Martin L. Mai, M.D.

Thirteen APOLLO Clinical Centers (CCs), or Networks, will prospectively enroll eligible living kidney donors and recipients of kidneys from eligible living and deceased kidney donors transplanted at all transplant programs in the continental United States including Puerto Rico. The APOLLO Scientific and Data Research Center (SDRC or Coordinating Center) will support and participate in studies determining the impact of donor and recipient APOL1 genotypes on kidney transplant outcomes in recipients of a kidney transplant from a donor with recent African ancestry, and follow African ancestry living kidney donors for changes in vital status, kidney function and proteinuria. APOLLO’s Study Chair and NIH Project Officers have broad expertise in disparities in kidney disease, transplantation, genetic factors and social components.

The purpose of this study is to compare the rate of progression from prediabetes at 4 months to frank diabetes at 12 months (as defined by increase in HbA1C or fasting BS to diabetic range based on the ADA criteria) after transplantation in kidney transplant recipients on Exenatide SR + SOC vs. standard-of-care alone.

The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of cellular immunotherapy with MDR-101 for induction of functional immune tolerance in recipients of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched, living donor kidney transplants.

The purpose of this study is to compare tacrolimus formulations (Envarsus XR® versus twice a day tacrolimus) with the hypothesis that Envarsus XR® improves transplant- and tacrolimus- associated symptoms when compared to a twice a day tacrolimus regimen.

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, effectiveness, and overall benefit of FCR001 cell therapy in de novo living donor renal transplantation.

This study will compare the incidence of a two-part composite endpoint consisting of de novo donor specific antibody (DSA) formation or a designation of "immune activation" (IA) on peripheral blood molecular profiling in patients maintained on twice daily, immediate-release tacrolimus versus those maintained on Astagraf XL in the first two years post-transplant.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how treatment and self-care after kidney transplant impacts people’s lives, relationships, and finances.

The purpose of this study is to validate the use of an RNA-seq based peripheral blood assay in renal transplant recipients in adult kidney transplant recipients.  

The purpose of this study is to connect the findings of TruGraf (a peripheral blood RNA signature that has been shown to correlate with rejection in kidney transplants) with rejection episodes in kidney transplant patients that are managed using standard of care clinical protocols at the three Mayo transplant sites.