Optimal Pediatric Heart Transplant Immunosuppression With MicroRNAs

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
AgeUp to 18
SponsorInova Health Care Services

About this trial

This study aims to discover circulating microRNAs (associated with drug doses and levels) that can be used to characterize the overall immune state in pediatric heart transplant patients and predict patients that will go on to develop infection and rejection. MicroRNAs (miRs) are small, non-coding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression and serve as molecular biomarkers found in the circulation.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age ≤ 18 years at time of transplant listing

Subject is within 10-50 days post-orthotopic heart transplant at time of enrollment.

Planned follow-up at the transplant center for a minimum of one-year.

Caregiver able and willing to comply with the study visit schedule, study procedures, and study requirements.

Disqualifiers

Recipient of a multi-organ transplant

History of prior solid organ transplant before the index heart transplant

Ongoing mechanical circulatory support or hemodynamic instability after transplant

Active infection requiring either a) hospitalization or b) treatment with antimicrobial drugs (does not include prophylaxis for infection or suppressive antibiotics given after transplant)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Not listed

Trial groups

No trial groups listed

Sponsors and collaborators