Status:

COMPLETED

Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Neurological Death Organ Donors

Lead Sponsor:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Collaborating Sponsors:

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Conditions:

Organ Transplantation

Eligibility:

All Genders

6+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether application of lower limb remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) after determination of brain death improves donor stability, organ quality, organ yie...

Detailed Description

Study Design and Participants The RIPNOD trial was conducted from July 2011 to July 2014 as a prospective randomized trial in two OPOs (in New Jersey and in Texas) in the U.S. The funding organization...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Neurological death donors in whom brain death determination is imminent
  • First person consent or next of kin consent for research
  • Donors \>=6 years of age
  • Organ recovery not expected within 6 hours of consent.
  • Both sexes and ethnicities.

Exclusion

  • Donation after cardiac death donors (DCD)
  • Live organ donors
  • No first person consent and next of kin decline research consent
  • Donor Age \< 6 years
  • Lower extremity trauma or recent amputation
  • Tissue only donors

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

321 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01515072

Start Date

July 1 2011

End Date

April 1 2015

Last Update

December 19 2018

Active Locations (2)

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey, United States, 07101

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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229