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NCT number NCT00903188
Other study ID # 2007-005844-26
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 4
First received May 15, 2009
Last updated May 15, 2009
Start date October 2008
Est. completion date April 2015

Study information

Verified date May 2009
Source University Hospital, Antwerp
Contact Jean-Louis Bosmans, MD/PhD
Phone +32/3/821 37 92
Email jeanlouis.bosmans@ua.ac.be
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority European Union: European Medicines AgencyBelgium: Federal Agency for Medicinal Products and Health Products
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study intends to determine whether steroid withdrawal or calcineurin inhibitor withdrawal is superior for graft function and graft survival. Secondary endpoints for this study are: incidence of tumors and cardiovascular events.

The primary objective: To assess if superior graft function (glomerular filtration rate (GFR) difference of 10 ml/min) will be achieved at 1 year after transplantation in cohorts of de novo kidney transplant patients treated with Myfortic-everolimus plus steroids compared to Myfortic-cyclosporine.


Description:

Methodology:

- A 5-year, multicentre, prospective, randomized, open-label, controlled study

- Group 1: Simulect + cyclosporine + Myfortic + steroid stop at 3 months

- Group 2: Simulect + cyclosporine (decrease dose in one week at month 3 and replace by everolimus) + Myfortic + steroid maintenance.

- In both groups MPA AUC monitoring will be done at 5-7 days and at 3 months, to ensure sufficient MPA protection.

Sample size calculations:

A total of 152 patients will be randomized (76 patients per group)

Population:

De novo kidney transplant recipients.

Study duration:

1.5 years inclusion+ follow-up during the first 5 years


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 152
Est. completion date April 2015
Est. primary completion date April 2010
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female recipients of a de novo kidney transplant, aged above 18 years

- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test with sensitivity equal to at least 50 mIU/ml

- Patients must be capable of understanding the purpose and risks of the study, and must sign an informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

- Multiple organ transplantation (e.g., Kidney-pancreas, kidney-heart, kidney- liver,...)

- Transplantation of a patient who got another organ transplant previously

- Recipients of a HLA-identical living-related renal transplant

- Patients with PRA > 30%, patients who have lost a first graft from rejection within two years after transplantation, and African European patients.

- Patients with primary renal disease at risk for recurrence: FSGS, MPGN, HUS

- Pregnant or lactating women

- WBC < 2.5 x 109/l (IU), platelet count < 100 x 109/l (IU), or Hb < 6 g/dl at the time of entry into the study

- Active peptic ulcer

- Severe diarrhea or other gastrointestinal disorder, which might interfere with their ability to absorb oral medication, including diabetic patients with previously diagnosed diabetic gastroenteropathy

- Known HIV-1 or HTLV-1 positive tests

- The use of investigational drugs or other immunosuppressive drugs, as those specified in this protocol

- Patients receiving bile acid sequestrants

- Psychological illness or condition, interfering with the patient's compliance or ability to understand the requirements of the study

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
cyclosporine
Cyclosporine (Group 1): basiliximab dose: 1x20 mg IV on Day 0 and 1x20 mg IV on Day 4 Cyclosporine: 8 mg/kg PO given before surgery, followed by 2x4 mg/kg/d. C-0h levels: month 1: 150-250 ng/ml; month 2: 100-200 ng/ml; month 3: withdrawal steroids: 100-150 ng/ml. C-2h levels: month 1: 900-1100 ng/ml; month 2: 800-1000 ng/ml; month 3: withdrawal steroids: maintain level of 750 ng/ml Enteric-coated mycophenolate(MPA):720mg PO pre-operatively followed by 1.44 g/day. Steroids: pre-operatively: 250mg methylprednisolone IV; day 1:125mg IV. Methylprednisolone:day 2-30:PO 12mg/d; day 31-60:tapered to 8mg/d ,day 61-90 :4mg/d; Month 3:stop
Everolimus
Everolimus (Group 2): Basiliximab dose: idem as in group 1 Cyclosporine: first three months idem group 1; month 3: decreased dose by 50%, simultaneously initiate everolimus at a starting dose of 0.75 mg bid. Once the everolimus blood levels range 6 - 12 ng/ml, cyclosporine will be stopped. Enteric-coated mycophenolate (MPA) dosing idem as group 1. Everolimus starting dose: 0.75 mg bid, trough levels: 6-12 ng/ml. Steroid dosing: idem group 1, but maintained at 4 mg methylprednisolone after day 60.

Locations

Country Name City State
Belgium Erasme University Hospital Brussels
Belgium University Hospital Brussels Brussels
Belgium University Hospital Antwerp Edegem
Belgium University Hospital, Ghent Gent
Belgium University Hospital of Liege Liège

Sponsors (6)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Hospital, Antwerp Erasme University Hospital, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, University Hospital of Liege, University Hospital, Ghent

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary To assess if superior graft function (GFR difference of 10 ml/min) will be achieved at 1 year after transplantation in cohorts of de novo kidney transplant patients treated with Myfortic-everolimus plus steroids compared to Myfortic-cyclosporine. 1 year No
Secondary To compare the evolution of graft function (estimated GFR by means of modified MDRD formula)during the first 5 years post transplantation. 5 years No
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