About this trial
Evaluate whether integration of HeartCare (AlloMap + AlloSure) into routine post-transplant surveillance reduces the number of invasive endomyocardial biopsies (EMBx) in the first year post-transplant
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Adult (age ≥ 18 years) at the time of transplant
Recipient of a heart transplant at St. Paul's Hospital
Within 1 year of heart transplantation
Followed at the Post-Transplant Clinic in Vancouver, BC
Disqualifiers
Unable to provide informed consent
High immunological risk at transplant: positive flow crossmatch at time of transplant, or donor-specific antibodies (DSA) detected at time of transplant
Multi-organ transplant recipient (e.g., heart-kidney, heart-liver)
Clinical instability: hemodynamic instability, sepsis, or active severe wound infection at the time of a scheduled surveillance visit
Trial population
Heart transplant recipients
Trial design
Cohort
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Number of avoided endomyocardial biopsies
Number of avoided endomyocardial biopsies because of HeartCare test integration
Locations
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