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Registration number
NCT00319579
Ethics application status
Date submitted
27/04/2006
Date registered
27/04/2006
Date last updated
26/02/2024

Titles & IDs
Public title
Pilot Prospective Study: Long-term Health of Living Kidney Donors
Scientific title
The Long Term Medical and Psychological Implications of Becoming a Living Kidney Donor: A Prospective Pilot Study
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LKD Prospective Study
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R-04-204
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Living Kidney Donors 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Observation - Living Kidney Donors with controls who have not donated a kidney and meet certain criteria at the time of the donor's donation (i.e. no hypertension, no kidney disease, etc.).
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Hypertension in living kidney donors
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Annually for 5 years post donation

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Age greater than 18 years old

2. A predicted Cockcroft-Gault creatinine clearance > 80 mL/min

3. Average sBP < 140 and dBP < 90 based on 3 readings

4. A spot urine protein to creatinine ratio < 15 mg/mmol
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
1. A medical condition (such as cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, active cancer)
or psychological condition (such as major affective disorder, personality disorder, a
history of chemical dependence) which the local transplant centre deems unfit for
donation. Blood group and immunological incompatibility (such as positive cross-match,
poor HLA matches) are not reasons for exclusion

2. Evidence of a financial incentive for donation

3. A contraindication to general anaesthesia or surgery

4. A past medical history of hypertension

5. Use of antihypertensive class medications for any reason.(ACE-Is, ARBs, diuretics,
beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers)

6. A past history of permanent proteinuria

7. The eligible non-donor is planning to donate their kidney within the next year

8. Unable to give informed consent

9. Unwilling to participate in the follow-up assessments at one, two, three, four and
five years, or unwilling or unable to conduct home blood pressure or laboratory
measurements

10. The living donor or eligible non-donor is currently pregnant

11. Despite being planned the donor nephrectomy does not take place

12. Enrolled in another clinical study which interferes with the conduct or outcomes of
this study

Study design
Purpose
Duration
Selection
Timing
Prospective
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/01/2005
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/08/2009
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
330
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC,WA
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MonashMedical Centre - Clayton
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - Nedlands
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3168 - Clayton
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
- Nedlands
Recruitment outside Australia
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United States of America
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Colorado
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United States of America
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Connecticut
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United States of America
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Michigan
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United States of America
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Ohio
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United States of America
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Virginia
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Canada
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Alberta
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Canada
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British Columbia
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Canada
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Manitoba
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Canada
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Nova Scotia
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Canada
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Ontario

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Amit Garg
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Other
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Kidney transplantation, a 'miracle' of modern medicine, is the preferred treatment option for
End Stage Renal Disease compared to dialysis, patients who receive kidneys have a 70%
reduction in risk of death, a dramatically improved quality of life and cost the health care
system considerably less. As a result there are over 3000 Canadians, and 57,000 Americans on
the waiting list for a kidney. To meet the shortage in cadaveric kidneys, rates of living
kidney donation have nearly doubled over the last 10 years, and will continue to rise with
growing demand.

Yet despite its advantages for the recipient, living kidney donation remains a complex
ethical, moral and medical issue. The premise for accepting living donors is that the
"minimal" risk of short and long-term medical harm realized by the donor is outweighed by the
definite advantages to the recipient and potential psychosocial benefits of the altruistic
gift to the donor. The only benefit for the living donor is psychological - donors experience
increased self-esteem, feelings of well-being and improved health related quality of life
with their altruistic act of assuming medical risk to help another. The short-term
consequences of living donation are well established. On the other hand the long-term
implications of living kidney donation are far less certain. This study will look at the long
term implications of living kidney donation.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00319579
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Amit X Garg, MD
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Lawson Health Research Institute
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Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

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