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| Name | Class |
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| Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | OTHER |
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VZV is one of the important opportunistic infection in transplant recipients.Until now, there is no laboratory method to stratify the risk of VZV reactivation after solid organ transplantation. Theoretically, VZV-specific cell-mediate immune response before solid organ transplantation will further categorize the patients into high or low risk of VZV development after solid organ transplantation. The investigators thus evaluate the usefulness of VZV-specific ELISPOT assay in kidney transplant candidates to predict the development of VZV infection after kidney transplantation.
We will develop VZV-specific ELISPOT assay, then perform this assay before transplantation. We will evaluate whether this assay will predict zoster reactivation after transplantation.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| high VZV ELISPOT results | high spot counts in ELISPOT | ||
| low VZV ELISPOT results | low spot counts in ELISPOT |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| zoster development | 6 months after transplantation |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| mortality | 6 months after transplantation |
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Kindeny transplant recipients
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Sung-Han Kim, MD | Asan Medical Center | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Asan Medical Center | Seoul | 138-736 | South Korea |
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