Status:
COMPLETED
RESCUE Study - Everolimus in Liver Transplantation Recipients With Renal Insufficiency
Lead Sponsor:
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Conditions:
Liver Transplantation
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-70 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of the study is to assess the effect of everolimus initiation together with reduction or discontinuation of calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) on renal function in maintenance liver transplant re...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria
- Male or female 18 - 70 years old
- Patient who has undergone a primary liver transplantation 12 to 60 months ago from a cadaveric or a living donor
- Patient with a calculated GFR ≤ 60 and ≥ 20mL/min
- Patient receiving tacrolimus with C0-h level ≥ 3 and ≤ 8 ng/mL or Neoral® with C0-h level ≥ 50 and ≤ 150 ng/mL or with C2-h level ≥ 250 ng/mL and ≤ 650 ng/mL with or without any of the following (MPA or AZA or steroids)
- Patient willing and capable of giving written informed consent for study participation and able to participate in the study for 6 months
- Patient in whom an allograft biopsy will not be contraindicated
- Female capable of becoming pregnant must have a negative pregnancy test prior to randomization and are required to practice a medically approved method of birth control for the duration of the study
- Exclusion criteria
- Recipient of multiple solid organ transplants
- Patient on dialysis
- Patient with an identifiable cause of renal dysfunction other than CNI toxicity
- Patient with proteinuria ≥ 1.0 g/24h
- Patient with any acute rejection within 6 months prior to randomization
- Patient with platelet count of ≤ 50,000/mm³ or white blood cell count of ≤ 2,000/mm³ or hemoglobin value ≤ 8 g/dL
- Undergone a liver transplantation for a hepatocellular carcinoma with sign of recurrence;
- Severe graft dysfunction;
- HCV positive patient who needs an active anti-viral treatment
- HIV positive patient
- Patient who is breast feeding
- Patient with a current severe systemic infection
- Patient who has received an unlicensed drug or therapy within one month prior to study entry
- Presence of any hypersensitivity to drugs similar to everolimus (e.g. macrolides)
- Use of any other immunosuppressive drugs than tacrolimus/cyclosporine microemulsion, steroids, azathioprine and mycophenolic acid
- Additional protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
145 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00267189
Start Date
November 1 2005
End Date
November 1 2007
Last Update
April 13 2011
Active Locations (2)
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1
Novartis Investigational Site
Germany, Germany
2
Novartis Investigative Site
Basel, Switzerland