ISRCTN50082383

Methods	Multicentre RCT; sequential study design ‐ maximum of 270 recipients
Participants	Inclusion criteria Patients who receive a kidney transplant from a controlled or uncontrolled cardiac‐death deceased donor Recipient > 18 years Exclusion criteria Lack of informed consent Positive crossmatch Previous recipient of non‐kidney solid‐organ transplant
Interventions	One kidney will be placed upon the LifePort pulsatile perfusion machine. The other will be placed in standard cold‐storage ice‐box.
Outcomes	DGF Duration of DGF The area under the curve of the daily SCr level at days 1 to 14 Day 14 calculated eGFR The need for dialysis in the first 7 days excluding the first 24 hours post‐transplant Median times to last dialysis Non‐graft function rates, defined as a kidney transplant that fails to provide one month of dialysis free renal replacement, where loss is not attributable directly to rejection or vascular thrombosis Incidence of acute rejection Three and 12‐month graft survival Three and 12‐month SCr Three and 12‐month glomerular filtration rate (MDRD method) Incidence of graft loss for technical reasons, e.g. renal artery or vein thrombosis One‐year patient survival Length of hospital stay
Notes	The following is listed as an editorial note in the ISRCTN registry (http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN50082383): 18/12/2017: The overall study end date was updated from 01/12/2016 to 31/05/2017.