SHIRE AMR PRO & QoL

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    An observational, cross-sectional study to assess the Quality of Life (QoL) of kidney transplant patients with acute anti-body mediated rejection (AMR)

  • IRAS ID

    238775

  • Contact name

    Titus Augustine

  • Contact email

    titus.augustine@mft.nhs.uk

  • Sponsor organisation

    Shire Pharmaceuticals Inc

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    0 years, 10 months, 20 days

  • Research summary

    This international, cross-sectional, matched cohort study is designed to provide current individual data values and population distributions for measurements of Quality of Life (QoL) and Health Utility (HU) of patients who have or have not experienced antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) following renal transplantation.

    The study will be conducted in one selected site in each of 4 countries (U.S., Canada, U.K. and Germany), and will enroll approximately 50 participants per site for a total of 200 participants. Graft function will be divided into 5 functional strata, corresponding to chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage 2 to Stage 5 determined by estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR). A total of 10 participants with stable function will be enrolled into each functional stratum in each site,comprising approximately 5 participants with AMR and 5 participants without AMR matched for
    graft function, time post-transplant, recipient age and presence of diabetes mellitus.

  • REC name

    North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 2 Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    18/NE/0081

  • Date of REC Opinion

    5 Apr 2018

  • REC opinion

    Favourable Opinion