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Assessment of Hearts Deemed Unsuitable for Transplant With the Aim of Expanding the Donor Heart Pool.

NCT01780597 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 17

Last updated 2018-11-01

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Summary

The main question to be asked in this study is what is the potential for human hearts that have been deemed unacceptable for transplant, to be explanted and re-animated in a controlled, external environment to be assessed? Furthermore would the reanimated hearts be able to undergo improvement in their function in this external environment.

Ultimately this may lead to an increase the number of hearts available for transplantation.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David Talbot, MBBS PhD MD · Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2020-04-30
Completion
2020-04-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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