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Abdominal Wall Transplant

Description

The purpose of this protocol is to determine the safety and efficacy of abdominal wall transplantation as a treatment for the reconstruction of abdominal wall defects. Abdominal wall transplantation may be performed alone or in combination with another transplant.

Conditions

Transplant;Failure,KidneyTransplant; Failure, LiverTransplant; Failure, BowelAbdominal Wall DefectAbdominal Wall FistulaAbdominal Wall HerniaAbdominal Wall Injury
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Related Conditions:

Transplant;Failure,KidneyTransplant; Failure, LiverTransplant; Failure, BowelAbdominal Wall DefectAbdominal Wall FistulaAbdominal Wall HerniaAbdominal Wall Injury

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Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this protocol is to determine the safety and efficacy of abdominal wall transplantation as a treatment for the reconstruction of abdominal wall defects. Abdominal wall transplantation may be performed alone or in combination with another transplant.

Abdominal Wall Transplantation for the Reconstruction of Abdominal Wall Defects as Adjunct to Abdominal Solid Organ Transplantation

Abdominal Wall Transplant

Condition
Transplant;Failure,Kidney
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Durham

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Candidates between 18-65 years old
  • * Willingness and legal ability to give consent
  • * Abdominal Wall in combination with another organ transplant: they must be eligible for the non-vascularized composite allograft organ transplant at Duke
  • * Malignancy at evaluation or history of malignancy that precludes transplantation
  • * Pregnancy: Women who are of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 48 hours of transplant and agree to use reliable contraception with two contraceptive methods for a minimum of 2 years following abdominal wall transplantation. Subjects seeking to become pregnant following 2 years will be made aware during the consent process that the effect of pregnancy on the transplanted abdominal wall and vice versa is unknown.
  • * Medical exclusion criteria for general anesthesia
  • * Ongoing substance abuse or history of untreated substance abuse

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Duke University,

Linda Cendales, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Duke University

Kadiyala Ravindra, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Duke University

Study Record Dates

2028-06-01