TEACH (Kidney Transplantation) - Clinical Trial
What is the Purpose of this Study?
If you choose to join this study as a donor, you will:
- Have a physical exam
- Have blood draws
- Give a fecal sample
- Have bone marrow taken out of the back of your pelvic bone with a needle after your kidney is taken out
- Complete a follow-up visit 1-3 weeks after the surgery
If you choose to join this study as a recipient, you will:
- Have a kidney biopsy done
- Have blood draws
- Have surgery to get the donor kidney
- Complete follow-up visits every 2 weeks after surgery
- Begin to receive Mesenchymal Stromal Cell (MSC) infusions 6 weeks after surgery and continue every 4 weeks for a year
Kidney Transplant
Who Can Participate in the Study?
Adults needing a kidney transplant who have not:
- Had Immunosuppressive drug therapy in the past year
- Had congestive heart failure
- Had pulmonary edema
What is Involved?
We are doing this study to learn if mesenchymal stromal cells , along with medication, can allow a kidney transplant patient to slowly reduce and/or completely stop all anti-rejection drugs.
Study Details
