- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT06374121
Kidney Perfusion With or Without Absorption (POWER)
A Single-center, Pilot, Prospective, Randomized Clinical Study of Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion With or Without Adsorption in Histologically Evaluated Kidneys Retrieved From Marginal Donors
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
In recent years, growing interest has been addressed to the use of dynamic preservation of the kidneys as a tool to improve graft function and survival. Retrospective analyses and a randomized controlled trial showed that pre-transplant machine perfusion (MP) is associated with a lower incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) and improved one-year graft survival as compared with static cold storage. However, the overall beneficial effect of MP on transplant outcomes is largely driven by treatment effect in recipients of grafts from marginal donors.
Hypothermic oxygenated perfusion has been found to reduce early allograft injury and to improve post-transplant outcomes in a randomized controlled trial of liver transplantation from older donors. In vitro studies show that perfusion reduces endothelial damage to the sinusoidal capillaries and increases adenosine triphosphate production. As far as kidney transplantation is concerned, little data is available on the outcomes of grafts treated with perfusion. In rat models of allogeneic kidney transplant, perfusion-treated grafts displayed better short-term function, less tubular injury, fewer interstitial infiltrates of immune cells and milder endothelial activation than the untreated counterparts.
MP is not only beneficial per se. It can also be exploited as a means to deliver additional treatment to the graft. For instance, there is in vivo evidence that hemoadsorption improves renal blood flow during perfusion and reduces the release of cytokines and prostaglandins at reperfusion in a porcine model of kidney transplantation. Beneficial effects of hemoadsorption have been documented in the setting of continuous renal replacement treatment for septic shock. In the setting of pre-transplant organ conditioning, cytokine adsorption paired to normothermic perfusion has been found to reduce inflammatory gene expression and increase oxidative phosphorylation pathway gene expression in human kidneys. Whether adsorption paired to perfusion reduces the inflammatory response and whether this is of clinical relevance in transplantation of histologically evaluated kidneys from marginal donors, is worth investigating.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Piero L Ruggenenti, MD
- Email: pruggenenti@asst-pg23.it
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Camillo Carrara, MD
- Phone Number: +3903545351
- Email: pruggenenti@asst-pg23.it
Study Locations
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BG
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Bergamo, BG, Italy, 24027
- ASST - Papa Giovanni XXIII - U.O. Nefrologia e Dialisi/ Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research - Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo e Cele Daccò
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males and females older than 50 years eligible for single or dual kidney transplant from marginal donors identified according to the NITp criteria (>70-year-old or 60 to 70 years with hypertension and/or diabetes and/or clinical proteinuria)
- Pre-transplant histological evaluation
- Histological score ≤ 7
- Written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any factor that represents a contraindication to receive a deceased donor kidney transplant according to the NITp criteria,
- Need for specific desensitization protocols because of a high immunological risk according to the NITp criteria,
- Active enrollment in concomitant intervention studies,
- Macroscopic vascular abnormalities that preclude the possibility of machine perfusion.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Perfusion and concomitant adsorption
Kidneys eligible for perfusion will be treated with the PerLife PerKidney system.
Kidneys allocated to the adsorption subgroup will receive concomitant treatment with PerSorb cartridge.
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This is a highly bio-/hemo-compatible, low-flow resistance polymer cartridge able to remove cytokines and other inflammatory mediators via adsorption.
The system for ex vivo kidney reconditioning (Aferetica, Italy), which allows hypothermic oxygenated pulsatile perfusion of the organ.
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Active Comparator: Perfusion alone
Kidneys eligible here will only be treated with the PerLife PerKidney system.
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The system for ex vivo kidney reconditioning (Aferetica, Italy), which allows hypothermic oxygenated pulsatile perfusion of the organ.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Oxidative stress markers
Time Frame: Every 30 minutes during clinical perfusion
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Glutathione S-transferase (GST), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and free lactate
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Every 30 minutes during clinical perfusion
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Acute kidney injury markers
Time Frame: Every 30 minutes during clinical perfusion
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Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) and endothelin
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Every 30 minutes during clinical perfusion
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Inflammatory cytokine markers
Time Frame: Every 30 minutes during clinical perfusion
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Interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-10 (IL-10) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-⍺)
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Every 30 minutes during clinical perfusion
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Complement activation markers
Time Frame: Every 30 minutes during clinical perfusion
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Complement factor 3a (C3a), complement factor 5a (C5a) and soluble membrane attack complex (sC5bC9)
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Every 30 minutes during clinical perfusion
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Vascular resistances
Time Frame: Every 30 minutes during clinical perfusion
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Renal vascular resistances will be automatically collected through clinical perfuzione
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Every 30 minutes during clinical perfusion
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Perfusate sample collection
Time Frame: At clinical perfusion start, after 1 hour, then after 4 hours from start and every 2 hours thereafter, up to perfusion end
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Pseudo-urine ureteral output will be separately assessed at sequential times during clinical perfusion
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At clinical perfusion start, after 1 hour, then after 4 hours from start and every 2 hours thereafter, up to perfusion end
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Study Chair: Giuseppe Remuzzi, MD, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Brouwer WP, Duran S, Kuijper M, Ince C. Hemoadsorption with CytoSorb shows a decreased observed versus expected 28-day all-cause mortality in ICU patients with septic shock: a propensity-score-weighted retrospective study. Crit Care. 2019 Sep 18;23(1):317. doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2588-1.
- Remuzzi G, Grinyo J, Ruggenenti P, Beatini M, Cole EH, Milford EL, Brenner BM. Early experience with dual kidney transplantation in adults using expanded donor criteria. Double Kidney Transplant Group (DKG). J Am Soc Nephrol. 1999 Dec;10(12):2591-8. doi: 10.1681/ASN.V10122591.
- Hosgood SA, Moore T, Kleverlaan T, Adams T, Nicholson ML. Haemoadsorption reduces the inflammatory response and improves blood flow during ex vivo renal perfusion in an experimental model. J Transl Med. 2017 Oct 25;15(1):216. doi: 10.1186/s12967-017-1314-5.
- Hosgood SA, Hoff M, Nicholson ML. Treatment of transplant kidneys during machine perfusion. Transpl Int. 2021 Feb;34(2):224-232. doi: 10.1111/tri.13751. Epub 2020 Oct 19.
- Ferdinand JR, Hosgood SA, Moore T, Ferro A, Ward CJ, Castro-Dopico T, Nicholson ML, Clatworthy MR. Cytokine absorption during human kidney perfusion reduces delayed graft function-associated inflammatory gene signature. Am J Transplant. 2021 Jun;21(6):2188-2199. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16371. Epub 2020 Nov 22.
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Other Study ID Numbers
- POWER
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
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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