RecruitingNCT03615235

APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO)


Sponsor

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Enrollment

5,000 participants

Start Date

Mar 21, 2019

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

The APOLLO study is being done in an attempt to improve outcomes after kidney transplantation and to improve the safety of living kidney donation based upon variation in the apolipoprotein L1 gene (APOL1). Genes control what is inherited from a family, such as eye color or blood type. Variation in APOL1 can cause kidney disease. African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, Hispanic Blacks, and Africans are more likely to have the APOL1 gene variants that cause kidney disease. APOLLO will test DNA from kidney donors and recipients of kidney transplants for APOL1 to determine effects on kidney transplant-related outcomes.


Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria1

  • Living kidney donors with self-reported recent African ancestry (defined as African American, Afro-Caribbean, Hispanic black or African) will be eligible for inclusion.

Exclusion Criteria3

  • Participants who are unable or unwilling to provide informed consent.
  • Enrollment and bio sample collection from deceased donors at OPOs ended on May 31, 2023 and recruiting kidney transplant recipients ended on June 15, 2023.
  • Phase II started on 9/1/2023 and only Living Donors will be recruited for an additional 2 years.

Locations(18)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States

University of Miami / Miami Transplant Institute

Miami, Florida, United States

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Joslin Diabetes Center / Harvard University

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

University of Michigan Medicine

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Saint Louis University Center for Transplantation

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York, United States

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

New York, New York, United States

Weill Cornell Medicine

New York, New York, United States

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Wake Forest School of Medicine

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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