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

November 29, 2022 updated by: Loma Linda University

Pilot Investigation Using HCV Positive Heart Grafts in HCV Negative or Previously Successfully Treated Recipients

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

2

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Loma Linda, California, United States, 92354
        • Loma Linda University Transplant Institute

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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 Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental: Recipient of HCV positive heart graft
A single center, open-label, pilot study examining 10 adult HCV negative heart transplant subjects who will receive an HCV infected graft. Target start date for antiviral therapy will be within 3 months after heart transplantation.
Procedure: Procedure: Heart Transplantation
A HCV negative or previously successfully treated recipient who recieves a HCV positive graft will be monitored. Patients who recieve an HCV graft will be treated for HCV according to accepted protocols.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Patient Survival Rate
Time Frame: 15 months
15 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Loma Linda University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 10, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 17, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

June 17, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 26, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 29, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

June 30, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 1, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 29, 2022

Last Verified

November 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 5190371

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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