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. 2020 Nov 20;406(1):39–54. doi: 10.1007/s00423-020-02014-7

Table 4.

Current clinical trials on ex vivo liver machine perfusion

Title Status Features Identifier
Hypothermic machine perfusion
  Study to evaluate performance of LifePort® Liver Transporter System, a machine perfusion system, for liver transplant Recruiting Regular organs, randomized, multicenter NCT 03484455
  Hypothermic oxygenated perfusion for extended criteria donors in liver transplantation (HOPExt) Recruiting ECD organs, DBD, randomized, multicenter NCT 03929523
  Post-static cold storage hypothermic oxygenated perfusion in Bergamo Liver Transplant Program Recruiting ECD organs, DBD and DCD, observational, single-center NCT 03098043
  Clinical trial of new hypothermic oxygenated perfusion system versus static cold storage Recruiting ECD organs, DBD, new HOPE device vs. static cold storage, randomized, single-center NCT 03837197
Normothermic machine perfusion
  Normothermic liver preservation Active, not yet recruiting Regular organs, DBD and DCD, randomized, multicenter NCT 02775162
  Safety and feasibility of normothermic machine perfusion to preserve and evaluate orphan livers Not yet recruiting Declined organs, DBD and DCD. single group, single-center NCT 03456284
  Pilot study to assess safety and feasibility of normothermic machine preservation in human liver transplantation Active, not recruiting ECD (> 70 years), DBD and DCD, non-randomized NCT 02515708
  Normothermic liver preservation trial Recruiting ECD, DBD and DCD, single-center, non-randomized NCT 03089840
  Using ex vivo normothermic machine perfusion with the OrganOx Metra™ device to store human livers for transplantation Enrolling by invitation ECD, DBD and DCD mix, non-randomized NCT 02478151
  Viability testing and transplantation of marginal livers Active, not recruiting Declined organs, DBD and DCD, single-center, non-randomized NCT 02740608
  Efficacy of ex situ normothermic perfusion versus Cold storage in the transplant with steatotic liver graft Recruiting DBD and living donors, 30% - 60% of macrovesicular steatosis, single-center, randomized NCT 03930459
Sequential perfusion
  Sequential hypo- and normothermic perfusion to preserve extended criteria donor livers for transplantation Not yet recruiting ECD, DBD and DCD, single group, single-center NCT 04023773