OCS Liver PROTECT Trial: Preserving and Assessing Donor Livers for Transplantation

International Randomized Trial to Evaluate The Effectiveness of The Portable Organ Care System (OCS™) Liver For Preserving and Assessing Donor Livers for Transplantation (OCS Liver PROTECT Trial)

A prospective, phased-pivotal, international randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the OCS™ Liver to preserve and assess donor livers intended for transplantation.

The OCS™ Liver PROTECT Trial is a two-armed, multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled pivotal trial to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the OCS Liver to preserve and assess donor livers intended for transplantation.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Registered male or female primary Liver transplant candidate
• Age ≥18 years old
• Signed: 1) written informed consent document and 2) authorization to use and disclose protected health information

Exclusion Criteria:

• Acute, fulminant liver failure
• Prior solid organ or bone marrow transplant
• Chronic use of hemodialysis or diagnosis of chronic renal failure, defined as chronic serum creatinine of >3 mg/dl for >2 weeks and/or requiring hemodialysis
• Multi-organ transplant
• Ventilator dependent
• Dependent on > 1 IV inotrope to maintain hemodynamics