Observational Study of the Clinical Use of the OCS™ Heart

NCT ID: NCT03687723

Last Updated: 2025-10-01

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

93 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-10-31

Study Completion Date

2025-09-30

Brief Summary

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Single-arm, prospective, multi-center observational study of the clinical use of the ex-vivo perfusion of the heart with the Organ Care System (OCS™)

Detailed Description

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This is an observational study at two centers that will enroll minimum of 60 heart transplant recipients transplanted with donor heart preserved using the OCS™ Heart System. All consented subjects who receive OCS™-preserved heart transplants will be approached for participation. The study will evaluate short and long-term effectiveness of the OCS™ Heart System for heart transplantation.

Conditions

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Heart Transplantation

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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OCS Heart System

The OCS™ Heart System is a portable organ perfusion and monitoring medical device intended to preserve donor hearts in a near physiologic and beating state prior to transplantation.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

All recipients of heart transplantation with Use of the OCS™ Heart

Exclusion Criteria

Donor Hearts

* Presence of coronary heart diseases
* acute myocardial infarction
* Presence of heart valve disease (Stenosis or Insufficiency \> first degree)
* Presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (septum and posterior wall thickness \>1.7 cm)
* State of shock of donor (MAP \<60 mmHg, CVP \>15, PCWP \>15 mmHg) with use of Dobutamine \>10 ug/kg/min and/or Norepinephrine \> 0.5 ug/kg/min or Epinephrine \> 0.2 ug/kg/min
* irreversible persistant pulmonary hypertrophy, defined as transpulmonary gradient \>15 mmHg of the recipient
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hannover Medical School

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Fabio Ius, Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hannover Medical School

Locations

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Hannover Medical School, Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplant and Vascular Surgery

Hanover, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

Other Identifiers

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OCS-Heart-2016

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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