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Status unknownNCT04694573Updated Jan 19, 2021

Multicenter CTS Pre-and Post-Transplantation Covid-19 Serum Studies

An observational study in Covid19, Kidney Transplant; Complications and Kidney Transplant Failure and Rejection, sponsored by Heidelberg University. Status unknown at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-01-19.

Sponsored by Heidelberg University · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jan 2021), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
600
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The Covid-19 Serum Study is a prospective case-control study in

  1. kidney or liver transplanted patients being hospitalized due to an infection with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) after transplantation (TX) (POST-TX Covid-19 Serum Study)

    or

  2. patients receiving kidney or liver transplantation after having had a SARS-CoV-2 infection (PRE-TX Covid-19 Serum Study)

The aim of this study is to evaluate the development of de novo donor specific antibodies (dnDSA) in transplanted patients being hospitalized due to an infection with SARS-CoV-2 (POST-TX Covid-19 Serum Study) as well as in patients receiving kidney or liver transplantation after having had an infection with SARS-CoV-2 prior to transplantation (PRE-TX Covid-19 Serum Study).

Further, the investigators will evaluate possible consequences of having had a SARS-CoV-2 infection prior or after liver or kidney transplantation with regard to graft survival and incidence of graft rejection episodes as well as SARS-CoV-2 specific antibody development after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Conditions studied

  • Covid19
  • Kidney Transplant; Complications
  • Kidney Transplant Failure and Rejection
  • Liver Transplant; Complications
  • Liver Transplant Failure and Rejection

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Keywords

  • Covid-19
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Liver Transplantation
  • donor-specific antibodies
  • dnDSA
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In context

COVID-19

7,640 studies on the registry are indexed under COVID-19; 488 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 600 is above the median of 261 across 3,136 observational studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

Heidelberg University is the lead sponsor of 279 studies on the registry; 17 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Kidney- or liver transplant recipients with a SARS-CoV-2 infection prior to transplantation (PRE-TX Covid-19 Serum Study) or a SARS-CoV-2 infection after transplantation (POST-TX Covid-19 Serum Study), 2 matched controls

Inclusion criteria

  • Kidney-transplant recipients and full-size liver-recipients (de-novo or re-transplanted)
  • Participant or legal guardian is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the trial
  • SARS-CoV-2 infection before transplantation (PRE-TX Covid-19 Serum Study) or after transplantation (POST-TX Covid-19 Serum Study)

Specific Inclusion Criteria for PRE-TX Covid-19 Serum Study:

  • Kidney or liver transplantation between Dec 17,2020 - Dec 17, 2021

Specific Inclusion Criteria for POST-TX Covid-19 Serum Study:

  • Hospitalization due to SARS-CoV-2 infection in between Dec 17,2020 - Dec 17, 2021

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants not meeting the inclusion criteria
  • multi-organ transplant recipients
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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
600 participants (estimated)
Target follow-up
5 Years
Patient registry
Yes
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna

Groups and cohorts

  • POST-TX Covid-19 Serum Study Case

    Kidney or liver-transplanted patients being hospitalized due to an infection with SARS-CoV-2

  • POST-TX Covid-19 Serum Study Control

    2 matched controls without SARS-CoV-2 infection after TX; matching according to * age (18-34, 35-59, 60-75 years) * sex * type of transplantation * time after transplantation (0-180, 181-365, 366-1095, 1096-2555, \>2555 days after TX)

  • PRE-TX Covid-19 Serum Study Case

    Patients being kidney or liver-transplanted after having had an infection with SARS-CoV-2

  • PRE-TX Covid-19 Serum Study Control

    2 matched controls without SARS-CoV-2 infection prior to TX; matching according to * age(18-34, 35-59, 60-75 years) * sex * type of transplantation

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in dnDSA development (PRE-TX Covid-19 Serum Study)

    Time frame: Year 1, 2, 3, 5 after day of transplantation

  2. Change in dnDSA development (POST-TX Covid-19 Serum Study)

    Time frame: at day 60-90 after being hospitalized due to Covid-19; 1,2,3,5 years after day of hospitalization due to Covid-19

  3. Graft Survival (PRE-TX Covid-19 Serum-Study)

    Time frame: Year 1, 2, 3, 5 after day of transplantation

  4. Graft Survival (Post-TX Covid-19 Serum-Study)

    Time frame: at day 60-90 after being hospitalized due to Covid-19; 1,2,3,5 years after day of hospitalization due to Covid-19

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of graft rejection (PRE-TX Covid-19 Serum Study)

    Time frame: Year 1, 2, 3, 5 after day of transplantation

  2. Incidence of graft rejection (POST-TX Covid-19 Serum Study)

    Time frame: at day 60-90 after being hospitalized due to Covid-19; 1,2,3,5 years after day of hospitalization due to Covid-19

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 19, 2021, 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
NCT04694573
Lead sponsor
Heidelberg University
Responsible party
Caner Suesal (Professor, Institute of Immunology, Heidelberg University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 5, 2021
Start date
Dec 28, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 28, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 28, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Jan 19, 2021

Study contacts

Caner Suesal, Professor
Contact
caner.suesal@med.uni-heidelberg.de
+49 (0) 6221 56-5545
Christian Morath, Professor
Contact
christian.morath@med.uni-heidelberg.de
+49 (0) 6221 91120
Caner Suesal, Professor
principal investigator · Institute of Immunology Heidelberg
Christian Morath, Professor
principal investigator · Department of Nephrology, Heidelberg

Oversight

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