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- Clinical Trial NCT01936519
Conversion to Everolimus From Calcineurin Inhibitor With Mycophenolic Acid: Impact on Long Term Renal Function in Liver Transplantation.
A Randomized Prospective Trial of Conversion to Everolimus Therapy From Calcineurin Inhibitor Based Maintenance Immunosuppression in Association With Mycophenolic Acid in Liver Transplantation: Examination of Impact on Long Term Renal Function.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Given the increasing proportion of patients having renal failure at the time of transplant, with the nephrotoxic effect of calcineurin inhibitor based immunosuppression associated with its long term negative survival impact, this study proposes to examine the renal sparing impact of conversion to everolimus from a calcineurin inhibitor based immunosuppressive protocol at 3 months post liver transplant. The 3 month time point was chosen to allow for the switch to everolimus to occur at a period of stable post transplant liver function when both technical and rejection risks are lower. The 3 month cut off was also chosen because of data indicating that worsening renal function at 4 weeks, 3 months and 1 year post transplant is an independent risk factor for the development of chronic renal failure and end stage renal disease after orthotopic liver transplantation. 24 patients will be randomized into 2 arms:
Arm A: Conversion to Everolimus immunosuppression combined with mycophenolic acid (Myfortic: MPA), and complete discontinuation of Calcineurin inhibitor at 3 months post transplant.
Arm B: Continuation with standard immunosuppressive therapy consisting of Calcineurin inhibitor associated with mycophenolic acid (Myfortic: MPA).
Follow up: 2 years.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Pennsylvania
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Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
- Penn State College of Medicine; Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Ability and willingness to provide written informed consent and adhere to study regimen.
- Primary deceased donor liver transplant recipients 18-70 years of age
- Functioning allograft at randomization (AST, ALT, Total Bilirubin levels ≤3 times ULN, and AlkP and GGT levels ≤ 5 times ULN). Elevated GGT alone, in combination with AST, ALT, total bilirubin and AlkP within defined range does not exclude patients from randomization.
- Recipients on an immunosuppressive regimen of corticosteroids and tacrolimus.
- Confirmed recipient HCV status at Screening (either by serology or PCR).
- Abbreviated MDRD eGFR ≥ 30 mL/min/1.73m2. Local and central serum creatinine results within 5 days prior to randomization, however no sooner than Day 25 post-transplantation.
- Verification of at least one tacrolimus trough level of ≥ 8 ng/mL one week prior to randomization. Target trough levels above 8 ng/mL prior to randomization.
- Patients able to take oral medication at time of randomization.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Recipients of multiple solid organ or islet cell tissue transplants, or have previously received an organ or tissue transplant. Combined liver kidney transplant recipients.
- Living donor or split liver recipients.
- History of malignancy of any organ system within past 5 years whether or not there is evidence of local recurrence or metastases, other than non-metastatic basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or HCC.
- Hepatocellular carcinoma that does not fulfill Milan criteria (1 nodule ≤ 5 cm, 2-3 nodules all < 3 cm, per explant histology of recipient liver.
- Use of antibody induction therapy.
- Patients with known hypersensitivity to the drugs used on study or their class, or to any of the excipients.
- Recipients of ABO incompatible transplant grafts.
- Recipients of Hepatitis B surface antigen or HIV donor organs.
- Surgical or medical condition, which might significantly alter absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of study drug.
- Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP): all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, including women whose career, lifestyle, or sexual orientation precludes intercourse with a male partner and women whose partners have been sterilized by vasectomy or other means, UNLESS (1) they meet the following definition of post-menopausal: 12 months of natural (spontaneous) amenorrhea or 6 months of spontaneous amenorrhea with serum FSH levels >40 mIU/m, or (2) have past 6 weeks from surgical bilateral oophorectomy with or without hysterectomy or (3) are using one or more of the following methods of contraception: surgical sterilization (e.g., bilateral tubal ligation, vasectomy), hormonal contraception (implantable, patch, oral), copper coated IUD and double-barrier methods ( any double combination of male or female condom with spermicidal gel, diaphragm, sponge, cervical cap). Periodic abstinence (e.g., calendar, ovulation, symptothermal, post-ovulation methods) and withdrawal are not acceptable methods of contraception. Reliable contraception should be maintained throughout and for 3 months after study drug discontinuation.
