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Research & Clinical Trials

Human heart tissue protocol

• Investigator: Kenneth Margulies, MD
• Sponsored by: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation (CTOT) Studies

Prevention of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Using Rituximab (Rituxan) Therapy in Cardiac Transplantation

• Investigator: Lee Goldberg, MD
• Sponsored by: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter, Two-Parallel Arm Study Evaluating the Overall Efficacy and Safety of Desensitization Therapy on Selected Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation

• Investigator: Lee Goldberg, MD
• Sponsored by: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

For more information about clinical trials at the Penn Transplant Institute, see Research & Clinical Trials.

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