Efficacy and Safety of Enteric-coated Mycophenolate Sodium (EC-MPS) in Comparison to Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) in de Nove Heart Patients

November 1, 2011 updated by: Novartis Pharmaceuticals

A 12-month, Single-blind, Randomized, Parallel Group, Multicenter Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of ERL080A Compared With MMF in de Novo Heart Recipients

This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of EC-MPS (ERL080) in comparison to MMF in de novo heart recipients.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

162

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

  • Argentina
      • Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1107
        • Argentina
      • Cordoba, Argentina
        • Site 1: X5000BJH
  • Australia
      • Sydney, Australia
        • Novartis Investigative site, Sydney, Australia
  • Canada
      • Ottawa, Canada, K1H 8L6
        • Novarits
    • Alberta
      • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7
        • Novartis Investigative
    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2C4
        • Novartis
  • United States
    • California
      • Los Angeles, California, United States, 90073
        • Novartis Investigative Site
    • Minnesota
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
        • University of Minnesota
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19103
        • Novartis Pharmaceuticals

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 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female cardiac patients 18-65 years old undergoing primary heart transplantation treated with CS-ME and corticosteroids as basic immunosuppression.
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to enrollment. Effective contraception must be used during the trial and for 6 weeks following discontinuation of the study medication, even where there has been a history of infertility.
  • Patients who are willing and able to participate in the full course of the study and from whom written informed consent has been obtained.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with donor hearts greater than 60 years of age and/or with cold ischemia time of more than 6 hours and/or donor hearts which have obvious coronary disease or are known to have heart disease at time of transplant.
  • Patients on Left Ventricular Assist Device who have received any immunotherapy prior to transplantation or who are scheduled to receive immunotherapy thereafter.
  • Patients with Panel Reactive Antibodies (PRA) 25%.
  • Patients with serum creatinine 3.0mg/dL..
  • Females of childbearing potential who are planning to become pregnant, who are pregnant and/or lactating, who are unwilling to use effective means of contraception.
  • Patients with a history of significant coagulopathy or medical condition requiring long term anti-coagulation after transplantation (low aspirin treatment is allowed).

Other protocol-defined inclusion/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: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: 1
Drug: Enteric-coated Mycophenolate Sodium
No Intervention: 2

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2002

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2004

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 14, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 14, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

December 17, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 2, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 1, 2011

Last Verified

November 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CERL080A2401

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