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OCS Liver DCD Trial

Prospective Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of The Portable Organ Care System (OCS) Liver for Preserving, Optimizing and Assessing Currently Seldom Utilized DCD Donor Livers for Transplantation

Status
Terminated
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04194437
Enrollment
9
Registered
2019-12-11
Start date
2020-07-24
Completion date
2024-12-16
Last updated
2025-09-05

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Liver Transplant

Brief summary

Evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the OCS Liver System to preserve, optimize the condition, and assess levers from DCD donors.

Detailed description

To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the OCS™ Liver to preserve, optimize the condition and assess livers from DCD donors that currently are seldom used for liver transplants due to limitations of cold static storage with extended warm ischemic time and older donors.

Interventions

The OCS Liver System will be used to preserve, optimize and assess livers from DCD donors.

Sponsors

TransMedics
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Registered primary liver transplant candidate * Age ≥ 18 years * Obtained informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Acute, fulminant liver failure * Prior solid organ or bone marrow transplant * Ventilator dependent on day of transplant/donor organ offer

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Liver Graft Survival Through 6 Months Post-transplant6 monthsEvaluation of graft survival as defined per UNOS data collection criteria for graft status after liver transplantation

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
OCS Preserved Livers
OCS Liver System: OCS Liver System for preserving and assessing donor livers for transplantation from DCD donors.
9
Total9

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicOCS Preserved Livers
Age, Continuous60.1 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.84
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
1 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
7 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
7 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
2 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
7 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 9
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 0
serious
Total, serious adverse events
3 / 9

Outcome results

Primary

Liver Graft Survival Through 6 Months Post-transplant

Evaluation of graft survival as defined per UNOS data collection criteria for graft status after liver transplantation

Time frame: 6 months

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
OCS Preserved LiversLiver Graft Survival Through 6 Months Post-transplant8 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026