NCT03500315Completed
HOPE in Action Prospective Multicenter, Clinical Trial of Deceased HIVD+ Kidney Transplants for HIV+ Recipients
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The primary objective of this study is to determine if an HIV-infected deceased kidney donor (HIVD+) transplant is safe with regards to major transplant-related and HIV-related complications.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 207 (actual)
- First submitted
- 2 Apr 2018
- Start date
- 19 Apr 2018
- Primary completion date
- 30 Sept 2022
- Lead sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT03500315
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 207
- From 19 Apr 2018 to the primary completion date, 30 Sept 2022
- 29 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Participant has a history of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) or primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma.
Lab values
- Past or current medical problems or findings from medical history, physical examination or laboratory testing that are not listed above, which, in the opinion of the investigator, may pose additional risks or may impact the quality or interpretation of the data obtained from the study.
Other
- Participant is pregnant or breastfeeding.
Who the study is looking for
- Participant meets the standard criteria for kidney transplant at the local center.
- Participant is able to understand and provide informed consent.
- Participant meets with an independent advocate per the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act Safeguards.
- Documented HIV infection (by any licensed assay, or documented history of detectable HIV-1 RNA).
- Participant is ≥18 years old.
- Opportunistic complications: if prior history of an opportunistic infection, the participant has received appropriate therapy and has no evidence of active disease.
- Cluster of Differentiation 4 (CD4)+ T-cell: ≥200/µL within 16 weeks of transplant.
- HIV-1 is below 50 copies RNA/mL. Viral blips between 50-400 copies allowed as long as there are not consecutive measurements \>200 copies/mL.
- Participant is willing to comply with all medication related to their transplant and HIV management.
- For participant with a history of aspergillus colonization or disease, no evidence of active disease.
- The participant must have, or be willing to start seeing, a primary medical care provider with expertise in HIV management.
- All participants participating in sexual activity that could lead to pregnancy must use an FDA approved method of birth control.
- Participant is not suffering from significant wasting (e.g. body mass index \<21) thought to be related to HIV disease.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (29)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Maryland, Institute of Human Virology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| Johns Hopkins University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Unknown status |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Virginia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charlottesville | United States | Unknown status |
| Northwestern University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Illinois at Chicago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| Rush University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Cincinnati Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Unknown status |
| Methodist Health System Clinical Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Unknown status |
| Indiana University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Indianapolis | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Little Rock | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California, Los Angeles Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| Miami Transplant Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Unknown status |
| Yale University School Of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Haven | United States | Unknown status |
| Ochsner Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Orleans | United States | Unknown status |
| Columbia University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Weill Cornell Medical College Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| New York University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Pennsylvania Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
| Drexel University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
| UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California San Diego Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Diego | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California San Francisco Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Francisco | United States | Unknown status |
| Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Washington D.C. | United States | Unknown status |
| Cleveland Clinic Florida Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Weston | United States | Unknown status |
Related publications
- Allograft Rejection and the Latent HIV Reservoir in Kidney Transplant Recipients With HIV.J Infect Dis · 2026 · PMID 41823991
- Human antibody repertoire among kidney donors with and without HIV.JCI Insight · 2026 · PMID 41817597
- APOL1 Genotype and Patient Outcomes in US and South African Transplant Recipients With HIV who Received Kidneys From Donors With HIV.Transplantation · 2026 · PMID 41247466
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