an FDA approved method of birth control.
  • Participant is not suffering from significant wasting (e.g. body mass index <21) thought to be related to HIV disease.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Participant has a history of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) or primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma.
  • Participant is pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Past or current medical problems or findings from medical history, physical examination or laboratory testing that are not listed above, which, in the opinion of the investigator, may pose additional risks or may impact the quality or interpretation of the data obtained from the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
HIV D+/R+HIV D+/R+HIV-infected individuals that accept an organ from an HIV-infected deceased donor - enrollment 100
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Composite event, time to first death or graft failure or serious adverse event (SAE) or HIV breakthrough or opportunistic infectionFrom date of transplant through administrative censorship at study completion, up to 4 years

Time to first of any of the following events: death or graft failure or serious adverse event (SAE) or HIV breakthrough or HIV virologic failure or opportunistic infection

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Graft failureFrom date of transplant through administrative censorship at study completion, up to 4 years

Time to mortality or re-transplant or return to maintenance dialysis (survival framework)

Graft function -mean eGFR3 months post-transplant

Mean calculated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI)

1-year acute rejectionFrom date of transplant to end of year 1

Proportion of recipients who experience acute rejection as measured by biopsy using Banff 2015 criteria: Borderline changes: 'Suspicious' for acute T-cell mediated rejection.This category is used when no intimal arteritis is present, but there are foci of mild tubulitis (t1, t2, or t3) with minor interstitial infiltration (i0 or i1) or interstitial infiltration (i2, i3) with mild (t1) tubulitis. Acute T-cell mediated rejection:Grade from IA defined as cases with significant interstitial infiltration (\>25% of parenchyma affected, i2 or i3) and foci of moderate tubulitis (t2) to III defined as cases with 'transmural' arteritis and/or arterial fibrinoid change and necrosis of medial smooth muscle cells with accompanying lymphocytic inflammation (v3)

Incidence of graft rejectionFrom date of transplant through administrative censorship, up to 4 years

Cumulative incidence of acute rejection (survival framework) as measured by biopsy using Banff 2015 criteria: Borderline changes: 'Suspicious' for acute T-cell mediated rejection.This category is used when no intimal arteritis is present, but there are foci of mild tubulitis (t1, t2, or t3) with minor interstitial infiltration (i0 or i1) or interstitial infiltration (i2, i3) with mild (t1) tubulitis. Acute T-cell mediated rejection:Grade from IA defined as cases with significant interstitial infiltration (\>25% of parenchyma affected, i2 or i3) and foci of moderate tubulitis (t2) to III defined as cases with 'transmural' arteritis and/or arterial fibrinoid change and necrosis of medial smooth muscle cells with accompanying lymphocytic inflammation (v3)

Graft function - Proportion eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m23 years post-transplant

Proportion of participants with glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) \< 60 mL/min/1.73 m2

Incidence of non-HIV renal disease1 year post-transplant

Cumulative incidence of non HIV-related renal disease as measured by biopsy, e.g. focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Composite event, time to firstFrom date of transplant through end of follow-up, up to 4 years

Time to first of any of these events: all-cause-mortality or graft failure or renal allograft rejection or HIV breakthrough or HIV virologic failure or AIDS defining illness

Graft function-mean eGFR3 years post-transplant

Mean calculated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI)

Graft function - slope eGFRFrom date of transplant to end of follow-up, up to 4 years

The slope of glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) over time (longitudinal analysis)

HIV infection of renal allografts6 months post-transplant

Proportion of recipients with HIV seen in laser capture microdissection of renal biopsy

Trajectory of recipient Cluster of Differentiation (CD4) count over timeFrom date of transplant through end of follow up, up to 4 years

Analysis of repeated measures of Cluster of Differentiation 4 (CD4) count (longitudinal model)

Incidence of antiretroviral resistanceFrom date of transplant through end of follow-up, up to 4 years

