Status:

COMPLETED

Gastrointestinal and Health-related Quality of Life in Kidney Transplant Patients Treated With Mycophenolate Mofetil

Lead Sponsor:

Novartis

Conditions:

Maintenance Kidney Transplant

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This study will assess the quality of life in renal transplant recipients who require a reduced dose of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) because of gastrointestinal (GI) side effects and will also access t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria
  • Patients who are recipients of a renal transplant.
  • Patients treated with an immunosuppressive regiment including MMF before recruitment.
  • Patients suffering from GI side effects related to MMF standard doses or patients treated with a reduced MMF dose to control the aforementioned GI side effects.
  • Patients 18 years or older.
  • Patients who have given written informed consent to participate in the study
  • Patients complying with all study requirements including completing questionnaires and attending to the three study visits.
  • Exclusion criteria
  • Patients with GI symptoms assumed or known not to be caused by MPA therapy (eg. oral bisphosphonate induced, infectious diarrhea)
  • Acute rejection less than 1 week before recruitment.
  • Females of childbearing potential who are pregnant, planning to get pregnant and/or breast feeding or not willing to practice an approved method of birth control.
  • Presence of psychiatric disorder, such as schizophrenia or major depression, in the investigator's opinion, could interfere with study requirements.
  • Patients undergoing surgery due to acute illness or hospitalized.
  • Existence of any medical condition which, in the investigator's opinion based on anamnesis or medical records, could affect study completion, including but not limiting visual problems or cognitive deterioration.
  • Patients currently treated or who have been treated with any other study drug or treatment within 30 days prior to baseline visit.
  • Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    September 1 2008

    Estimated Enrollment :

    136 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00400647

    Start Date

    July 1 2006

    End Date

    September 1 2008

    Last Update

    February 7 2017

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    Novartis

    Basel, Switzerland