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The Transplant Center
is a partnership of the
following entities:





A Pioneering Heart Transplant Program

Heart Transplant Clinical Trials

Sponsor

Lead

A three-arm study of immunossuppessants: prograf/rapa/steroids vs. prograf/cellcept/steroids vs. neoral/cellcept/steroids. Study is in the follow-up phase.

Fujisawa Healthcare

Miller

DASH - Donor antigen hyporesponsiveness. Monitors the development of donor antigen-specific hyporeactivity to learn more about the mechanism involved. Study is in the follow-up phase.

Kidney Transplant Team, University of Minnesota

Miller

Enteric-coated MPA vs Cellcept. (same basic drug, different pharmacokinetics). Study is in the follow-up phase.

Novartis

Miller

Cardiac Transplant Research Database (CTRD) is a nation-wide database for heart transplants started by Dr. Leslie Miller while he was at St. Louis. Fairview-University is one of about 40 centers that contribute data on all their heart transplant patients. Through this research they will have the ability to generate much more information on outcomes than any one center could do independently.

 

Miller

The utility of C2 Cyclosporine Monitoring in Cardiac Transplantation: A Cardiac Transplant Research Database (CTRD) Pilot Study. Enrolling post-transplant patients.

UAB through Novartis

Miller

Heart Failure Clinical Trials

Sponsor

Lead

YM087 in CHF. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging pilot study evaluating the efficacy and safety of YM087 in patients with decompensated chronic heart failure. Study is in the follow-up phase.

Yamanouchi

Colvin-Adams

The Renaissance Study (RIAF). Study is in the follow-up phase.

Immunex Corporation

Miller

Clinical evaluation of ACORN cardiac support device in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. Study is in the follow-up phase.

ACORN Cardiovascular

Miller

Revive. Study is in the follow-up phase.

Orion Pharmaceuticals

Miller

Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Effectiveness. Study is in the follow-up phase.

NIH

Miller

A phase II, double blind randomized placebo controlled dose comparative study of the efficacy tolerability and safety of MCC 135 in subjects with chronic heart failures. NYHA Class II/III. Study is in the follow-up phase.

Mitsubishi Study

Miller

Clinical Investigation of the DeBakey VAD(R) with Comparison to a Performance Goal to Establish Safety and Effectiveness of the Device as a Left Ventricular Support in Patients Awaiting Cardiac Transplantation.

MicroMed Technology, Inc.

Miller

Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure - REMATCH (RIAF). Study is in the follow-up phase.

NIH

Miller

HF-ACTION

NIH/Duke Clinical Research Institute

Colvin-Adams

ACCLAIM: A Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel Group, Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Effects of Immune Modulation Therapy (IMT) on Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure. Soon to start enrolling.

Vasogen

Colvin-Adams

RAPID – A Radomized Controlled Trial of Ultrafiltration for Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure. Now enrolling.

CHF Solutions

Boyle

Clenbuteral: A nonramdomized, Prospective, Single-Center Evaluation of Potential Recovery of Heart Function in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure by Treatment with a Combination o Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), Novel Drug Therapy and Exercise Training. Now enrolling.

Thoratec

Miller




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