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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04707872




Registration number
NCT04707872
Ethics application status
Date submitted
11/01/2021
Date registered
13/01/2021
Date last updated
5/06/2024

Titles & IDs
Public title
Trifecta-Heart cfDNA-MMDx Study
Scientific title
Trifecta-Heart cfDNA-MMDX Study: Comparing the DD-cfDNA Test to MMDx Microarray Test and Central HLA Antibody Test
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
ATAGC06
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Heart Transplant Rejection 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
Diagnosis / Prognosis - MMDx diagnostic test
Diagnosis / Prognosis - Prospera
Diagnosis / Prognosis - HLA antibody

Heart transplant protocol and for cause biopsies - The study population includes patients with a functioning heart transplant undergoing a biopsy for clinical indications as standard of care, or protocol biopsies of heart in high-risk patients, or follow-up after treatment.


Diagnosis / Prognosis: MMDx diagnostic test
Microarray test of gene expression in heart biopsies

Diagnosis / Prognosis: Prospera
Donor derived cell-free DNA in patient blood

Diagnosis / Prognosis: HLA antibody
Centralized measurement of HLA antibodies in patient blood

Intervention code [1] 0 0
Diagnosis / Prognosis
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Calibration of Prospera test for T cell-mediated rejection
Timepoint [1] 0 0
18 months
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Calibration of Prospera test for antibody-mediated rejection
Timepoint [2] 0 0
18 months
Primary outcome [3] 0 0
Calibration of Prospera test for heart injury
Timepoint [3] 0 0
18 month
Primary outcome [4] 0 0
Report calibrated Prospera test results for rejection
Timepoint [4] 0 0
6 months
Primary outcome [5] 0 0
Report calibrated Prospera test results for heart injury
Timepoint [5] 0 0
6 month
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Determine if Prospera blood test can replace heart biopsy test
Timepoint [1] 0 0
6 month
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Determine if Prospera blood test can replace follow up heart biopsy
Timepoint [2] 0 0
6 month
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Assessment of donor-specific antibody status
Timepoint [3] 0 0
6 months

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- All heart transplant recipients undergoing a biopsy for clinical indications and
protocol biopsies, as determined by their physician or surgeon, will be eligible to
enroll in the study.

- Patients are enrolled based on standard of care biopsies, including surveillance
biopsies in high-risk patients, with informed consent.
Minimum age
No limit
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Patients will be excluded from the study if they decline participation

- Are unable to give informed consent.

- Recipients of multiple organs.

Study design
Purpose
Duration
Selection
Timing
Prospective
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Cardiac Transplantation Laboratory, The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute - Darlinghurst
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
NSW 2010 - Darlinghurst
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 0 0
United States of America
State/province [1] 0 0
Arkansas
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United States of America
State/province [2] 0 0
California
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United States of America
State/province [3] 0 0
New Jersey
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United States of America
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New York
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United States of America
State/province [5] 0 0
Texas
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United States of America
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Utah
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Austria
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Vienna
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Canada
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Alberta
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Czechia
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Prague
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Italy
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Bologna
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Poland
State/province [11] 0 0
Zabrze
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Spain
State/province [12] 0 0
La Coruna

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
University of Alberta
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Commercial sector/Industry
Name [1] 0 0
Natera, Inc.
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0
Other collaborator category [2] 0 0
Other
Name [2] 0 0
One Lambda
Address [2] 0 0
Country [2] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Demonstrate the relationship between DD-cfDNA levels and HLA antibodies in blood transplant
recipient and the Molecular Microscope® (MMDx) Diagnostic System results in indication and
protocol biopsies from heart transplants.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04707872
Trial related presentations / publications
Madill-Thomsen KS, Halloran PF. Precision diagnostics in transplanted organs using microarray-assessed gene expression: concepts and technical methods of the Molecular Microscope(R) Diagnostic System (MMDx). Clin Sci (Lond). 2024 Jun 5;138(11):663-685. doi: 10.1042/CS20220530.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Philip F Halloran, MD PhD
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Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Center, University of Alberta
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Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Konrad Famulski, PhD
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Phone 0 0
1 780 782 9463
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Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04707872