Immunosuppression Management in Renal Transplant Recipients With Transplant Excellence Based on TruGraf Test

Immunosuppression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Immunosuppression Management in Renal Transplant Recipients With Transplant Excellence Based on TruGraf Test

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04670926
• Other study ID #: TGRP07
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 3, 2021
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: August 2021
• Source: Transplant Genomics, Inc.
• Contact: Cortney C Miller, PhD
• Phone: 5107753326
• Email: cortneymiller[@]eurofins-tgi.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is an investigator-initiated, single-center, prospective, randomized, proof of concept study. In this study patients who are status post kidney transplantation and meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will undergo immunosuppression reduction and will be followed closely to assess stability of graft function.

Description:

The study will consist of 2 parts (Part-I and Part-II). In Part I of the study, kidney transplant recipients who are low-risk for rejection and meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria for study Part-I will be approached for informed consent in the peri-transplant period, defined as 7 days before to 5 days after transplantation. Basic clinical history and kidney transplant function that are reviewed for routine transplant care are utilized to screen patients who are approached for study discussion and informed consent.

Patients who agree to participation in the study will have received Thymoglobulin induction of at least 4.5 mg/Kg body weight total dose. These patients will have their corticosteroids withdrawn by day 30 post-transplantation and will be followed with kidney function labs at least weekly through day-90 post-transplantation. Withdrawal of corticosteroids in patients who are immunologically at low risk for acute rejection similar to this study population and have received at least 4.5 mg/kg total dose of Thymoglobulin is standard practice. Patients meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria for Part-II of the study will continue with the study. Those failing to meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria for Part-II of the study will conclude the study and will be followed per CPMC standard of care.

In Part II, study patients will be randomized to one of the two groups in a 2:1 ratio. Two patients will be randomized to the study group for every one patient to the standard of care group. A total of 75 patients will be enrolled. Fifty to the study group and 25 to the standard of care group. The patients will have post transplantation follow-up labs as standard of care and clinic visits also as standard of care. There are no additional clinic visits for the study purposes or study procedures. TruGraf blood will be collected at the same time as the standard of care blood tests and additional phlebotomy is not required.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 75
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: June 3, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Part-I

Inclusion Criteria: Patients who meet all of the following criteria are eligible for enrollment:

1. All males or females of at least 18 years of age.

2. Have the ability to understand the requirements of the study and are able to provide written informed consent.

3. Recipient of a primary deceased-donor or living donor kidney transplant.

4. Patients at low-immunological risk for acute rejection defined as cPRA of less than 50; no DSA; non-African American recipients

5. HLA crossmatch negative (virtual cross match acceptable)

6. Allograft from a deceased donor with KDPI < 50%

Exclusion Criteria: Patients who meet any of the following criteria are not eligible for enrollment:

1. Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent.

2. Need for combined organ transplantation with an extra-renal organ transplant.

3. Recipients of previous non-renal solid organ and/or islet cell transplantation.

4. Infection with HIV

5. Patients with Hepatitis B or C PCR positive.

6. Patients on corticosteroids at the time of transplantation

7. Patients with leucopenia (WBC <3.0) and thrombocytopenia (platelets <100)

8. Patients who will NOT receive Thymoglobulin induction (>4.5 mg/kg total dose)

9. HLA-identical living related renal transplant recipients

Part-II

Inclusion Criteria: Patients who meet all of the following criteria are eligible for enrollment:

1. Stable serum creatinine level and estimated eGFR of > 45 mL/min at 90 days post-transplantation

2. Kidney transplant patients who are more than 90 days post-transplant.

3. Patients who have received Thymoglobulin induction therapy (> 4.5 mg/kg) and tolerated corticosteroid withdrawal.

Exclusion Criteria: Patients who meet any of these criteria are not eligible for enrollment:

1. Infection with BK viremia with viral loads 10,000 copies/mL.

2. Patients with proteinuria (urine protein >1 gm/gm of creatinine).

3. Patients diagnosed with acute allograft rejection of any grade

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Immunosuppression
• Kidney Transplant Rejection

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• TruGraf
TruGraf results will be available in real-time and used by the physician in conjunction with other standard of care labs to guide management of immunosuppression as follows: Patients with a stable serum creatinine and eGFR of > 45 mL/min who also have a TruGraf TX result at month 3 will have their Mycophenolate Mofetil or Mycophenolate Sodium decreased from a standard dose of 1000 mg twice daily to 500 mg twice daily or 720 mg twice daily to 360 mg twice daily respectively. Patients with a stable serum creatinine and estimated eGFR of > 45 mL/min who also have a TruGraf TX result at months 4, 5, and 6 will have their Tacrolimus target trough level decreased to a target between 3 and 6. Patients with TruGraf not-TX will have no further immunosuppression reduction and continued to be monitored.

Other:
• Standard of Care
Patient's immunosuppression will be managed per the current CPMC standard of care that includes continuation of Mycophenolate Mofetil or Mycopheonolate Sodium at 1000 mg bid or 720 mg bid respectively. The dose may be decreased at the discretion of the physician for drug adverse effects such as diarrhea or other gastrointestinal side-effects or neutropenia as is the standard of care. Patients will be maintained on Tacrolimus at target levels that are considered standard of care by the managing physician.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	California Pacific Medical Center	San Francisco	California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Transplant Genomics, Inc.	California Pacific Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physicians decided to reduce immunosuppression	Percent or total number of patients who physicians decided could reduce immunosuppression.	Baseline to month 12
Primary	Banff pathology	Banff pathology will be assessed for all study subjects receiving a biopsy during the study period (if performed).	Baseline to month 12
Primary	Cost of patient care	The cost of patient care will be evaluated by measuring the total health care spending for health care services provided during the study period.	Baseline to month 12