- History of coagulopathy or medical condition requiring long-term anticoagulation which would preclude liver biopsy after transplantation. (Low dose aspirin treatment or interruption of chronic anticoagulant is allowed).
Enrollment Exclusion - Randomization
- Severe hypercholesterolemia (>350 mg/dL; >9 mmol/L) or hypertriglyceridemia (>500 mg/dL; >8.5 mmol/L) within 6 months of transplantation. Controlled hyperlipidemia is acceptable at time of randomization.
- Platelet count < 50,000/mm3 at randomization.
- Absolute neutrophil count < 1,000/mm³ or white blood cell count <2,000/mm³ at randomization.
- Patients positive for HIV: Negative laboratory results within 6 months before randomization are acceptable.
- Clinically significant systemic infection requiring IV antibiotics at randomization. Patients in a critical care setting at randomization requiring life support measures such as mechanical ventilation, dialysis, or vasopressor agents.
- Patients on renal replacement therapy within 7 days prior to randomization.
- Thrombosis of major hepatic arteries, major hepatic veins, portal vein and inferior vena cava. Results obtained within 5 days prior to randomization are acceptable, however no sooner than Day 25 post-transplantation.
- Acute rejection requiring antibody therapy or more than one steroid sensitive episode of acute rejection during the run-in period. Includes patients who have not completed steroid treatment for acute rejection within 7 days prior to randomization.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Calcineurin Inhibitor with Mycophenolic Acid
Calcineurin inhibitor immunosuppression with mycophenolic acid
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Comparison Arm: Continuation with standard immunosuppressive therapy consisting of Calcineurin inhibitor associated with mycophenolic acid (Myfortic: MPA).
Other Names:
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Experimental: Everolimus with Mycophenolic Acid
Conversion to Everolimus immunosuppression combined with mycophenolic acid (Myfortic: MPA), and complete discontinuation of Calcineurin inhibitor at 3 months post transplant.
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Conversion to Everolimus immunosuppression combined with mycophenolic acid (Myfortic: MPA), and complete discontinuation of Calcineurin inhibitor at 3 months post transplant.
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Renal Function as Measured by 24 Hour Urine Creatinine Clearance
Time Frame: 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years
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Renal Function was assessed by 24 hr urine collection creatinine clearance measured (mL/min).
24 Hr urine collection was assessed at baseline, 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years post transplant.
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6 months, 1 year, and 2 years
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Renal Function as Measured by Serum Creatinine Level
Time Frame: 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years
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Serum creatinine levels were assessed at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years post transplant
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6 months, 1 year, and 2 years
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Renal Function as Measured by Cockcroft Gault Creatinine Clearance
Time Frame: 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years
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The Cockcroft-Gault formula for estimating creatinine clearance was determined at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years post transplant
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6 months, 1 year, and 2 years
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Renal Function as Measured by Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)
Time Frame: 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years
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Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) was assessed at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years post transplant.
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6 months, 1 year, and 2 years
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Renal Function as Measured by Iothalamate Clearance
Time Frame: 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years
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Iothalamate Clearance was assessed at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years post transplant.
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6 months, 1 year, and 2 years
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Recipient and Donor Genotyping for Selected Variants of CYP3A5, ABCB1 (MDR1), and CYP4A Genes
Time Frame: 2 years
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A blood sample was obtained from recipients and donors to measure gene polymorphism effects on metabolism of calcineurin inhibitor and everolimus.
The polymorphisms are represented as the number of SNP occurrences for the CYP3A5, ABCB1 (MDR1) gene, and CYP4A4*22 genes.
