EPI-STORM Cytokine Storm in Organ Donors: A Translational Study Linking Donor Epigenetic to Transplantation Success in Recipient

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (4) locations...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

Kidney and liver transplantation are the treatment of choice and are often the last therapeutic option offered to patients with chronic renal and liver failure. More than 70% of kidneys and liver available for transplantation are obtained from donors following neurological death. Unfortunately, compared to living donation, transplant function, graft survival, and recipient survival are consistently inferior with kidneys and liver from neurologically deceased donors. This difference lies with the exacerbated pro-inflammatory state characteristic of deceased donors. Indeed, when neurologic death occurs, the immune system releases substances in the blood that could harm organs and particularly the liver and the kidneys. We believe that achieving a better understanding of the inflammatory processes of organ donors could be greatly informative to design future randomized controlled trial assessing the effect of personalized immunosuppressive therapy on organ donors to ultimately improve the care provided to donors so as to increase the number of organs available for transplantation and enhancing the survival of received grafts

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 80
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Patient admitted to the intensive care unit with a serious neurologic lesion

• Glasgow Coma Scale score ≤ 4

• Absence of sedation for the last 6 hours

• Age ≥ 18 years old

• Organ donor after neurologic death (DND) declaration as determined by the attending physician

• Consent to organ donation obtained

Locations
Other Locations
Canada
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montréal
RECRUITING
Montreal
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
RECRUITING
Montreal
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec- Université Laval
RECRUITING
Québec
CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS
RECRUITING
Sherbrooke
Contact Information
Primary
Marie-Hélène Masse, RRT, M.Sc.
marie-helene.masse3@usherbrooke.ca
819-346-1110
Backup
Daphnée Lamarche, PhD
daphnee.lamarche@usherbrooke.ca
819-821-8000
Time Frame
Start Date: 2018-12-16
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 105
Treatments
Organ donors
Organ donors after neurologic death (NDD) of 18 years old and older for whom consent to organ donation has been obtained.
Liver and kidney Recipients
Liver and kidney recipients of 18 years old and older.
Sponsors
Leads: Université de Sherbrooke
Collaborators: Centre de recherche du CHUS

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