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CompletedNCT00498095

A Study on a New Staining Method (C4d Staining) of Transplanted Kidney Biopsies

Experience of C4d Staining in Renal Allograft Biopsies

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
52 (actual)
Sponsor
Hospital Authority, Hong Kong · Other Government
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers

Summary

Patients who had received kidney transplantation may suffer from rejection. Recently, positive staining for C4d in kidney biopsies of malfunctioning transplant kidney is increasingly recognized as an important prognostic indicator of poorer long-term kidney outcome. Data is, however, lacking in Hong Kong.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURERenal biopsy

Timeline

Start date
2006-07-01
Completion
2006-12-01
First posted
2007-07-09
Last updated
2011-06-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00498095. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.

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