Informed Consent for Potential Recipients of Pig Kidney Xenotransplantation in the United States

• Published in: Transplantation Vol. 106; no. 9; p. 1754
• Main Authors: Padilla, Luz A, Hurst, Daniel, Maxwell, Kathryn, Gawlowicz, Kennan, Paris, Wayne, Cleveland, David, Cooper, David K C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Animals; Female; Humans; Informed Consent; Kidney; Male; Swine; Transplantation, Heterologous; United States; United States

Clinical trials of kidney xenotransplantation are being considered in the United States. Before this novel procedure can take place, investigators will have to obtain approval from the institutional review board. The consent form that will be used for such a trial and that will receive approval from...