Status:

COMPLETED

The Comparison of Tacrolimus and Sirolimus Immunosuppression Based Drug Regimens in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Lead Sponsor:

Mayo Clinic

Collaborating Sponsors:

Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer

Genzyme, a Sanofi Company

Conditions:

Kidney Diseases

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This study was done to find out which treatment, tacrolimus or sirolimus, leads to better long-term kidney function in kidney transplant patients.

Detailed Description

The aim of this study was to compare the complete avoidance of calcineurin inhibitors (CI) using a sirolimus-based immunosuppressive regimen to a tacrolimus-based regimen in kidney transplantation. Th...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Living and deceased donor kidney transplant recipients at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Exclusion

  • Patients with type 1 diabetes less than 50 years of age who receive a living donor kidney transplant followed by a pancreas transplant
  • Pediatric patients (\<18 years of age)
  • Multi-organ transplants (e.g., kidney-pancreas, kidney-liver)
  • ABO-incompatible or positive crossmatch recipients (ABO incompatibility is an immune system reaction that occurs when blood from two different and incompatible blood types are mixed together.)
  • Patients with severe hyperlipidemia (serum cholesterol \>350 mg/dl or serum triglycerides \>500 mg/dl
  • Patients with severe leukopenia (White Blood Cell count \[WBC\]\<3000 10\^3/ml)
  • Patients unwilling to return to the transplant center for late follow-up visits
  • Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 32 with incisional problems post transplant (as determined by renal transplant surgeon

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2001

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

165 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00275535

Start Date

April 1 2001

End Date

December 1 2008

Last Update

December 8 2011

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Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905