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Not yet recruitingNCT03861962ACORG-HLAUpdated Apr 29, 2019

Re-evaluation of Donor-specific Anti-HLA Alloantibodies Immunoassay After Organ Transplantation, From Antigen Level to Epitope Level

An observational study in Organ Transplantation, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 7 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-04-29.

Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by May 2019, 7 years 5 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
20,000
Ages
7 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Transplantation is the only treatment for end-stage organ dysfunction, with dialysis for the kidney. However, donor / recipient (D / R) tissue incompatibility accounts for the majority of long-term graft losses, through the development of serum-specific donor antibodies (DSA) to human leukocyte antigens (HLA) of donor, with a prevalence of about 10% at 2 years and 20% at 5 years.

DSA immunization is very often directed against one or a few of the donor's incompatible antigens, suggesting that epitopes (and antigens) are not all equally immunogenic. Identifying HLA epitopes that cause the most and the least immunization would help refine the graft distribution to better manage a limited resource by defining the D / R combinations to avoid or promote. Since the immunogenicity of an HLA epitope depends on the HLA of the recipient given the properties of the epitopes mentioned above, a very large cohort is needed to understand this question. To do so, it is necessary to redo these typings with a method exploring all the genes (add DQA1, DRB3 / 4/5, DPB1 and DPA1) when this has not been done after the graft as part of the standard care. This has become possible since 3 years by DNA sequencing called "new generation" (or NGS), a method that is supplanting all others for the medical care of patients in transplantation.

This study is a retrospective cohort study with 5-year follow-up. The investigators' main objective is to evaluate the predictive value of the number of mismatched HLA epitopes for the development of DSA anti-HLA de novo at 2 years. The investigators' secondary objectives are to evaluate this parameter at 5 and 8 years to determine which epitope mismatches should be favored / avoided in the future.

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Conditions studied

  • Organ Transplantation

Keywords

  • serum-specific donor antibodies (DSA)
  • human leukocyte antigens (HLA)
  • organ allocation
  • epitope level
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In context

Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris is the lead sponsor of 3,505 studies on the registry; 1,006 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
7 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients (adults and children) récipients of a first kidney transplant / heart / lung / liver donor living or deceased,non-immunized anti-HLA before the transplant, having preserved their graft > 2 years will be enrolled

Inclusion criteria

  • patients (adults and children)
  • patients recipients in France from 2008 to 2015 of a first kidney transplant / heart / lung / liver donor living or deceased, non-immunized anti-HLA before the transplant
  • patients having preserved their graft > 2 years
  • having agreed to the use for research purposes in transplantation of the remains of the DNA and serum samples taken as part of the care of which the remains are available

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • no inclusion if one of the inclusion criteria is not met
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
20,000 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • OtherDNA sequencing called "new generation" (or NGS)

    Redo HLA-typings with a method exploring all the genes (add DQA1, DRB3 / 4/5, DPB1 and DPA1), i.e. DNA sequencing called "new generation", when this has not been done after the graft as part of the standard care

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of serum-specific donor antibodies (DSA)

    Proportion of serum-specific donor antibodies (DSA) regarding epitope mismatches

    Time frame: at 2 years after organ transplantation

Secondary outcomes

  1. Proportion of dnDSA anti-HLA

    Time frame: at 2 years after organ transplantation

  2. Proportion of dnDSA anti-HLA

    Time frame: at 5 years after organ transplantation

  3. Proportion of dnDSA anti-HLA

    Time frame: at 8 years after organ transplantation

  4. Proportion of non-DSA anti-HLA antibodies

    Time frame: at 2 years after organ transplantation

  5. Proportion of non-DSA anti-HLA antibodies

    Time frame: at 5 years after organ transplantation

  6. Proportion of non-DSA anti-HLA antibodies

    Time frame: at 8 years after organ transplantation

  7. Proportion of both total and HLA class I or class II dnDSA by HLA locus (A, B, C, DRB1, DRB3 / 4/5, DQB1, DQA1, DPB1, DPA1) , by HLA antigen, by epitope, for all types of organs and by organ type

    Time frame: at 2 years after organ transplantation

  8. Proportion of both total and HLA class I or class II dnDSA by HLA locus (A, B, C, DRB1, DRB3 / 4/5, DQB1, DQA1, DPB1, DPA1) , by HLA antigen, by epitope, for all types of organs and by organ type

