Status:

COMPLETED

Maintenance Neoral Monotherapy Compared to Bitherapy in Renal Transplantation

Lead Sponsor:

Poitiers University Hospital

Conditions:

Kidney Transplantation

Eligibility:

All Genders

25+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

We have previously defined factors that predict the long term success of maintenance CsA monotherapy (CsAm) after kidney transplantation : donor age \< 40 years, serum creatinine level at the initiati...

Detailed Description

Between july 1998 and january 2004 selected patients were randomly assigned equally within each centre to receive CsAm or bitherapy with equally CsA + MMF or CsA + AZA.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Primary cadaveric renal transplant with induction therapy, delayed Neoral, MMF and prednisone
  • Steroid withdrawal \>= 3 months before enrolment
  • Bitherapy Neoral + CellCept
  • Follow up time since transplantation : 11-24 months
  • Recipient age \>= 25 years
  • Donor age \<= 45 years
  • Serum creatinine level \<= 125 µmol/L and/or calculated creatinine clearance \>= 50 ml/mn (CG formula)
  • No or only one steroid-sensitive acute rejection episode during the first year post-transplantation
  • PRA \<= 25 %
  • Written informed consent
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Living donor transplantation
  • Recipient receiving tacrolimus
  • Azathioprine intolerance
  • Thrombopenia \< 100 000/mm³
  • Neutropenia \< 1500/mm³
  • Hemoglobinemia \<= 8g/dl
  • On going infection

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 1998

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    End Date :

    February 1 2007

    Estimated Enrollment :

    207 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00461825

    Start Date

    July 1 1998

    End Date

    February 1 2007

    Last Update

    April 18 2007

    Active Locations (5)

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    1

    Caen university Hospital

    Caen, France, 14033

    2

    Dupuytren University Hospital

    Limoges, France, 87042

    3

    Poitiers University hospital

    Poitiers, France, 86021

    4

    Reims University Hospital

    Reims, France, 51092