BEAT-BK: An Adaptive, Randomized Controlled Trial to Treat Polyomavirus Infections (BKPyV) in Kidney and Kidney-pancreas Transplantation Recipients (BEAT-BK) Study Protocol
This trial will provide the first high-quality evidence on the role of IVIg in BKPyV management and inform clinical decision-making in posttransplant care.
Authors
- Michael Dymock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-2860)
- Vikas R. Dharnidharka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8000-1385)
- Samantha Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4103-4541)
- Tom Snelling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4670-0638)
- N. M. Isbel
- Nicholas Larkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6914-4884)
- Kenneth Yong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0707-6206)
- Jonathan C. Craig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2548-4035)
- Rahul Mainra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2341-8947)
- Dirk R.J. Kuypers
- Ryan Gately (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1951-9836)
- Andrea Valks
- Sana Hamilton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1488-6767)
- John Kanellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2748-5955)
- Dharshana Sabanayagam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6650-7002)
- Jonathan Gleadle
- Carmel M. Hawley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1392-5649)
- J Pensiwck
- Germaine Wong
- Allison Jaure
- Siah Kim
- Helen Pilmore
- Jen Kok
- D Johnson
- Wai H. Lim
- Anna Francis
- Martin Howell
- Karen Keung
- Julie A. Marsh
- Gabor Mihala
- Martin Hajek
- Nicole Scholes-Roberton
- On behalf of the BEAT-BK Investigators
- Scott B. Campbell
- Armando Teixeira-Pinto
Institutions
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- NCR (United States) (US)
- Edith Cowan University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Apple (Israel) (IL)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- The Kids Research Institute Australia (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (AU)
- Government of Western Australia Department of Health (AU)
- Auckland City Hospital (NZ)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital (AU)
- Johnson University (US)
- Children's Hospital at Westmead (AU)
- Flinders Medical Centre (AU)
- Westmead Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Saskatchewan (CA)
- Development Fund (NO)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (AU)
- Monash Health (AU)
- Kidney Health Australia (AU)
- Westmead Institute for Medical Research (AU)
- The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transplantation Direct
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/txd.0000000000001924
- Primary Topic
- Polyomavirus and related diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Sydney
- Monash University
- Flinders University
- University of Queensland
- Universidade de São Paulo