Status:

COMPLETED

Examination of Immunosuppression Adjustment Impact on Kidney Function in Liver Transplant

Lead Sponsor:

Fady M Kaldas, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Conditions:

Asses Immunosuppression Modulation on Renal Recovery Post LT

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-78 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This is a study to help understand how well new combinations of immunosuppressive medications (medications that weaken your immune system to prevent your body from rejecting the transplanted liver) wo...

Detailed Description

A single center, open label, randomized, prospective, pilot study of induction and maintenance immunosuppression in adult subjects \>18 years undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) with Bas...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients eligible for inclusion in this study have to fulfill all of the following criteria:
  • A signed informed consent prior to patient participation in the study and before any assessment is performed.
  • Patients who are able to take oral medication.
  • 18 years old
  • Undergoing first OLT
  • Dialysis for 45 days or less at time of transplant
  • Able and willing to conform to requirements of the study
  • Able and willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion

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  • \< 18 years old
  • Autoimmune liver disease, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
  • Dialysis greater than 45 days
  • Receiving ATG, IVIG therapy, or sirolimus/everolimus around time of transplant or sirolimus/everolimus after transplant
  • Unable to take oral medications
  • Participating in another clinical research study involving the evaluation of another investigational drug or device
  • Documented allergy to basiliximab, TAC, MMF or any macrolide antibiotic.
  • Presence of thrombosis of any major hepatic arteries
  • Complex/high risk arterial reconstruction at any time (graft vessel patency by Doppler ultrasound confirmed and documented).
  • Patients who are recipients of multiple solid organ transplants, (e.g., multivisceral or combined liver-kidney transplants), or have previously received an organ or tissue transplanted, or who received an ABO incompatible transplant.
  • Patients who have severe hypercholesterolemia (\>215 mg/dL; \>5.5 mmol/L) or hypertriglyceridemia (\>265 mg/dL; \>3.0 mmol/L) at Baseline.
  • Patients who have severe thrombocytopenia or neutropenia (platelet count \>20 and MLCs\>1000)
  • Patients who have any surgical or medical condition, which in the opinion of the investigator, might significantly alter the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of study drugs
  • Patients with a known hypersensitivity to the drugs used on study or their class, or to any of the excipients.
  • Patients with clinically significant systemic infection
  • Pregnant or nursing (lactating) female patients, where pregnancy is defined as the state of a female after conception and until the termination of gestation, confirmed by a positive βHCG laboratory test (\>9 mIU/mL) at Baseline.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 15 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 30 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

71 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04104438

Start Date

January 15 2021

End Date

September 30 2024

Last Update

December 16 2025

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UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095