Efficacy and Safety of Enteric-Coated Mycophenolate Sodium (EC-MPS) in Kidney Transplant Recipients

February 3, 2017 updated by: Novartis Pharmaceuticals

A Six-month, Prospective, Multicenter, Open Label, Parallel, Randomized Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of EC-MPS With Basiliximab, Corticosteroids and Two Different Levels of Tacrolimus in de Novo Renal Transplant Recipients

This study will investigate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of EC-MPS with tacrolimus at both reference and reduced levels. This study will take into account safety aspects such as decreased renal toxicity by reducing the overall exposure to tacrolimus.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

291

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • New Jersey
      • East Hanover, New Jersey, United States, 07936
        • Novartis

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female kidney transplantation patients, 18 to 70 years of age, receiving a primary cadaveric, living unrelated, or non-HLA identical living related donor kidney.
  • The renal cold ischemic time (CIT) must be <30 hours
  • The age of the donor must be between 10 and 65 years

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients who have previously received an organ transplant
  • Patients who are recipients of a multiple organ transplants
  • Recipients of non heart-beating donor organs
  • ABO incompatibility against the donor

Other protocol-defined exclusion criteria may apply.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: reduced Tacrolimus
Drug: EC-MPS, Tacrolimus
Active Comparator: Reference Tacrolimus
Drug: EC-MPS, Tacrolimus

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
renal function at 6 months posttransplant as measured by glomerular filtration rate
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Efficacy as measured by combined incidence of biopsy proven acute rejection episodes, graft loss, and death at 6 months
Renal function as measured by calculated creatinine clearance
Cockcroft-Gaultand serum creatinine at 6 months
Gastrointestinal tolerability as measured by gastrointestinal
symptom rating scale (GSRS) at various time points
Safety as measured by incidence of adverse events
Effects on glucose metabolism at months 3 and 6 after transplantation.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2005

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 27, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 27, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

September 29, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 7, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 3, 2017

Last Verified

February 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CERL080A2409

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