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2 years
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Zakiyah Kadry, MD, Penn State College of Medicine; Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Ojo AO, Held PJ, Port FK, Wolfe RA, Leichtman AB, Young EW, Arndorfer J, Christensen L, Merion RM. Chronic renal failure after transplantation of a nonrenal organ. N Engl J Med. 2003 Sep 4;349(10):931-40. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa021744.
- Gonwa TA, Mai ML, Melton LB, Hays SR, Goldstein RM, Levy MF, Klintmalm GB. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTX) using calcineurin-based immunotherapy: risk of development and treatment. Transplantation. 2001 Dec 27;72(12):1934-9. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200112270-00012.
- Fisher NC, Nightingale PG, Gunson BK, Lipkin GW, Neuberger JM. Chronic renal failure following liver transplantation: a retrospective analysis. Transplantation. 1998 Jul 15;66(1):59-66. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199807150-00010.
- Briggs AH, Wonderling DE, Mooney CZ. Pulling cost-effectiveness analysis up by its bootstraps: a non-parametric approach to confidence interval estimation. Health Econ. 1997 Jul-Aug;6(4):327-40. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1050(199707)6:43.0.co;2-w.
- Eisen HJ, Tuzcu EM, Dorent R, Kobashigawa J, Mancini D, Valantine-von Kaeppler HA, Starling RC, Sorensen K, Hummel M, Lind JM, Abeywickrama KH, Bernhardt P; RAD B253 Study Group. Everolimus for the prevention of allograft rejection and vasculopathy in cardiac-transplant recipients. N Engl J Med. 2003 Aug 28;349(9):847-58. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa022171.
- Burra P, Senzolo M, Masier A, Prestele H, Jones R, Samuel D, Villamil F. Factors influencing renal function after liver transplantation. Results from the MOST, an international observational study. Dig Liver Dis. 2009 May;41(5):350-6. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.09.018. Epub 2008 Nov 28.
- Velidedeoglu E, Bloom RD, Crawford MD, Desai NM, Campos L, Abt PL, Markmann JW, Mange KC, Olthoff KM, Shaked A, Markmann JF. Early kidney dysfunction post liver transplantation predicts late chronic kidney disease. Transplantation. 2004 Feb 27;77(4):553-6. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000114609.99558.41.
- Wadei HM, Geiger XJ, Cortese C, Mai ML, Kramer DJ, Rosser BG, Keaveny AP, Willingham DL, Ahsan N, Gonwa TA. Kidney allocation to liver transplant candidates with renal failure of undetermined etiology: role of percutaneous renal biopsy. Am J Transplant. 2008 Dec;8(12):2618-26. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02426.x.
- Randhawa PS, Shapiro R. Chronic renal failure after liver transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2005 May;5(5):967-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00819.x. No abstract available.
- McCauley J, Van Thiel DH, Starzl TE, Puschett JB. Acute and chronic renal failure in liver transplantation. Nephron. 1990;55(2):121-8. doi: 10.1159/000185938.
- Neuberger JM, Mamelok RD, Neuhaus P, Pirenne J, Samuel D, Isoniemi H, Rostaing L, Rimola A, Marshall S, Mayer AD; ReSpECT Study Group. Delayed introduction of reduced-dose tacrolimus, and renal function in liver transplantation: the 'ReSpECT' study. Am J Transplant. 2009 Feb;9(2):327-36. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02493.x. Epub 2008 Dec 15.
- Chapman TM, Perry CM. Everolimus. Drugs. 2004;64(8):861-72; discussion 873-4. doi: 10.2165/00003495-200464080-00005.
- Levy G, Schmidli H, Punch J, Tuttle-Newhall E, Mayer D, Neuhaus P, Samuel D, Nashan B, Klempnauer J, Langnas A, Calmus Y, Rogiers X, Abecassis M, Freeman R, Sloof M, Roberts J, Fischer L. Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of everolimus in de novo liver transplant recipients: 12- and 36-month results. Liver Transpl. 2006 Nov;12(11):1640-8. doi: 10.1002/lt.20707. Erratum In: Liver Transpl. 2006 Nov;12(11):1726.
