A Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effects of Ultra-Violet C treatment (UVC) during Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) as a Method of Inactivating Hepatitis C Infection in Donor Lungs

In pre-clinical studies we have demonstrated the ability of light-based therapies - UVC and photodynamic therapy (PDT) during EVLP to inactivate HCV in donor lungs. In a step-wise application of this technology to clinical transplantation, we designed a clinical trial to evaluate to effects of UVC treatment using NAT+ HCV donor lungs followed by transplantation.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: 108 Source Type: research