Status:

COMPLETED

Budesonide for Liver Transplant Immune Suppression

Lead Sponsor:

University of Cincinnati

Collaborating Sponsors:

American College of Gastroenterology

Conditions:

Acute Cellular Graft Rejection

New Onset Diabetes After Transplant

Eligibility:

All Genders

21-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This is a pilot study that investigates the efficacy and safety of budesonide as an immune suppressing agent for liver transplant recipients in the early post-transplant period. The primary end-point...

Detailed Description

Enrollment of Subjects: All consecutive patients undergoing liver transplant (LT) at the University Of Cincinnati Transplant Center will be screened for enrollment upon admission for transplant surger...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Female or male subjects aged 21-75 years old
  • Received a primary liver transplant within 4 days of enrollment

Exclusion

  • Received previous organ transplants
  • Undergoing multiple organ transplants
  • Recipients with advanced fibrosis in graft
  • Treatment plan for subject includes receiving immunosuppressant therapy other than standard immune suppression (SIS) as per University of Cincinnati LT immune suppression protocol (UC-ISP).
  • Inability to take enteral (orally or by tube feed) medications by day 4 post-transplant
  • Subjects with diabetes mellitus prior to transplant (diabetes mellitus defined as use of hypoglycemic agents or HbA1c \> 6.4 prior to transplant)
  • Subjects who have any severe medical condition requiring acute or chronic treatment that in the investigator's opinion would interfere with study participation.
  • Subjects who have been exposed to an investigational therapy within 30 days prior to enrollment or 5 half-lives on the investigational product, whichever is greater.
  • Subjects in which concomitant use of medications which are inhibitors of CYP3A4 (such as ketoconazole, itraconazole, ritonavir, indinavir, saquinavir, erythromycin) cannot be avoided during the study period.
  • Pregnant females
  • Diminished mental capacity to consent for the study as determined by attending on the record.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 27 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03304626

Start Date

June 27 2017

End Date

December 31 2019

Last Update

July 20 2021

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University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45219