Status:

COMPLETED

Sirolimus Therapy for Poor Prognosis Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy

Lead Sponsor:

Josep m Cruzado

Collaborating Sponsors:

Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer

Conditions:

Glomerulonephritis, IGA

Nephropathy, IGA

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to test in a pilot trial the efficacy and tolerance of sirolimus oral (at low doses) in patient to treat poor-prognosis IgA Nephropathy.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 18 to 70 and with capacity to grant informed consent
  • Biopsy-proven IgA nephropathy by means of standard immunohistochemical and morphological criteria
  • Renal biopsy in the in the 3 months prior to randomization date
  • Absence of known hepatic, cardiac, pulmonary or intestinal disease
  • Glomerular filtrate estimated by Cockcroft-Gault, more than 30 ml/min
  • Any of the following clinical states: a) High blood pressure defined as systolic blood pressure higher than 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure higher than 90 mmHg associated with proteinuria between 0.3-1 g/day and/or microhematuria. b) Proteinuria higher than 1g/day
  • Women of child-bearing age will follow a suitable contraceptive method, and a negative pregnancy test will be needed before inclusion in the study

Exclusion

  • Serology positive for HIV or hepatitis B infection (defined as positive for the HbsAg antigen) or hepatitis C infection (defined as viral RNA detection)
  • Treatment with steroids or immunosuppressors in the two previous years
  • Evidence of active infection at the time of inclusion in the study
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding at the time of inclusion in the study
  • Estimated glomerular filtration \< 30 ml/min, bilirubin \> 2 mg/dl, or ALT or AST two times higher than the normal upper limit
  • Diabetes Mellitus, defined as patients treated with insulin or oral antidiabetics or glycemias higher than 140 mg/dl in two or more episodes
  • Poor control of high blood pressure (defined as systolic blood pressure greater than 160 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure greater than 100 mm Hg, taking 3 or more antihypertensives) or evidence or suspicion of renovascular disease
  • Thrombocytopenia less than 100,000 /mm3 or total neutrophil value lower than 2000 /mm3 or triglycerides value \> 400 mg/dL (4.6 mmol/L) or cholesterol \> 300 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L) or LDL \> 200 mg/dL
  • IgA nephropathy systemic forms, i.e., Schönlein-Henoch purpura, IgA nephropathy secondary forms, post-renal transplant IgA nephropathy recurrences, cases presented in the form of rapidly progressive renal failure and cases with the presence of cellular crescents in more than 50% of the glomeruli will be excluded
  • History of cancer in the previous 5 years,exception of skin basocellular carcinoma and uterine in situ carcinoma (completely removed both of them)
  • Know intolerance to Sirolimus or macrolides

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

23 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00396721

Start Date

January 1 2006

End Date

February 1 2010

Last Update

September 16 2011

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Nephrology Department. Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, 08907