Pharmacokinetics of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Heart Transplant Patients (PIGREC)

August 23, 2013 updated by: University Hospital, Limoges

Multicentre, Open Study for the Setting up of Population Pharmacokinetic Models and Bayesian Estimators for Individual Dose Adjustment of Immunosuppressive Drugs (Cyclosporine, Tacrolimus, Mycophenolate Mofetil, Everolimus) During the First Year Post-grafting in Adult Heart Transplant Recipients.

The main objective is to develop pharmacokinetic methods for individual dose adjustment of the global immunosuppressive treatment (cyclosporine, tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and everolimus, taking into account the pharmacokinetic interactions), in order to optimise the efficiency and reduce the potentially severe sides effects of these drugs.

Forty five heart-transplant patients are to be included in this phase IV study to obtain a minimum of 10 patients treated with tacrolimus-mycophenolate, 10 with cyclosporine-mycophenolate and 20 with everolimus-cyclosporine.

Ten to 11 blood samples will be collected within the 8 to 12 hours post-dose in each patient and the immunosuppressive drug concentrations will be measured by LC-MS/MS.

The pharmacokinetic models and Bayesian estimators thus developed will provide tools for individual dose adjustment of immunosuppressive drugs simultaneously, at different post-transplant periods, using the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) estimated using a limited number of time-points (2 or 3).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

For each heart transplant patient, 10 to 11 blood samples (5 mL each) will be collected following dosing of he immunosuppressive drugs (at T0, T20', T40', T60', T90', T2h, T3h, T4h, T6h, T8h and T10h + T12h for inpatients), at several post-transplant periods (7 to 15 days, 1 month, 3 month and 1 year after transplantation). One more blood sample will be taken at D7-14 for pharmacogenetic analyses.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

42

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

  • France
      • Bordeaux, France
        • CHU de Bordeaux
      • Clermont-ferrand, France
        • CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
      • Lille, France
        • CHU de Lille
      • Limoges, France
        • CHU de Limoges
      • Lyon, France
        • Hôpital Louis Pradel - CHU de Lyon
      • Nantes, France
        • CHU de Nantes
      • Paris, France
        • Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière
      • Paris, France
        • Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou
      • Rennes, France
        • CHU de Rennes
      • Rouen, France
        • CHU de Rouen
      • Strasbourg, France
        • CHU de Strasbourg
      • Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France
        • Chu de Nancy

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient having received of a heart transplant (exclusively) less than 2 weeks before the inclusion date or planned to receive it within days following inclusion.
  • Patient at least 18 years old, male or female.
  • Patient treated with one of the following combination : cyclosporine-mycophenolate, tacrolimus-mycophenolate or everolimus- "low-dose" cyclosporine for at least 3 days, and at least 24 hours by the oral route at the time of the first sampling day (between 7 and 15 days post-transplant).
  • Patient included or not in another study, in particular in a therapeutic trial (e.g. comparison between drug combinations).
  • Patient having given written informed consent for his/her participation to the trial.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients in disagreement with the present trial.
  • Patients suffering from neuro-psychic problems, making them unable to well-understand the protocol or to give a reliable consent.
  • Patients with previous heart or any other solid organ transplantation.
  • Patients with double transplantation (heart-lung, heart-kidney or heart-liver)
  • Patients still intubated and ventilated 15 days post-transplant.
  • Patients with anaemia between Day 7 and 15, as characterized by hematocrit < 30% or haemoglobin < 9 g/dl.

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: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Estimation of the pharmacokinetic properties and parameters of the immunosuppressive drugs.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Investigation of relationships between physiological and pathological characteristics and individual pharmacokinetic parameters.
Characterisation of the exposure-clinical effects relationships for the difference immunosuppressive drugs.

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University Hospital, Limoges

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Pierre MARQUET, MD, University Hospital, Limoges

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 19, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 19, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

December 22, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 26, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 23, 2013

Last Verified

December 1, 2008

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2006-006832-23

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