Immune cells may predict CMV relapse in kidney transplant patients
NCT ID NCT03339661
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 38 kidney transplant patients who had CMV infection. Researchers wanted to see if measuring a type of immune cell (γδ T cells) could help decide who needs extra medication to prevent the virus from coming back. The goal is to avoid unnecessary drugs while still protecting the transplanted kidney.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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38 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2017
- Finished
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Nov 2020
- 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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: * Male or female over 18 years old without weight or ethnicity criteria, kidney transplant. * Patient affiliated or beneficiary of a social security scheme. * Patient with symptomatic or non-symptomatic CMV infection requiring curative treatment with ganciclovir or valganciclovir. * Free, informed and written consent signed by the participant and the investigator (at the latest, on the day of inclusion and before any examination required by the research). Exclusion Criteria: * Resistance documented to antivirals. * Hemodialysis patient. * Number of polymorphonuclear neutrophils less than 500 / μL and / or number of platelets less than 25,000 / μL, and / or lower hemoglobin 8 g / dL. * Contraindication to valganciclovir, including known hypersensitivity to valganciclovir and / or aciclovir and / or valaciclovir or ganciclovir or their excipients, known severe intolerance to valganciclovir or ganciclovir. * Women of childbearing age without a negative pregnancy test at baseline and without effective contraception (estrogen-progestin, intrauterine device) throughout the study period and two months after cessation of the follow-up period. * Nursing women. * Men without mechanical contraception during treatment and for at least 90 days after treatment. * Ongoing participation in another clinical trial evaluating a drug. Participation in an observational study will not be considered a contraindication. * The patient's foreseeable inability to comply with planned visits in the protocol. * Non-negativation of CMV PCR at 8 weeks
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Edouard Herriot - Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lyon, 69003, France
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Hôpital Pellegrin - CHU de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, 33000, France
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