Main Reference

1. Contact address(Person who provides information. This information will be treated confidentially)?

Title: MD, PhD

First Name: Abraham

Last Name: Shaked

Address: Hospital of the Univ. Of Pennsylvania, 2 Dulles, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia

Zip: 19104

State: Pennsylvania PA

Country: USA

Institution: University of Pennsylvania

Telephone:

Email:

2. What is the source of your information about human xenotransplantation practices?

Press release

3. What is the therapeutic purpose of this xenotransplantation treatment?

End-stage liver disease

4. Where and when is this human xenotransplantation practice taking place?

Country: USA

Timing: 12-2023

5. Is this treatment part of a clinical trial?

No

6. How many patients are included in this clinical trial?

Unknown

7. What are the inclusion criteria for patient selection?

i. Duration on the waiting list?

ii. Life-threatening diseases without alternative therapy?

iii. Is a protocol available?

8. What is the animal source of the xenotransplantation product?

Pig

9.Source Animals
Do you have information about source animals?

Yes

Source animals?
- Geographic origin?    
- Species?    
- Strain?    
- Where were the source animals kept?  
- Was it a closed facility?    

Genetic modification of source: transgenic source animals or knock-out source animals?
Other precautions: 
69-GE liver by eGenesis Inc. (EGEN-5784) and extracorporeal circulation device by OrganOx Ltd.

10. Testing of safety
Do you have information about testing of safety?

No

Can you give a list of microbial agents for which source animals have been tested?

11. What type of cells/tissues/organs was transplanted?

Cells:

Tissues:

Organs: Liver

Others:

12.What type of exposure to xenogeneic cells was involved?

• Solid-organ Xenotransplantation: No
• Cellular Xenotransplantation: No
• Tissue Xenotransplantation: No
• Human cells exposed to xenogeneic Feeder cells: No
• Extracorporeal perfusion: No
• Encapsulation: No
• Other bioartificial isolation device:
• Others:

13. Transplant
Do you have information about transplant recipients?

Yes

For how long will they be taken?    
For how long will they be store?     
How often is the patient seen for follow-up       
How long are the patients followed?            72h 

14. Have results been presented at a scientific congress?

Unknown

15. Have results been published in a scientific journal?

16. Is this human clinical trial performed with governmental and/or institutional oversight and supervision?

No

17. Was the trial approved by a public health authorities(ministry of health, governmental agency…)?

No

if yes, which?

18.Was the trial overseen by a public health authorities(ministry of health, governmental agency…)?

No

if yes, which?

19. Comment
Brain-dead patient