Kidney transplantation for kidney failure
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients eligble for kidney transplantation from a post-mortem donor, who are at least 18 years of age and mentally competent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patient is mentally incompetent and/or has an age of 17 or less. The time between arrival of the graft in the AMC and the transplantation into the patient is expected to be less than 2 hours, as estimated by the transplant surgeon or surgical resident.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main study endpoint is the absence of adverse effects due to the use of Airdrive* machine perfusion as preservation method. Every unexpected event possibly related to the use of the Airdrive* that occurs during the transplantation procedure or within 1-month follow-up, will be evaluated (perioperative cardiovascular incidents, haematological abnormalities, postoperative infections and clinical parameters). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary endpoints comprise perfusion parameters, which are recorded as part of the Airdrive* system. | — |
Countries
Netherlands