Hepatitis c donor livers safely transplanted into healthy recipients
NCT ID NCT03819322
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether livers from donors with hepatitis C could be safely transplanted into people without hepatitis C. Five patients on the liver transplant waiting list received these livers and were then treated with an antiviral drug to prevent infection. The goal was to see if this approach could expand the donor pool and reduce wait times.
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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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5 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2019
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- 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 (recipients): 1. Patients with end-stage liver disease listed for liver transplantation at UPMC. 2. Age ≥ 18 3. No available living liver donor 4. Listed for an isolated liver transplant at UPMC 5. Have panel reactive antibody level of \<98% 6. Able to travel to UPMC for routine post-transplant visits and study visits for a minimum of 12 months after transplantation 7. Able to provide informed consent 8. Be willing to use a contraceptive method for a year after transplant Exclusion criteria (recipients): 1. HIV positive 2. HCVAb or HCV RNA positive 3. Presence of behavioral risk factors for contracting HCV. These behavioral risk factors are current injection drug use, current intranasal illicit drug use, current percutaneous/parenteral exposures in an unregulated setting. 4. Hepatitis B surface antigen positive 5. History of atrial fibrillation requiring the use of amiodarone over the past 12m 6. Receipt of prior organ transplant 7. Waitlisted for a multi-organ transplant 8. Pregnant women 9. Known allergy to sofosbuvir/velpatasvir 10. Any condition, psychiatric or physical, that in the opinion of the investigator would make it unsafe to proceed with transplantation or interfere with the ability of the subject to participate in the study Inclusion criteria (donors): 1. HCV antibody positive 2. HCV NAT negative or positive Exclusion criteria (donors): 1. Confirmed HIV positive (positive HIV-1 antibody, positive HIV-2 antibody, positive p24 antigen and/or positive HIV NAT) 2. Confirmed HBV positive (positive hepatitis B surface antigen and/or HBV NAT) 3. Known ongoing therapy for HCV
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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