Status:

TERMINATED

A Pilot Trial of Pediatric Liver Transplantation Without Steroids

Lead Sponsor:

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Collaborating Sponsors:

Roche Pharma AG

Conditions:

Evidence of Liver Transplantation

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-18 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Objective: The overall objective is to investigate whether a steroid free immunosuppressive regimen is as safe and effective as a steroid containing regimen following pediatric liver transplantation ...

Detailed Description

3.2 Research question Is it possible to avoid the use of corticosteroids in pediatric liver transplantation? 3.3 Trial objectives This will be a pilot study to i) investigate to what degree a ster...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Children undergoing primary isolated hepatic transplantation.
  • Age \<=18 years
  • Ability to provide informed consent

Exclusion

  • Children undergoing retransplantation.
  • Transplantation for Intestinal failure associated liver disease.
  • Multi-organ transplantation.
  • Transplantation for autoimmune liver disease.
  • Transplantation for extra hepatic malignancy.
  • Pre-existing need for oral steroids, or high dose inhaled steroids sufficient to require a steroid warning card.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

15 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00694408

Start Date

June 1 2008

End Date

August 1 2011

Last Update

January 20 2017

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Birmingham Children's Hospital

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom, B4 6NH