Brain monitors confirm no return of function after death in organ donors
NCT ID NCT07423936
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study uses advanced brain monitoring to check that no brain activity or blood flow returns after death in organ donors. Researchers will monitor 30 adult donors during the dying process and after death while organs are preserved. The goal is to prove that current safeguards are effective, which could help increase trust in organ donation.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could confirm that current safeguards prevent brain function from returning after death, making organ donation safer and more acceptable.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early proof-of-concept study with only 30 participants. It only monitors, not treats, so it won't directly change patient care.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
-
About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
-
Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Consented eligible organ donors
- Ages
-
19 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age \> 18; 2. Planned DCD within the next 96 hours. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Coagulopathy (International normalized ratio \> 1.5, prothrombin time \> 45 seconds, platelets \< 50); 2. Therapeutic anticoagulant medication administration.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Brain reperfusion or regain of brain function during normothermic regional perfusion are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Vancouver General Hospital
RECRUITINGVancouver, British Columbia, V5Z1M9, Canada
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- New trial aims to save rectums in early cancer patients
- Rectal cancer breakthrough: could a new drug combo save your rectum?
- Could storing lungs at 10°C improve transplant outcomes?
- New radiation boost strategy aims to spare rectal cancer patients from surgery
- Machine perfusion data may predict kidney transplant outcomes