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Administrative data

NCT number NCT00105235
Other study ID # DAIT ITN024ST
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
First received March 10, 2005
Last updated November 23, 2012
Start date June 2005
Est. completion date March 2011

Study information

Verified date November 2012
Source National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Federal GovernmentUnited States: Institutional Review Board
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Alemtuzumab is a man-made antibody used to treat certain blood disorders. Tacrolimus is a drug used to decrease immune system activity in people who have received organ transplants so that the new organ will not be rejected. This study will determine whether treatment with alemtuzumab and tacrolimus is effective in preventing organ rejection and maintaining the recipient's health after liver transplantation in patients with end-stage liver disease, and whether gradual tapering of tacrolimus treatment is safe for these patients.


Description:

Organ transplantation is a common procedure in hospitals, but organ rejection and serious side effects are potential problems for the patient. Alemtuzumab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to and depletes excess T cells in the bone marrow of leukemia patients. In this study, alemtuzumab will destroy the recipient's white blood cells (WBCs) at the time of transplantation. It is hoped that WBCs produced after alemtuzumab administration will recognize the transplanted liver as "self" and not reject the new liver.

Drugs that suppress the immune system, such as tacrolimus, have contributed to increased success of transplantation. However, to prevent organ rejection, transplant recipients need to take immunosuppressive drugs for the rest of their lives, and these drugs make patients more susceptible to infection, endangering their health and survival. Regimens that are less toxic to or can eventually be withdrawn from transplant recipients are needed. This study will evaluate the effects of two in-patient doses of alemtuzumab followed by maintenance antirejection medication given to liver transplant patients post-transplant. This study will also determine if post-transplant tacrolimus therapy can be slowly and safely tapered off and withdrawn a year after transplant. Participants in this study will be patients with end-stage liver disease who will undergo liver transplantation at the start of the study.

This study will last at least 2 years. Patients will undergo liver transplantation at the start of the study on Day 0. Patients will receive in-patient infusions of alemtuzumab on Days 0 and 4. Starting on Day 1, patients will receive oral cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil, and/or tacrolimus daily. Patients will be hospitalized for at least 1 week after transplantation. Because of suppression of patients' immune systems by alemtuzumab and these other immunosuppressants, they will also receive prophylactic medications for a minimum of 3 months after transplantation to prevent opportunistic infections.

There will be at least eight study visits; they will occur at Days 4, 7, and 14 and at Months 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12. Patients will have liver biopsies at Day 0 and Months 6 and 12. At Month 12, participants will have assessments and blood tests to determine if they meet certain criteria and are eligible to undergo tacrolimus tapering. Patients eligible for tapering will undergo a 12-month gradual withdrawal of tacrolimus; they will be followed for an additional 2 years, with study visits at Months 18, 24, 30, and 36. Patients ineligible for tacrolimus tapering will continue taking their antirejection medication for the duration of the study; they will be followed for an additional year, with study visits at Months 18 and 24.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 27
Est. completion date March 2011
Est. primary completion date March 2007
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of nonimmune, nonviral, end-stage liver disease

- Need liver transplant

- Willing to use acceptable means of contraception for the duration of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous transplant

- Multiorgan transplant or living donor transplant

- Donor liver from a donor positive for antibody against hepatitis B core antigen or hepatitis C virus

- Donor liver from a non-heart-beating donor

- Liver failure due to autoimmune disease, such as autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, or primary biliary cirrhosis

- Hepatitis B or C virus infection

- HIV infection

- Stage III or higher hepatocellular cancer based on pre-transplant imaging

- History of cancer. Patients with hepatocellular cancer, adequately treated in situ cervical carcinoma, or adequately treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of skin are not excluded.