Measured by local sites' Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified lab with episode of HIV breakthrough defined as 2 consecutive plasma HIV viral loads \>200 copies/mL or one HIV viral load \>1000 copies/mL after a period of virologic control post-transplant

Incidence of surgical complicationsFrom date of transplant through year 1

Number of surgical complications within 1 year of transplant, e.g. delayed closure, wound dehiscence

Incidence of vascular complicationsFrom date of transplant through year 1

Number of vascular complications within 1 year of transplant

Incidence of viral-related malignanciesFrom date of transplant through end of follow-up, up to 4 years

Number of malignancies as determined by local pathology

Incidence of X4 tropic virusFrom date of transplant through end of follow-up, up to 4 years

Measured by local sites' Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified lab with episode of HIV breakthrough defined as 2 consecutive plasma HIV viral loads \>200 copies/mL or one HIV viral load \>1000 copies/mL after a period of virologic control post-transplant

Incidence of opportunistic infectionFrom date of transplant through end of follow-up, up to 4 years

Cumulative incidence of opportunistic infections

Incidence of the formation of de novo donor-specific human leukocyte antigen(HLA) antibodiesFrom date of transplant through end of year 1

Proportion of participants with a de novo donor-specific HLA antibody as measured and reported by local sites' lab

Pre-transplant mortalityFrom date of enrollment to date of transplant or death of any cause, whichever comes first, assessed up to 4 years

Time to mortality while enrolled before transplant (survival framework)

Rate of serious adverse eventsFrom date of transplant through graft failure or administrative censorship at study completion, up to year 4

Count of post-transplant serious adverse events per person-year as assessed by Division of AIDS (DAIDS) Table for Grading the Severity of Adult and Pediatric Adverse Events, Version 2.0

6-month acute rejectionFrom date of transplant to end of month 6

Proportion of recipients who experience acute rejection as measured by biopsy using Banff 2015 criteria: Borderline changes: 'Suspicious' for acute T-cell mediated rejection.This category is used when no intimal arteritis is present, but there are foci of mild tubulitis (t1, t2, or t3) with minor interstitial infiltration (i0 or i1) or interstitial infiltration (i2, i3) with mild (t1) tubulitis. Acute T-cell mediated rejection:Grade from IA defined as cases with significant interstitial infiltration (\>25% of parenchyma affected, i2 or i3) and foci of moderate tubulitis (t2) to III defined as cases with 'transmural' arteritis and/or arterial fibrinoid change and necrosis of medial smooth muscle cells with accompanying lymphocytic inflammation (v3)

Incidence of HIV-related renal disease1 year post-transplant

Cumulative incidence of non HIV-related renal disease as measured by biopsy, e.g. HIV-associated nephropathy

Donor and recipient apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1)Baseline

Proportion of transplant recipients with at least 1 apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) risk variant in donor and recipient

Trajectory of recipient plasma HIV RNA over timeFrom date of transplant through end of follow-up, up to 4 years

Analysis of repeated measures of plasma HIV RNA (longitudinal model)

Trial Locations

Locations (29)

Rush University Medical Center

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

University of Illinois at Chicago

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

UPMC-University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

University of Maryland, Institute of Human Virology

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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Dallas, Texas, United States

Methodist Health System Clinical Research Institute

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Dallas, Texas, United States

Miami Transplant Institute

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Miami, Florida, United States

Indiana University

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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Johns Hopkins University

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Massachusetts General Hospital

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Cleveland Clinic Florida

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Weston, Florida, United States

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Drexel University

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

University of California, Los Angeles

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Los Angeles, California, United States

Emory University

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Northwestern University

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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New York, New York, United States

New York University School of Medicine

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New York, New York, United States

University of Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Columbia University Medical Center

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New York, New York, United States

Weill Cornell Medical College

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New York, New York, United States

University of Virginia

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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

University of California, San Diego

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San Diego, California, United States

University of California, San Francisco

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San Francisco, California, United States

Yale University School of Medicine

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States

University of Cincinnati

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Ochsner Medical Center

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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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