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Current Kidney Transplant Clinical Trials

For more information about clinical trials at the Penn Transplant Institute, read our answers to frequently asked questions.

Studies Open for Enrollment

Clinical, immunologic, pharmacologic consequences of kidney transplantation in people with HIV infection

Sponsor: NIH
Principal Investigator: Kim Olthoff, MD

Penn Human Islet Production Lab

Sponsor: NIH

Islet cell transplantation in patients with Type I Diabetes

Sponsor: Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Principal Investigator: Ali Naji, MD, PhD

A randomized, prospective single-center study comparing a rapid discontinuation of corticosteroids (steroid withdrawal) with corticosteroid therapy in kidney transplantation using Mycophenolate Mofetil and Tacrolimus maintenance therapy

Principal Investigator: Simin Goral, MD

Renal Transplant Cohort Study

Sponsor: American Heart Association
Principal Investigator: Sylvia Rosas, MD

Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation (CTOT)

Sponsor: NIH
Principal Investigator: Abraham Shaked, MD, PhD

A Phase IV, Randomized, Open-Label, Comparative, Single-Center Study to Assess Gastrointestinal Adverse Event Outcomes of De Novo African American Kidney Transplant Recipients treated with Prograf (tacrolimus) /CellCept (mycophenolate mofetil)/Corticosteroids versus Prograf (tacrolimus)/Myfortic (enteric coated mycophenolate sodium)/Corticosteroids

Principal Investigator: Roy Bloom, MD

 


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