Can DNA predict transplant trouble in kids?
NCT ID NCT07194057
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study will analyze the DNA and chemical marks on DNA of 200 children who have had a liver or kidney transplant. Researchers want to find genetic clues that might explain why some children develop serious complications like organ rejection, infections, or cancer after transplant. No extra procedures are needed—samples are taken during routine care. The goal is to better predict and manage these risks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Whole genome sequencing and methylation analysis
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors predict and prevent complications after a child's organ transplant, improving long-term outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It is small (200 children) and early, so findings may not apply to all transplant patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
This study will enroll paediatric patients that have underdone a renal i liver transplant
- Ages
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6 months to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * ● Paediatric patients (6 months to 18 years old) with liver or kidney transplant. Both patients with de novo transplantation or in follow-up can be included in the study. * For the retrospective cohort, only patients within the first 5 years after transplantation will be included. * Patients and/or parents agreeing to participate in the study and provide consent for the obtention of clinical data and samples for genomic and methylomic analysis and the use of the information according to the protocol. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients that are not being followed up in the clinical site. * Subjects alternating between different clinical sites. Subjects/Tutors that don't understand the informed consent form. * Subject or their legally authorized representative does not sign the informed consent document. * Re-transplantation or AB0-incompatible transplantation.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites in 3 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Universitario La Paz
Madrid, Madrid, 28046, Spain
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Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation (ISMETT)
Palermo, Sicily, 90127, Italy
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University Hospital Padova
Padova, 35128, Italy
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University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE),
Hamburg, 20251, Germany
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