New device aims to boost heart transplant success
NCT ID NCT07145515
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a special machine and solution that keeps donor hearts in better condition during transport, compared to the usual ice-cooler method. The goal is to see if it helps the heart work well right after transplant and improves survival at 30 days. About 655 people receiving a heart transplant will take part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 655 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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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.
Part A - DCD Donor Hearts \& DBD Donor Hearts Initially Deemed Unsuitable for Cold Storage (Current Approved Indications): Donor Inclusion Criteria * Donor hearts are deemed clinically acceptable for transplantation after physical examination of the donor hearts in the donor chest and/or on the back table in the donor operating room. * All DCD donors eligible for functional warm ischemic time criteria ≤ 30 minutes. WIT defined as time from when mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) is \<50mmHg (sustained for at least 5 minutes) to aortic cross clamp and administration of old cardioplegia in the donor. * DBD donor hearts with an expected cross clamp of ≥ 4 hours * DBD donor hearts with any of the following organ quality concerns, regardless of cross clamp time: * Donor age ≥ 40 years old * Unknown downtime * Insignificant CAD * LVEF ≤ 50% Donor Exclusion • Moderate to severe aortic incompetence Part B - DBD Donor Hearts Currently Used with Cold Storage (New Indication): Donor Inclusion Criteria * Donor hearts are deemed clinically acceptable for transplantation after physical examination of the donor hearts in the donor chest and/or on the back table in the donor operating room. * Eligible for randomization to OCS or SCS treatment arms. * DBD donor hearts with an expected cross clamp time of \< 4 hours. Donor Exclusion * Moderate to severe aortic incompetence * DBD donor with any of the following organ quality concerns: * Donor age ≥ 40 years old * Unknown downtime * Insignificant CAD * LVEF ≤ 50% Recipient Eligibility Criteria (for Part A and B Cohorts) Inclusion * Signed informed consent document and authorization to use and disclose protected health information * Heart transplant candidate * Age ≥ 18 years old Exclusion • Participant in any other interventional clinical or investigational trials/programs that may confound the outcomes of this trial
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How to take part
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The places running it
8 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Baylor Scott and White
RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75226, United States
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center/ New York Presbyterian Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10032, United States
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Duke University
RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Mount Sinai
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
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Tampa General Hospital
RECRUITINGTampa, Florida, 33606, United States
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University of California San Francisco
RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94143, United States
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Westchester Medical Center
RECRUITINGValhalla, New York, 10595, United States
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