Status:

COMPLETED

The Anticipated Organ Donation Approach

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon La Seyne sur Mer

Collaborating Sponsors:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Conditions:

Brain Death

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to make a paramedical evaluation of a selection procedure of serious brain-injured patient in therapeutic abstention to a brain death state within 48 hours.

Detailed Description

In 2016 in France, 5891 organs have been transplanted. All the transplant's sources are developed (brain death, Maastricht III, living organ donor). However, the French Transplant's plan 2017-2021 re...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or Female over 18 years-old
  • Patient with serious brain damages
  • Medical decision of withdrawing life sustaining treatment
  • Signed and dated informed consent by trusted person, or family
  • Patient covered by social security regimen
  • Patient eligible for organ donation according to organ donation hospital co-ordination
  • Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) :
  • Seriously brain-injured patient without confounding factors, head trauma, brain anoxia or ischemic stroke : GCS\<5 and loss of bilateral corneal reflex or GCS\<5 and loss of three brain stem reflexes
  • Seriously brain-injured patient with confounding factors and without head trauma, brain anoxia or ischemic stroke : at least one of the following scanographic sign of gravity : deletion of subarachnoid cisterns, more than 15 mm deviation of the median line, hematoma volume \> 65 cm3 or hydrocephalus due to intra-ventricular bleeding with V3 or V4 flood, and, if documented, a GCS\<7.
  • Patient with head trauma, brain anoxia or ischemic stroke, reliable clinical examination required (no confounding factor) : GCS\<5 and loss of bilateral corneal reflex or GCS\<5 and loss of three brain stem reflexes

Exclusion

  • No trusted person or family present
  • Seriously brain-injured patient because of head trauma, brain anoxia or ischemic stroke with confounding factors
  • Absolute contraindication to organ donation known at the moment of inclusion (HIV, rabies, active cancer, active tuberculosis, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 29 2019

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 3 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

83 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03765814

Start Date

September 29 2019

End Date

October 3 2024

Last Update

November 20 2025

Active Locations (4)

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CH Annecy Genevois

Pringy, Haute Savoie, France, 74374

2

CHU de Nantes

Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France, 44093

3

Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Toulon La Seyne sur Mer

Toulon, Var, France, 83200

4

Centre Hospitalier Départemental de Vendée Les Oudairies

La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée, France, 85000

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