Could a warmer kidney save more lives? new trial tests 10°C storage
NCT ID NCT07385651
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether storing donated kidneys at 10°C (instead of the usual 4°C on ice) helps them work better after transplant. About 30 adults waiting for a kidney transplant will take part. Researchers will measure kidney function and check for early injury using urine tests.
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Study facts
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- 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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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.
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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.
Participant inclusion criteria 1\. All adult single organ kidney transplant candidates on the waiting list at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will be eligible for enrollment. Participant exclusion criteria 1. Kidney transplant candidates less than 18 years old 2. Kidney transplant candidates that decline consent 3. Transplant candidates listed for multi-organ transplant Deceased donor organ inclusion criteria: 1. Donation after brain death or donation after circulatory death kidney donors, whose health care proxy has consented for donation and the possibility of research 2. Deceased donor kidneys that have been allocated to VUMC as a primary match offer prior to organ procurement will be eligible Deceased donor organ exclusion criteria: 1. Donors whose health care proxy has declined consent for the possibility of research 2. Deceased donor kidneys that have been allocated to VUMC as a backup offer 3. Deceased donor kidneys that have been allocated to VUMC as a post procurement offer 4. Deceased donor kidneys that have already been placed on ice
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37027, United States
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