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HINT

HINT – Herpes Virus Infections in Kidney Transp​lant Patients​.

Vaccination against varicella zoster virus (VZV) is routinely offered to all kidney transplant recipients and candidates in Denmark. In this exploratory observational study, the VZV specific humoral and cellular immune response in kidney transplant candidates and recipients will be characterized at different time points in relation to transplantation, vaccination and infections. More knowledge on the immune reaction to transplantation, VZV vaccination and VZV infections may provide improved strategies for prevention and treatment of VZV infections in kidney transplant candidates and recipients.​​​​

The study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov with identifier NCT050604911​


​Recruitment is ongoing and preliminary results are therefore pending. ​


​Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet

  • Susanne Dam Poulsen, Professor, MD, Senior Consultant (principal investigator responsible for the clinical part)
  • Moises Alberto Suarez Zdunek, MD, PhD Student
  • Sebastian Rask Hamm, MD, PhD Student
  • Annemette Hald, Project Nurse

Department of Nephrology, Rigshospitalet

  • Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Professor, MD, Senior Consultant

Department of Nephrology, Odense Universitetshospital

  • Claus Bistrup, Professor, MD, Senior Consultant

Department of Nephrology Aarhus Universitetshospital

  • Henrik Birn, Professor, MD, Senior Consultant

Department of Infectious Diseases, Odense Universitetshospital

  • Isik Johansen, Professor, MD, Senior Consultant

Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus Universitetshospital

  • Carsten Schade Larsen, Associate Professor, MD, Senior Consultant

​Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark

  • Sine Reker Hadrup, Professor (principal investigator responsible for laboratory analyses)

  • Sunil Kumar Saini, Associate Professor.

 

Funding

  • The Augustinus Foundation

  • The Novo Nordisk Foundation

  • Regionernes Medicin- og Behandlingspulje

  • Rigshospitalet Research Council​​


Publications

  • ​​Recruitment is ongoing and preliminary results are therefore pending.

 

Ongoing PhD-projects

  • Herpes Virus Infections in Kidney Transplant Patients (HINT)​ – Sebastian Rask Hamm, MD, PhD-student​



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