Low Dose Irradiation for Small Bowel Transplant

Completed

Conditions studied: Irreversible Intestinal Failure, Allograft Rejection

In brief

The specific aims of this study is to improve short and long-term patient and graft survival, to reduce the incidence and severity of allograft rejection, to reduce the incidence of infection and to reduce and/or eventually eliminate the need for long-term immunosuppression.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00382486

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

100

Starts

2001-07-01

Expected to finish

2003-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-12-17

Who can join

Age: 17 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• all patients between 17 and 70 who are diagnosed with intestinal failure awaiting intestinal/multivisceral transplant

You may not qualify if…

• active systemic/abdominal infections
• incurable malignancy
• acquired immune deficiency syndrome
• severe cardiopulmonary insufficiency
• current alcoholism
• pregnant female

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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