Large European Trial to Investigate Patient Outcomes from
Machine-perfused versus Static-stored Cadaveric Donor Kidneys

Geneva, 16 October 2005 — On behalf of leading transplant centers in The
Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium, the Scientific Steering Committee and
Eurotransplant today announced the pending commencement of the “Machine
Preservation Trial,” the first large, prospective, randomized, controlled,
multicenter trial to investigate the relative efficacy and cost-effectiveness of
continuous hypothermic machine perfusion versus the prevailing alternative of
static cold storage preservation in cadaveric donor kidneys before
transplantation. Full release ›