Live Kidney Donor Study

Completed

Conditions studied: Kidney Transplantation, End Stage Renal Disease

In brief

Kidney transplants from living donors now account for 40% of all the kidney transplants done in the United States. However, the current information on how donating a kidney can affect the donor's long term health needs further investigation. The purpose of this study is to collect data on a large number of live kidney donors and create and analyze a comprehensive database. Information about the number of living kidney donors, including those who have experienced kidney failure, heart problems, and death will be gathered for the database. Investigators will then use the database to identify the risks of kidney failure, associated conditions, and death after living donation. The database will also be used to identify characteristics that put donors at higher risk for health problems after donation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00608283

Run by

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

People needed

8951

Starts

2007-08-01

Expected to finish

2011-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-27

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Donated kidney at one of the three participating study centers

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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