    Time frame: at 5 years after organ transplantation

  9. Proportion of both total and HLA class I or class II dnDSA by HLA locus (A, B, C, DRB1, DRB3 / 4/5, DQB1, DQA1, DPB1, DPA1) , by HLA antigen, by epitope, for all types of organs and by organ type

    Time frame: at 8 years after organ transplantation

  10. Number of dnDSA anti-HLA both total and by HLA class (class I versus class II), by HLA locus (A, B, C, DRB1, DRB3 / 4/5, DQB1, DQA1, DPB1, DPA1), by HLA antigen, for all organ types and organ type

    Time frame: at 2 years after organ transplantation

  11. Number of dnDSA anti-HLA both total and by HLA class (class I versus class II), by HLA locus (A, B, C, DRB1, DRB3 / 4/5, DQB1, DQA1, DPB1, DPA1), by HLA antigen, for all organ types and organ type

    Time frame: at 5 years after organ transplantation

  12. Number of dnDSA anti-HLA both total and by HLA class (class I versus class II), by HLA locus (A, B, C, DRB1, DRB3 / 4/5, DQB1, DQA1, DPB1, DPA1), by HLA antigen, for all organ types and organ type

    Time frame: at 8 years after organ transplantation

  13. Distribution of anti-HLA dnDSA by targeted epitope and antigen (to define immunodominant and non-immunodominant epitopes and antigens), both total and by HLA class (class I versus class II), by HLA locus for all types of organs and organ type

    Time frame: at 2 years after organ transplantation

  14. Distribution of anti-HLA dnDSA by targeted epitope and antigen (to define immunodominant and non-immunodominant epitopes and antigens), both total and by HLA class (class I versus class II), by HLA locus for all types of organs and organ type

    Time frame: at 5 years after organ transplantation

  15. Distribution of anti-HLA dnDSA by targeted epitope and antigen (to define immunodominant and non-immunodominant epitopes and antigens), both total and by HLA class (class I versus class II), by HLA locus for all types of organs and organ type

    Time frame: at 8 years after organ transplantation

  16. Distribution of strength anti-HLA dnDSA measured by mean fluorescence intensity to identify the immunodominant DSA, both global and by class, by HLA locus by HLA antigen, by epitope, for all types of organs and organ type

    Time frame: at 2 years after organ transplantation

  17. Distribution of strength anti-HLA dnDSA measured by mean fluorescence intensity to identify the immunodominant DSA, both global and by class, by HLA locus by HLA antigen, by epitope, for all types of organs and organ type

    Time frame: at 5 years after organ transplantation

  18. Distribution of strength anti-HLA dnDSA measured by mean fluorescence intensity to identify the immunodominant DSA, both global and by class, by HLA locus by HLA antigen, by epitope, for all types of organs and organ type

    Time frame: at 8 years after organ transplantation

  19. Strength in mean fluorescence intensity of dnDSA anti-HLA de novo specific epitopes of epitopes DQbeta, DQalpha and composites (DQbeta + DQalpha) by antigen DQ

    Time frame: at 2 years after organ transplantation

  20. Strength in mean fluorescence intensity of dnDSA anti-HLA de novo specific epitopes of epitopes DQbeta, DQalpha and composites (DQbeta + DQalpha) by antigen DQ

    Time frame: at 5 years after organ transplantation

  21. Strength in mean fluorescence intensity of dnDSA anti-HLA de novo specific epitopes of epitopes DQbeta, DQalpha and composites (DQbeta + DQalpha) by antigen DQ

    Time frame: at 8 years after organ transplantation

  22. Survival of the graft

    Time frame: at 5 years after organ transplantation

  23. Survival of the graft

    Time frame: at 8 years after organ transplantation

  24. Overall survival

    Time frame: at 5 years after organ transplantation

  25. Overall survival

    Time frame: at 8 years after organ transplantation

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 29, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03861962
Lead sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 5, 2019
Start date
May 2019 (estimated)
Primary completion
May 2019 (estimated)
Completion
May 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 29, 2019

Study contacts

Jean-Luc TAUPIN, Pr
Contact
jean-luc.taupin@aphp.fr
+331 42 49 90 81
Sylvie Chevret, Pr
Contact
sylvie.chevret@paris7.jussieu.fr
+33142499742 ext. +33142499742

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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