In this study investigators will investigate whether early treatment of allograft rejection, as detected by urine CXCL10-monitoring, improves outcomes in renal allograft recipients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
241
Standard-of-care treatment is based on the severity and phenotype of biopsy-proven rejection
University Hospital Basel, Transplantation Immunology & Nephrology
Basel, Switzerland
Graft loss not due to death of the patient
1-year composite outcome consisting of at least one of the primary outcomes 1 to 4
Time frame: First year post-transplant
Biopsy-proven clinical acute rejection
1-year composite outcome consisting of at least one of the primary outcomes 1 to 4
Time frame: 4-weeks up to 1-year post-transplant
Subclinical T-cell mediated rejection in 1-year surveillance biopsy defined by t>0 and/or v>0
1-year composite outcome consisting of at least one of the primary outcomes 1 to 4
Time frame: First year post-transplant
Interstitial fibrosis / tubular atrophy with inflammation (IFTA+i defined by the Mayo Clinic criteria) in 1-year surveillance biopsy
1-year composite outcome consisting of at least one of the primary outcomes 1 to 4
Time frame: First year post-transplant
Efficacy assessed by microvascular inflammation at 1-year (ptc, g, c4d, cg)
Microvascular inflammation at 1-year (ptc, g, c4d, cg)
Time frame: First year post-transplant
Efficacy assessed by development of IFTA from implantation to 1-year (∆ ci, ct, cv)
Development of IFTA from implantation to 1-year (∆ ci, ct, cv)
Time frame: First year post-transplant
Efficacy assessed by number of days from transplantation to biopsy-proven clinical acute rejection
number of days from transplantation to biopsy-proven clinical acute rejection
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Time frame: First year post-transplant
Efficacy assessed by Proteinuria >500mg/day at 6- and 12-months post-transplant
Proteinuria \>500mg/day at 6- and 12-months post-transplant
Time frame: First year post-transplant
Safety assessed by total number of biopsies, indication for biopsy and CXCL10-triggered biopsies within the first year post-transplant
total number of biopsies, indication for biopsy and CXCL10-triggered biopsies within the first year post-transplant
Time frame: First year post-transplant
Safety assessed by biopsy-related complications within the first year post-transplant
biopsy-related complications within the first year post-transplant biopsy-related complications within the first year post-transplant
Time frame: First year post-transplant
Safety assessed by immunosuppression-related complications as infections and cancer within the first year post-transplant
immunosuppression-related complications as infections and cancer within the first year post-transplant
Time frame: First year post-transplant
Graft and its cause
Long-term outcome Graft and its cause
Time frame: yearly up to 10 years
Death and its cause
Long-term outcome Death and its cause
Time frame: yearly up to 10 years
Allograft function measured by creatinine and eGFR
Long-term outcome Allograft function measured by creatinine and epidermal growth factor receptor (eGFR)
Time frame: yearly up to 10 years
Proteinuria
Long-term outcome Proteinuria
Time frame: yearly up to 10 years
Biopsy-proven rejection
Long-term outcome Biopsy-proven rejection
Time frame: yearly up to 10 years