AI takes on kidney transplant rejection in new pilot trial
NCT ID NCT05432765
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study tests whether an AI-based system can help doctors choose the right doses of immunosuppressant drugs for kidney transplant patients. The goal is to protect the new kidney from damage and rejection. The study will enroll 34 adults who have received a deceased donor kidney transplant and need the drug tacrolimus. Researchers will measure changes in kidney scarring and function over 15 months.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 34 people
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- Expected to start
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Dec 2026
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- Expected to finish
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Jan 2031
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 99 years
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (18 years of age or older) patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) * Recipient of a first or subsequent deceased donor kidney transplant * Clinical indication to receive tacrolimus as the primary immunosuppression * Willing and able to provide written informed consent to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Recipients of transplanted organs other than kidney * Recipients of a transplant from a monozygotic (identical) sibling * Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-identical donor (zero out of six antigen mismatch donor) * Recipient of third or more transplant * Current or historical panel reactive antibodies of more than 50% * Blood Type (ABO) incompatibility or known moderate or strong donor specific antibodies * De novo or recurrent glomerulonephritis on 3-month biopsy * Lupus nephritis on 3-month biopsy * Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis on 3-month biopsy * BK polyomavirus nephropathy in current or prior transplant * Recipient of a bone marrow transplant * Recipient who is pregnant * Enrollment in a competing trial that would interfere with selection or alteration of immunosuppression * Inability to follow up with transplant center for up to 15 months after transplantation * Anticipated major surgery during the time of planned study * Major medical illness with life expectancy less than 15 months * Suspicion of noncompliance * Anticipated relocation to a location that would not allow follow up at local center in the next 18 months * Inability to tolerate normal range levels of tacrolimus
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Locations
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University of Florida Health Shands
Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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