- Active systemic infection at the time of transplantation

- Clinically significant chronic renal, cardiovascular, or cerebrovascular disease

- Any investigational drug within 6 weeks of study entry

- Hypersensitivity to alemtuzumab or tacrolimus

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Alemtuzumab
T-cell depleting monoclonal antibody; two doses by intravenous infusion on Days 0 and 4
Cyclosporine
Oral immunosuppressant
Mycophenolate mofetil
Oral immunosuppressant
Tacrolimus
Oral immunosuppressant
Procedure:
Liver transplant
Occurs at study entry
Immunosuppression withdrawal
Beginning no earlier than Year 1

Locations

Country Name City State
Canada University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta
United States University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan
United States Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Ohio
United States Baylor University Dallas Texas
United States University of Colorado Denver Colorado
United States University of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin
United States University of Miami School of Medicine Miami Florida
United States University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania
United States University of California, San Francisco San Francisco California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Immune Tolerance Network (ITN)

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Canada, 

References & Publications (3)

First MR. Tacrolimus based immunosuppression. J Nephrol. 2004 Nov-Dec;17 Suppl 8:S25-31. Review. — View Citation

Tryphonopoulos P, Madariaga JR, Kato T, Nishida S, Levi DM, Moon J, Selvaggi G, De Faria W, Regev A, Bejarano P, Khaled A, Safdar K, Esquenazi V, Weppler D, Yoshida H, Ruiz P, Miller J, Tzakis AG. The impact of Campath 1H induction in adult liver allotransplantation. Transplant Proc. 2005 Mar;37(2):1203-4. — View Citation

Tzakis AG, Tryphonopoulos P, Kato T, Nishida S, Levi DM, Madariaga JR, Gaynor JJ, De Faria W, Regev A, Esquenazi V, Weppler D, Ruiz P, Miller J. Preliminary experience with alemtuzumab (Campath-1H) and low-dose tacrolimus immunosuppression in adult liver transplantation. Transplantation. 2004 Apr 27;77(8):1209-14. Erratum in: Transplantation. 2004 Aug 15;78(3):489. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Proportion of Participants Who Have Graft Loss or Death Proportion of participants who had liver graft loss or who died within 1 year of undergoing transplantation. Note: Participants who discontinued treatment or terminated the study prior to 1 year post transplantation are considered treatment failures and are included in this measure. Within 1 year of post-transplantation Yes
Secondary Proportion of Participants Who Had Graft Loss or Death Proportion of participants who had liver graft loss or who died or terminated from the study within 2 years of initiating immunosuppression withdrawal Within 2 years after initiation of immunosuppression withdrawal Yes
Secondary Number of Events: Immunosuppression-related Complications Certain events are associated with immunosuppression. This measure looks at post-transplant infection, post-transplant malignancies, post-transplant diabetes, and post-transplant renal failure. Immunosuppression withdrawal is intended to reduce these type of events. However, reduction in immunosuppression can lead to complications in liver and renal function, as measured by acute rejection, chronic rejection, and post-transplant renal failure. Lower numbers for any of these events indicates greater success with transplantation and immunosuppression withdrawal (where applicable) From transplantation until study completion or participant termination (participants followed up to 60 months) Yes
Secondary Proportion of Participants Successfully Withdrawn From Immunosuppressants This measure of tolerance induction includes the proportion of participants who qualify for immunosuppression withdrawal as determined by a review of individual clinical results by a protocol withdrawal committee. Successful withdrawal definition: participants who remain off immunosuppression for at least 8 weeks. From 1 year post- transplantation until study completion or participant termination (participants followed up to 48 months post-transplant) Yes
Secondary Proportion of Participants Successfully Withdrawn and Remain Off Immunosuppressants This measure of tolerance induction includes the proportion of participants who qualify for immunosuppression withdrawal as determined by a review of individual clinical results by a protocol withdrawal committee, were successfully withdrawn from immunosuppressants, and remained off immunosuppressants at the time the trial ended. Successful withdrawal definition: participants who remain off immunosuppression for at least 8 weeks and do not restart immunosuppressant drugs after successful withdrawal. From 1 year post- transplantation until study completion or participant termination (participants followed up to 48 months post-transplant) No
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