Study to Evaluate Performance of the Organ Recovery Systems LifePort® Liver Transporter System, a Machine Perfusion System, for Liver Transplant (PILOT™)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03484455 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 30, 2018
Last Update Posted : October 7, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Liver Transplantation | Device: Hypothermic machine perfusion Device: Static cold storage | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 142 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Prospective Randomized Multi-Center Study of the Use of the Organ Recovery Systems LifePort® Liver Transporter (LLT) System With Vasosol® as Compared to Static Cold Storage in Orthotopic Liver Transplants (Perfusion to Improve Liver Outcomes in Transplantation) |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 3, 2019 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 12, 2022 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 12, 2022 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Hypothermic Machine Perfusion
Hypothermic Machine Perfusion with Organ Recovery Systems LLT system
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Device: Hypothermic machine perfusion
Organ Recovery Systems LifePort® Liver Transporter (LLT) System and Vasosol® Machine Perfusion Solution |
Active Comparator: Static Cold Storage
Standard of Care - Static Cold Storage
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Device: Static cold storage
Static cold storage (standard of care) |
- Number of patients in each arm with Early Allograft Dysfunction (EAD) [ Time Frame: 7 days ]EAD defined as total bilirubin ≥ 10 mg/dL or International Normalized Ratio (INR) ≥ 1.6 or Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) >2000IU/L or Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) > 2000 IU/L

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- ≥18 years of age
- Active on the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) waiting list for liver transplantation
- De novo liver transplant recipient
- Written informed consent required
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject is a multi-organ transplant recipient
- Subject is antibodies blood group (ABO) liver incompatible
- Subject has severe systemic infection
- Subject is Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive
- Subject has acute/fulminant liver failure
- Subject is pregnant

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03484455
United States, Illinois | |
Northwestern Memorial Hospital | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611 | |
University of Chicago Medical Center | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637 | |
United States, New Jersey | |
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School | |
Newark, New Jersey, United States, 07101 | |
United States, New York | |
Montefiore Medical Center | |
Bronx, New York, United States, 10467 | |
Columbia University Medical Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10032 | |
University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital | |
Rochester, New York, United States, 14642 | |
United States, Ohio | |
University of Cincinnati Medical Center | |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45267 | |
United States, Utah | |
Intermountain Medical Center | |
Murray, Utah, United States, 84107 | |
United States, Virginia | |
University of Virginia Hospital | |
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22903 |
Study Director: | Stan Harris | Organ Recovery Systems | |
Study Chair: | Matthew Copithorne | Organ Recovery Systems |
Responsible Party: | Organ Recovery Systems, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03484455 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2017-US-01-ORS |
First Posted: | March 30, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 7, 2022 |
Last Verified: | October 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | Yes |
Device Product Not Approved or Cleared by U.S. FDA: | Yes |