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Study in Detection cfDNA for the Early-stage Diagnosis of Acute Rejection Post-renal Transplantation

NCT ID: NCT03759535

Last Updated: 2018-11-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-12-01

Study Completion Date

2021-09-30

Brief Summary

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Acute rejection (AR) is still one of the major complications after kidney transplantation. The current diagnosis measure for AR is primarily pathological puncture test and hematuria biomarker detection, yet due to their inferior performance on timeliness, the allograft kidneys usually have been in severe conditions when the diagnoses take place. Donor derived cell free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is utilized as a measure for "liquid biopsy", it can predict acute rejection at very early periods, and it is easy to operate, with fewer invasive injuries, and can reflect related conditions in a timely manner, etc.. This study plans to utilize second-generation sequencing technology to systematically evaluate the abundance variations of nuclear genome and mitocondria derived dd-cfDNA in the kidney transplant recipients' blood and urine, thus it can assist in accumulating more proof for the clinical utilization of dd-cfDNA from different sources at the early stages of AR in evidence-based medicine, and lay foundation for the development of dd-cfDNA based early-stage rejection detection tools afterkidney transplantation surgery.

Detailed Description

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With the growing development of kidney transplant technologies and immunosuppressive therapies, the number of end-stage renal disease patients receiving kidney transplant has been increasing. Acute rejection (AR) is one of the main complications for kidney transplantation, and AR is the major reason for lowering graft survival rate and for graft malfunction, thus the timely detection of AR and early interventions are crucial. The current clinical measures for the detection of AR include pathological puncture test and hematuria biomarker detection. Yet pathological tests are invasive, limited to sampling errors and the existing perception differences among observants, and with other disadvantages such as expensiveness, poor patient compliance, and related complications. Hematuria biomarker detection is slow in response and low in the sensitivity and specificity for reflecting the organs' metabolic index in the diagnosis of acute rejection injury. Though the monitoring of immunosuppressant drugs, immune molecules and cytokines in the blood circulation can both provide certain value for the evaluation of patients' immune status after organ transplant, these factors are not good indicators for the early-stage diagnosis of allograft injury. Donor derived cell free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is utilized as a measure for "liquid biopsy", it is easy to operate, with less invasiveness, and it can reflect related conditions in a timely manner, etc.. This measure can detect the injury degree for allograft, and the index will rise before fluctuation reflection of the syndrome and related laboratory indexes, which is crucial for the very early-stage diagnosis of allograft acute rejection, and the further prevention of allograft injury. In the mean time, dd-cfDNA assumes high utilization value for the monitoring of immunosuppressive conditions, and therefore providing instructions for the optimization of the immunosuppressive treatment.

Under the condition of signed informed consent, the study protocols were scheduled as below:

Self-control study protocol:

20 to-receive-kidney-transplant patients are randomized, the self-control study protocol is utilized for each patient as the following.

Before the kidney transplant surgery, 1ml of peripheral EDTA anticoagulant from the recipients, and 1ml of peripheral EDTA anticoagulant from the donors are collected.

In 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks' time after the kidney transplant surgeries, 8 to 10 ml of peripheral blood from the recipients using cfDNA blood collection tubes, and 10 to 15 ml of midstream urine are collected respectively.

Inclusion criteria:

\*Patients are suitable for kidney transplant surgeries.

Exclusion criteria:

* Patients have failed in the transplant surgeries.
* Patients have no urine 1 week after the transplant surgeries.
* Patients have severe infectious complications after the transplant surgeries. b, Case group: For 20 patients that have been diagnosed with acute rejection on the first visits, 8 to 10 ml of EDTA anticoagulant, 10 to 15 ml of midstream urine, 5 ml of saliva are collected before the treatment, 1 week and 2 weeks after the adjustment of the anti-rejection treatment, 8 to 10 ml of blood using cfDNA blood collection tubes, 10 to 15 ml of midstream urine, 5 ml of saliva are collected respectively.

Inclusion criteria:

Control group:

* The allograft kidneys function normally.
* The rejection of allograft kidneys are excluded.
* The patients have no infectious complications.

Case group:

* There is obvious evidence for acute rejection of the allograft kidneys.
* The patients have no infectious complications.

Exclusion criteria:

* The patients have infectious complications.
* The patients have tumors.
* The patients are pregnant.

Conditions

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Kidney Transplant Failure and Rejection

Keywords

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DNA acute rejection kidney transplantation

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Control group and Case group

Control group:

The allograft kidneys function normally. The rejection of allograft kidneys are excluded. The patients have no infectious complications.

Case group:

There is obvious evidence for acute rejection of the allograft kidneys. The patients have no infectious complications.

Acute rejection

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Donor derived cell free DNA

Interventions

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Acute rejection

Donor derived cell free DNA

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients are suitable for kidney transplant surgeries. Or There is obvious evidence for acute rejection of the allograft kidneys. The patients have no infectious complications.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients have failed in the transplant surgeries. Patients have no urine 1 week after the transplant surgeries. Patients have severe infectious complications after the transplant surgeries. Or:The patients have infectious complications. The patients have tumors. The patients are pregnant.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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RenJi Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Zhang Ming, Doctor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

RenJi Hospital

Central Contacts

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Zhang Ming, Doctor

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 13817817827

Email: [email protected]

References

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De Vlaminck I, Martin L, Kertesz M, Patel K, Kowarsky M, Strehl C, Cohen G, Luikart H, Neff NF, Okamoto J, Nicolls MR, Cornfield D, Weill D, Valantine H, Khush KK, Quake SR. Noninvasive monitoring of infection and rejection after lung transplantation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Oct 27;112(43):13336-41. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1517494112. Epub 2015 Oct 12.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 26460048 (View on PubMed)

Lo YM, Tein MS, Pang CC, Yeung CK, Tong KL, Hjelm NM. Presence of donor-specific DNA in plasma of kidney and liver-transplant recipients. Lancet. 1998 May 2;351(9112):1329-30. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)79055-3. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 9643800 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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RenJiH-renal transplantation01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id