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- Clinical Trial NCT04393181
IMPact of Donor Heart Function on Recipient Outcomes - a prospectiVE Study to Increase the Utilization of Donor HEARTs
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Severe heart failure is a diagnosis with a very poor prognosis where the 2-year mortality rate for serious heart failure is over 50%, which exceeds many cancer diagnoses. Despite advances in pharmacological treatment and mechanical pumps, heart transplantation is considered to be the best treatment for terminal heart failure. However, heart transplantation as a treatment for terminal heart failure is limited by the number of available organs. If the investigators could take care of more organs, more patients could be transplanted. It is therefore of the utmost importance that every heart that can be transplanted successfully is considered.
According to current recommendations, a heart should be in near perfect condition to be considered for transplantation. For a donor heart to be transplanted, it should not exhibit:
- More than mild-to-moderate cardiac impairment (EF < 40%)
- Regional discrete wall motion abnormalities
- Need for excessive inotropic support (dobutamine >20µg/kg/minute)
- Intractable ventricular arrhythmias.
Cardiac dysfunction in organ donors, however, is usually secondary to the disease that led to brain death and is reversible; there is nothing wrong with the heart itself but it has ended up in an unfavorable environment that temporarily affects its function. A common cause of cardiac dysfunction in organ donors is stress-induced cardiomyopathy/Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a relatively newly described acute cardiac syndrome in which the heart develops regional wall motion abnormalities caused by severe catecholamine stimulation of the myocardium. In the organ donor, a strong catecholamine storm is observed in combination with compression and the development of brain death, which can trigger stress-induced cardiomyopathy. This type of change is seen in 20-25% of potential organ donors. One of the most important characteristics of stress-induced cardiomyopathy is its rapid recovery, however, and cardiac function is usually normalized within a few hours or Days 8-10. This is not only seen as a functional recovery, but also a structural and biochemical recovery of the heart. In addition to organ donors with intracranial events, stress-induced cardiomyopathy is also seen in patients with hypoxic/anoxic brain injuries as a result of hypoxic cardiac arrest, and even in these cases, cardiac events are temporary.
There are potentially differential diagnoses for stress-induced cardiomyopathy in potential donors. The most important is ischemic heart disease which can quickly and relatively easily be diagnosed with coronary angiography. Coronary angiography is performed today on approximately one-third of potential donors and then primarily on donors with a risk profile for coronary artery disease. Another different diagnosis is myocarditis, which does not have the same reversibility as stress-induced cardiomyopathy and usually gives a different echocardiographic image.
The recommendation not to utilize hearts with regional wall motion abnormalities has inadequate scientific support. The recommendation is based on a retrospective study that is over 30 years old and did not have cardiac dysfunction as the primary outcome measure. Upon review of this article, the data does not support the idea that regional wall motion abnormalities would be associated with worse outcomes. Despite this, this recommendation has been the basis for deciding whether to transplant the heart or not. There is a wariness, especially with American thoracic surgeons, to take into account such hearts. There is a number of retrospective studies that show that the outcome is not worse for patients who have been transplanted with hears that have/have had dysfunction. The main studies are presented below:
- A study based on material from the USA (UNOS database) in which patients who received a heart with ejection fraction <50% (n=740) were identified and compared with recipients of hearts with normal function (n=30253). No difference in mortality at one year after transplantation was observed between the groups.
- A study based on the same material showed that long-term survival was not inferior for recipients of hearts with ejection fraction<50%. Cardiac function was also the same for recipients of hearts with normal function and impaired function one year after transplantation.
- In a study based on the same database (UNOS database) 472 recipients who received a heart with improved function, defined as EF≤40% at one examination and EF≥50% at a follow-up examination, were identified. The control group were recipients of hearts with normal function EF≥55%. There was no difference in mortality, primary graft failure, allograft vasculopathy between the groups, even when propensity score matching was applied.
- A study based on other material from the USA (California Transplant Donor Network) reported figures where low ejection fraction (EF<50%, number of patients not reported) or regional hypokinesia (n=197) did not affect outcome.
- An older study based on material from the USA showed that regional hypokinesia has no bearing on recipients' mortality. The number of patients with regional hypokinesia was not reported but 1719 patients were included in the study.
- A study from Transplantation Centre, Sahlgrenska, analyzed donors and recipients during a 10-year period. In total, 641 donors were included in the analyses and 155 (24%) of the donors had cardiac dysfunction. Recipients of hearts with dysfunction (n=42) did not have worse outcomes (death, retransplantation) compared to recipients of hearts with normal function. Short-term outcomes (intensive care unit (ICU) care time, advanced hemodynamic support, postoperative dialysis, rejection) also did not differ between the groups. Cardiac function was rapidly recovered in the recipients and both groups had the same ejection fraction already a few days after transplantation.
These retrospective studies form a relatively good foundation and cover almost 1400 patients. However, prospective studies on transplantation of hearts with functional impairment are missing.
At Transplantation Centre, Sahlgrenska, there are many years of experience of handling hearts with impaired function. This clinical experience suggests that it is not associated with complications. The studies referenced above confirm this experience.
Overall, there is room to increase the number of heart donors, and thus the number of heart transplantations, if the heart donors with reversible dysfunction are utilized. This study aims to prospectively investigate the cardiac function of donors and evaluate if it is of significance to the outcome of the recipient. The study sets guidelines for investigative procedures as well as which hearts should be transplanted, based on previous retrospective studies. The investigators expect that the recipients' outcome will not be affected by the cardiac function of the donor, provided the study's recommendations are followed. Our data shows that approximately every fourth potential heart donor suffers from functional impairment. This is in line with other studies that observed that about 20% of hearts are refused due to affected function. The investigators estimate that a systematic consideration of these hearts can increase the number of transplantations by 20-30%.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Jonatan Oras, MD, PhD
- Phone Number: +46736370350
- Email: jonatan.oras@vgregion.se
Study Locations
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Västra Götaland
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Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
- Recruiting
- Sahlgrenska University Hostpial
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Contact:
- Jonatan Oras, MD, PhD
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Principal Investigator:
- Lisa Ternström, MD, PhD
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
Patient who has been accepted for heart transplantation at the participating transplantation center
- The research subject has given written consent to participate in the study
- Aged 18 years or older
Exclusion Criteria:
• Mental inability, reluctance or language difficulties that result in difficulty understanding the meaning of study participation
- Another study, where the patient is included, which is not considered compatible with the current study.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
Intervention / Treatment |
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recipients of hearts with impaired function
Patient who has been accepted for heart transplantation at the participating transplantation center and who will receive heart with impaired function
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Heart transplantation will be performed according to local routines.
Recipients will be transplanted with a donor heart with left ventricular dysfunction, defined as an ejection fraction less than 50% or regional hypokinesia.
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recipients of hearts with normal function
Patient who has been accepted for heart transplantation at the participating transplantation center and who will receive heart with normal function
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Heart transplantation will be performed according to local routines.
Recipients will be transplanted with a donor heart with normal function, according to the recommendations from The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Dead
Time Frame: One year after heart transplantation.
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Death, retransplantation or need of a mechanical heart pump.
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One year after heart transplantation.
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Frequency
Time Frame: 24 hour after transplantation
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Frequency of left-sided moderate or severe primary graft dysfunction
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24 hour after transplantation
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Göran Dellgren, MD, PhD, Vastragotalandsregionen, Sahlgrenska University Hospital,Gothenburg, Sweden
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- IMPROVED HEART
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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