Kidney perfusion fluid may hold clues to transplant quality
NCT ID NCT03024229
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at whether analyzing the fluid used to preserve kidneys on a LifePort® machine could help predict how well the kidney will work after transplant. Researchers measured chemicals in the fluid and compared them to early kidney function in 40 recipients. The goal is to find a better way to assess organ quality before surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new way to assess kidney quality before transplant, potentially reducing the risk of delayed function.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed observational study with only 40 participants. The findings may not apply to all transplant centers or improve actual outcomes.
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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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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2017
- Finished
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Jan 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: * Donors aged 18 years or more in brain death or who died of cardiac arrest collected locally in Tours, associated with the major local recipients of the grafts over the same period. Exclusion Criteria: * Kidney transplant removed but stored in a static preservative. * Kidney grafts of donors aged 18 years or more, removed and not retained on a LifePort® perfusion machine.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHR-ORLEANS Service d'Urologie
Orléans, Loiret, 45100, France
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Urology CHRU-TOURS
Tours, I&L, 37000, France
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