A Comparative Effectiveness Study in Heart Transplant Patients of Rejection Surveillance With Cell-free DNA Versus Endomyocardial Biopsy

Description

This is an open label Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) study in which patients will be randomized at the site level to Prospera surveillance or EMB surveillance in a 2:1 ratio (Prospera to EMB) at each site. Subjects will be enrolled into the study while under evaluation for heart transplantation or on the transplant waiting list prior to heart transplantation. All subjects will follow the center's standard of care surveillance schedule from transplant through 4 weeks post-transplantation. EMB during this phase is expected to occur roughly weekly or bi-weekly. Study group assignment will take place at randomization. Subjects will be randomized 30 days (± 10 days) post-transplant to Prospera surveillance versus EMB surveillance in a 2:1 ratio. Rejection surveillance (Prospera Group and EMB Group) will be performed at times corresponding to the institutional standard of care schedule for rejection surveillance.

Conditions

Heart Transplant Failure and Rejection

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This is an open label Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) study in which patients will be randomized at the site level to Prospera surveillance or EMB surveillance in a 2:1 ratio (Prospera to EMB) at each site. Subjects will be enrolled into the study while under evaluation for heart transplantation or on the transplant waiting list prior to heart transplantation. All subjects will follow the center's standard of care surveillance schedule from transplant through 4 weeks post-transplantation. EMB during this phase is expected to occur roughly weekly or bi-weekly. Study group assignment will take place at randomization. Subjects will be randomized 30 days (± 10 days) post-transplant to Prospera surveillance versus EMB surveillance in a 2:1 ratio. Rejection surveillance (Prospera Group and EMB Group) will be performed at times corresponding to the institutional standard of care schedule for rejection surveillance.

A Comparative Effectiveness Study in Heart Transplant Patients of Rejection Surveillance With Cell-free DNA Versus Endomyocardial Biopsy (ACES-EMB)

A Comparative Effectiveness Study in Heart Transplant Patients of Rejection Surveillance With Cell-free DNA Versus Endomyocardial Biopsy

Condition
Heart Transplant Failure and Rejection
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048

San Diego

University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, 92103

Aurora

University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045

Jacksonville

Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224

Atlanta

Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30309

Boston

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Ann Arbor

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

Durham

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

Dallas

University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390

Salt Lake City

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Age 18 years or older at the time of signing informed consent.
  • 2. Undergoing transplant evaluation or currently on the heart transplant waiting list and expected to receive a heart transplant.
  • 3. Able to read, understand and provide written informed consent. If the patient is unable to sign informed consent, a legally authorized representative (LAR) can consent on behalf of the patient.
  • 4. Able and willing to comply with the study visit schedule, study procedures and study requirements.
  • 1. Concurrent multiple solid organ or tissue transplants.
  • 2. Prior history of any organ or cellular transplantation.
  • 3. Planned use of other commercially available or investigational cfDNA or gene expression profile assays for rejection surveillance.
  • 4. Pregnant.
  • 5. Hemodynamically unstable or other serious medical condition that may adversely affect the subject's ability to participate in the study.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Natera, Inc.,

Michael Olymbios, MD, STUDY_DIRECTOR, Natera, Inc.

Josef Stehlik, MD, STUDY_CHAIR, University of Utah

Palak Shah, MD, STUDY_CHAIR, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular

Study Record Dates

2025-12