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Procurement Biopsy: Frozen section for Kidney Transplant

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Waitlist Available
Led By Krista Lentine, MD, PhD
Research Sponsored by St. Louis University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 3 years
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Study Summary

This trial will compare the outcomes of kidney transplants when the recipient is told about the biopsy results of the donor organ before transplant.

Eligible Conditions
  • Kidney Transplant

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~3 years
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 3 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
risk-adjusted kidney yield
Secondary outcome measures
Cold ischemia time
Life years for transplant recipients
Number of participants with delayed graft function
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Group I: Procurement Biopsy: Frozen sectionActive Control1 Intervention
In the routine care condition, biopsies will be processed immediately as a frozen section.
Group II: Procurement Biopsy: Permanent sectionActive Control1 Intervention
In the intervention group, the biopsy processing will be delayed to permanent section, and therefore not available until allocation is complete.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

St. Louis UniversityLead Sponsor
194 Previous Clinical Trials
43,643 Total Patients Enrolled
Mid-America TransplantOTHER
5 Previous Clinical Trials
1,713 Total Patients Enrolled
Washington University School of MedicineOTHER
1,931 Previous Clinical Trials
2,299,697 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is the recruitment period still open for this experiment?

"As of the most recent update on clinicaltrials.gov, this research is no longer actively enrolling participants. It was initially posted in September 2019 and last edited October 2022. However, there are presently 172 other trials recruiting volunteers."

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