Status:
COMPLETED
A Twelve-month, Multicenter, Open-label, Randomized Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Everolimus With Basiliximab, Corticosteroids and Two Different Exposure Levels of Tacrolimus in de Novo Renal Transplant Recipients
Lead Sponsor:
Novartis
Conditions:
Renal Transplantation
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
This study is designed to evaluate whether tacrolimus dose reduction in de novo renal recipients receiving everolimus can preserve renal function while maintaining efficacy.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria
- Male or female of 18-65 years old
- Patient who has received a primary kidney transplant from a cadaveric, living unrelated or non-human leucocyte antigen (HLA) identical living related donor
- Recipient of a kidney with a cold ischemia time (CIT) \< 30 hours
- Recipient of a kidney from a donor 10-65 years old
- Patient able to receive the first dose of tacrolimus within 24 hours from graft reperfusion
- Female capable of becoming pregnant must have a negative pregnancy test and is required to practice a medically approved method of birth control for the duration of the study and for a period of three months following discontinuation of investigational drug
- Patient willing and capable of giving written informed consent for study participation and able to participate in the study for 12 months
- Exclusion criteria
- Patient who has previously received an organ transplant
- Recipient of multiple organ transplants
- Recipient of a kidney transplant from a non heart-beating donor
- Recipient of donor specific transfusions
- Recipient of A-B-O incompatible transplant or T-cell cross-match positive transplant
- Patient with current Panel Reactive Antibodies (PRA) level ≥ 50%
- Recipient of a kidney from a donor who tests positive for hepatitis B surface antigen or hepatitis C antibodies
- Patient who is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive
- Patient who has a positive hepatitis C serology or who is hepatitis B surface antigen positive with evidence of liver injury as indicated by aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels ≥2.5 times upper limit of normal (UNL). Viral serology results obtained within 6 months prior to the administration of the first dose of Certican™ are acceptable
- Patient with severe hypercholesterolemia (350 mg/dL, 9.1 mmoL/dL) or hypertriglyceridemia ( 500 mg/dL, 5.6 mmoL/L)
- Patient with white blood cell (WBC) count 3,000/mm3 or with platelet count 75,000/mm3
- Patient with any severe allergy requiring acute (within 4 weeks of baseline) or chronic treatment, or with hypersensitivity to drugs similar to Certican (e.g., macrolides)
- Patient who has been treated with an immunosuppressive drug or an investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to the administration of the first dose of Certican
- Patient with uncontrolled infection
- Patient with any surgical or medical condition, other than the current transplant, which in the opinion of the investigator, precludes enrollment in this trial
- Patient with a known malignancy or a history of malignancy within last 5 years other than successfully treated localized basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
- Abnormal physical or laboratory findings of clinical significance within 2 weeks prior to the administration of the first dose of Certican™ which at investigator's discretion would interfere with the objectives of the study
- Breast feeding women
- Patient with symptoms of significant somatic or mental illness or with unresolved history of drug or alcohol abuse
- Patient unable to cooperate or communicate with the investigator
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
228 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00369161
Start Date
June 1 2006
End Date
December 1 2008
Last Update
March 3 2017
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Novartis
Basel, Switzerland