Clinical Research Directory

Optimizing Y90 Therapy for Radiation Lobectomy

HCC resection candidates with inadequate future liver remnant will be enrolled in this study. They will be treated with Y90 radioembolization to help grow the liver enough to undergo liver resection. There will be 2 Patient Groups. The first group of patients will be treated with Y90 dose and embolic load as per standard-of-care. The second group of patients will be treated with the optimal Y90 dose and embolic load found in Patient Group 1.

Simultaneous Prospective Kidney Transplant Assessment in Combined Liver Kidney Candidates

The purpose of the study is to determine how much a persons kidney function recovers after receiving a simultaneous liver kidney transplant. The investigators will be contacting patients with kidney dysfunction with estimated GFR between 25 and 40 (not on dialysis treatment) who are listed to receive a simultaneous liver kidney (SLK) transplant to look at this function recovery. The investigators hope to develop a criteria based on GFR measurement, kidney function calculations from native kidneys vs transplanted kidney and compare the contributions, and correlate with estimated GFR on basic metabolic panel (BMP: a blood test) to predict higher chances of recovery of native kidney function.

OCS Heart Perfusion Post-Approval Registry

The objective of this post-approval registry is to provide additional real-world evidence of the performance of the OCS Heart System to preserve DBD and DCD donor hearts.

Concomitant Renal and Urinary Bladder Allograft Transplantation

The purpose of this study is to establish if concomitant renal and vascularized urinary bladder allograft transplantation is feasible.

Donor Outcomes Following Hand-Assisted and Robotic Living Donor Nephrectomy: a Retrospective Review

1.1. Background: Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for eligible patients with end-stage renal disease. It provides better outcomes in terms of life expectancy and quality of life than dialysis (Liu, Narins, Maley, Frank, \& Lallas, 2012). Kidney transplants from living donors also have additional benefits in terms of graft function and survival compared to transplants from cadaver donors (Galvani et al., 2012). Living donor transplants provide an opportunity to have good quality grafts and to perform the procedure when the recipient is in an optimal clinical status (Creta et al., 2019). Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy was first introduced in 1995 and is currently accepted as the gold standard for kidney procurement from living donors. The first worldwide robotic assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy was performed in 2000 by Horgan et al. (Horgan et al., 2007). The main obstacle to living donation is the exposure of a healthy subject to the risks of a major surgical intervention. Therefore, efforts have been made to reduce complications and postoperative pain, achieve faster recovery, and minimize the surgical incisions. Minimally invasive procedures like hand-assisted and robotic approaches greatly enhance living donation rates, and in 2001 the number of living donors exceeded the number of cadaver donors (Horgan et al., 2007). 1.2. Aim(s)/Objective(s): The objective of this study is to compare intra- and postoperative patient outcomes of kidney donors following hand-assisted and robotic kidney transplants at a single center. 1.3. Rationale for the study: More research is needed regarding the differences between minimally invasive approaches to kidney transplantation.

Immune Function as Predictor of Infectious Complications and Clinical Outcome in Patients Undergoing Solid Organ Transplantation

At Rigshospitalet, Denmark, we will examine the immune function of solid organ transplant recipients before and at several timepoints after transplantation as well as the clinical outcome, especially the risk of infections complications and graft rejections. The immune function will be assessed with a complete immunological profiling consisting of immune phenotype (flow cytometry), immune function (TruCulture®) and circulating biomarkers. The study aims to generate prediction models of patients at excess risk of poor clinical outcome, with the ultimate intent to propose personalized immunosuppressive regimes to be tested in future randomized clinical trials.

Liver Transplantation After ex Vivo Liver Perfusion

Today, it is difficult to predict liver function after transplantation and therefore livers where poor function is assumed (marginal livers) become discarded. The study aim is to increase the number of available donor livers, especially for liver cancer patients, by pre-treating and testing marginal ones (extended criteria donor (ECD) livers) liver on a liver perfusion machine. A liver perfusion machine can simulate liver transplantation and enables functional/quality testing before transplantation. The machine will hopefully also make marginal livers more functional by reducing ischemia- \& reperfusion injury. A marginal donor liver is perfused ex situ with oxygenated blood from a blood donor on a machine. The liver can be tested here for function using internationally recognized criteria. At the same time, the investigators will carry out analyzes with microdialysis which can give a better picture of organ function and damage. Additionally, various samples of the liver and perfusate will be collected. Liver that achieves criteria for transplantation will be offered to the recipient.