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CompletedNCT04541914Updated May 15, 2025

Diagnostic Efficacy of Molecular Diagnostic Method for AMR in ABOiKT

An interventional study of 5-gene classification model in ABO Blood Type Incompatible Kidney Transplantation and Antibody-mediated Rejection, sponsored by Seoul National University Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Korea, Republic of. Open to participants aged 19 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-15.

Sponsored by Seoul National University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled May 2020, registered Aug 2020).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
19 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the peripheral blood marker-based molecular diagnostic method developed in the previous study can differentiate and predict accommodation and antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in ABO blood type incompatible kidney transplant (ABOiKT) patients who are prospectively recruited.

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Our research team retrospectively analyzes biomarkers that distinguish accommodation and acute antibody-mediated rejection through transcriptomic analysis of peripheral blood in patients with ABO blood type incompatibility kidney transplantation at Seoul National University Hospital. Through this, a classification model was developed to distinguish accommodation and antibody-mediated rejection using peripheral blood marker at the time of the protocol biopsy on the 10th day after renal transplantation, and recently reported as a new peripheral blood marker-based molecular diagnostic method. On the 10th day after surgery, transcriptomic analysis through RNA-seq was performed using samples of peripheral blood from 18 patients with accommodation and 10 patients with antibody-mediated rejection confirmed by protocol biopsy. The candidate genes were validated in the discovery set and another independent training set through quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Finally, a 5-gene classification model including COX7A2L, CD69, CD14, CFD, and FOXJ3 was developed through logistic regression analysis.

To evaluate the diagnostic effectiveness (sensitivity, specificity) for the peripheral blood marker-based molecular diagnostic method by prospectively recruiting patients with ABO blood type incompatible kidney transplantation is needed. And, it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of whether the peripheral blood marker-based molecular diagnostic method can predict antibody-mediated rejection or accommodation as a result of protocol biopsy that will be performed on the 10th day after transplantation - peripheral blood samples collected earlier than the 10th day (day 5 and day 7) after ABO blood type incompatible kidney transplantation.

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Conditions studied

  • ABO Blood Type Incompatible Kidney Transplantation
  • Antibody-mediated Rejection

Keywords

  • molecular diagnostic method
  • diagnostic efficacy
  • accommodation
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In context

Lead sponsor

Seoul National University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 1,860 studies on the registry; 275 are open to participants now.

Of its 12 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (17%) have results posted.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
19 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • ABO blood group incompatible kidney transplant patients
  • Patients who consent to written consent
  • Patients over 19 years of age

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant patients
  • Patients with a history of drug abuse within the last 6 months
  • Psychiatric disease history (major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc.)
  • Patients who do not want to participate in this study
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Validation group

    Evaluation for diagnostic efficacy of peripheral blood marker-based molecular diagnostic method for antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in ABO blood type incompatible kidney transplant (ABOiKT)

    Diagnostic Test: 5-gene classification model

Interventions

  • Diagnostic test5-gene classification model

    Peripheral blood marker-based molecular diagnostic method for AMR in ABOiKT

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The value by logistic regression equation using peripheral blood marker on the 7th day after ABOiKT for prediction of antibody-mediated rejection

    To evaluate whether the value by logistic regression equation using peripheral blood marker-based molecular diagnostic method on the 7th day after ABOiKT can predict antibody-mediated rejection from the protocol kidney biopsy results on the 10±2 day after ABOiKT (If the probability value of a sample is higher than 0.5, it is classified as accommodation. Samples with values \<0.5 are classified as antibody-mediated rejection by this diagnostic method)

    Time frame: the 7th day after ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation

Secondary outcomes

  1. The value by logistic regression equation using peripheral blood marker on the 5th or 10th day after ABOiKT for prediction of antibody-mediated rejection

    To evaluate whether the value by logistic regression equation using peripheral blood marker-based molecular diagnostic method on the 5th or 10th day after ABOiKT can predict antibody-mediated rejection from the protocol kidney biopsy results on the 10±2 day after ABOiKT (If the probability value of a sample is higher than 0.5, it is classified as accommodation. Samples with values \<0.5 are classified as antibody-mediated rejection by this diagnostic method)

    Time frame: the 5th or 10th day after ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation

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Study locations

1 site
  • Seoul National University Hospital
    Seoul, 03080, Korea, Republic of
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References and documents

Publications

  • Jeon HJ, Lee JG, Kim K, Jang JY, Han SW, Choi J, Ryu JH, Koo TY, Jeong JC, Lee JW, Ishida H, Park JB, Lee SH, Ahn C, Yang J. Peripheral blood transcriptome analysis and development of classification model for diagnosing antibody-mediated rejection vs accommodation in ABO-incompatible kidney transplant. Am J Transplant. 2020 Jan;20(1):112-124. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15553. Epub 2019 Aug 26. PubMed 31373158 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 15, 2025, 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
NCT04541914
Lead sponsor
Seoul National University Hospital
Responsible party
Jaeseok Yang (Principal Investigator, Seoul National University Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 9, 2020
Start date
May 19, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2023
Completion
Dec 31, 2023
Last update
May 15, 2025

Study contacts

Jaeseok Yang, M.D., Ph.D
principal investigator · Transplantation Center, Seoul National University Hospital

Oversight

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