2018年12月4日,加州大學舊金山分校人工腎研究小組(The Kidney Project Team) 在臉書上發表了最新研究進展更新聲明. 翻譯如下:
我們想在這裡做一個簡短的人工腎研究進展更新。我們最近在臉書上不夠活躍,和大家缺乏溝通,非常抱歉。由於工作人員離職,我們的研究隊伍在最近幾個月全體動員緊張忙碌的推動材料安全臨床試驗的開始。
目前我們正在等待被批准以便開始材料安全臨床試驗。因為人工腎是植入式的,直接和病人血液相通,我們已經開始收集需要提供給審查委員會的更多數據。我們清楚的知道等待讓人感到沮喪和焦慮,但是審查委員會要考慮到人工腎的最大利益,同時也要盡其所能的確保在人體試驗的設備的安全性。
一旦初期材料安全試驗開始,我們先從一小部分病人中得到數據,用這些數據再申請一個更大的證明人工腎在透析病人中有效的臨床試驗。這是植入式醫用設備研發程序。我們每天都在不斷的推薦研究的進程!
希望我們這個進展更新能夠幫助那些一直在關注我們的人理解我們目前的狀況,如果您有任何疑問,請參閱我們的常見問題解答 https://pharm.ucsf.edu/kidney/device/faq。我們將盡力做更頻繁的更新。
下圖
人工腎研究小組領導人加州大學Roy教授和範德比爾特大學腎病專家Fissell教授
下2圖
羅伊教授為美國高中生講解人工腎和其工作原理。
研究更新聲明英語原文如下:
We wanted to post a quick update on the work that has been going on for the bioartificial kidney. We realize that we have not been as active on Facebook and wanted to apologize for the lack of communication. With personnel departures, our team has been all-hands-on-deck the last few months trying to get this initial safety trial going.
Currently, we are awaiting approval to start the initial material safety trial. Since our device is implanted and interacts directly with the patients' bloodstream, we have begun collecting additional data that we need to provide to the review boards. While we understand that it is frustrating waiting for approval, the review boards have the best interests of the trial subjects in mind and are doing what they can to ensure only a safe device gets tested on patients.
Once the initial material safety trial starts, we will gather data from a small cohort of individuals to support an application for a larger trial to prove the effectiveness of our device in patients who require dialysis. This is a normal sequence in the development of implantable medical devices, and we keep pushing forward every day with our research!
Hopefully, this update helps those of you who have been asking questions regarding our activities and if you have any questions, please refer to our FAQ: https://pharm.ucsf.edu/kidney/device/faq. We will strive to post more frequent updates.
Best,
The Kidney Project Team
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