- Nashan B. Early clinical experience with a novel rapamycin derivative. Ther Drug Monit. 2002 Feb;24(1):53-8. doi: 10.1097/00007691-200202000-00010.
- Chan L, Greenstein S, Hardy MA, Hartmann E, Bunnapradist S, Cibrik D, Shaw LM, Munir L, Ulbricht B, Cooper M; CRADUS09 Study Group. Multicenter, randomized study of the use of everolimus with tacrolimus after renal transplantation demonstrates its effectiveness. Transplantation. 2008 Mar 27;85(6):821-6. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318166927b.
- Everson GT. Everolimus and mTOR inhibitors in liver transplantation: opening the "box". Liver Transpl. 2006 Nov;12(11):1571-3. doi: 10.1002/lt.20845. No abstract available.
- De Simone P, Carrai P, Precisi A, Petruccelli S, Baldoni L, Balzano E, Ducci J, Caneschi F, Coletti L, Campani D, Filipponi F. Conversion to everolimus monotherapy in maintenance liver transplantation: feasibility, safety, and impact on renal function. Transpl Int. 2009 Mar;22(3):279-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00768.x. Epub 2008 Dec 2.
- Johnson RW, Kreis H, Oberbauer R, Brattstrom C, Claesson K, Eris J. Sirolimus allows early cyclosporine withdrawal in renal transplantation resulting in improved renal function and lower blood pressure. Transplantation. 2001 Sep 15;72(5):777-86. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200109150-00007.
- Oberbauer R, Segoloni G, Campistol JM, Kreis H, Mota A, Lawen J, Russ G, Grinyo JM, Stallone G, Hartmann A, Pinto JR, Chapman J, Burke JT, Brault Y, Neylan JF; Rapamune Maintenance Regimen Study Group. Early cyclosporine withdrawal from a sirolimus-based regimen results in better renal allograft survival and renal function at 48 months after transplantation. Transpl Int. 2005 Jan;18(1):22-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.00052.x. Erratum In: Transpl Int. 2005 Mar;18(3):369.
- Ekberg H. Calcineurin inhibitor sparing in renal transplantation. Transplantation. 2008 Sep 27;86(6):761-7. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181856f39.
- Baboolal K. A phase III prospective, randomized study to evaluate concentration-controlled sirolimus (rapamune) with cyclosporine dose minimization or elimination at six months in de novo renal allograft recipients. Transplantation. 2003 Apr 27;75(8):1404-8. doi: 10.1097/01.TP.0000063703.32564.3B.
- Webster AC, Lee VW, Chapman JR, Craig JC. Target of rapamycin inhibitors (sirolimus and everolimus) for primary immunosuppression of kidney transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. Transplantation. 2006 May 15;81(9):1234-48. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000219703.39149.85.
- Levy GA, Grant D, Paradis K, Campestrini J, Smith T, Kovarik JM. Pharmacokinetics and tolerability of 40-0-[2-hydroxyethyl]rapamycin in de novo liver transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2001 Jan 15;71(1):160-3. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200101150-00028.
- Gomez-Camarero J, Salcedo M, Rincon D, Lo Iacono O, Ripoll C, Hernando A, Sanz C, Clemente G, Banares R. Use of everolimus as a rescue immunosuppressive therapy in liver transplant patients with neoplasms. Transplantation. 2007 Sep 27;84(6):786-91. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000280549.93403.dd.
- Yu SF, Wu LH, Zheng SS. Genetic factors for individual administration of immunosuppressants in organ transplantation. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2006 Aug;5(3):337-44.
- Chaudhary MA, Stearns SC. Estimating confidence intervals for cost-effectiveness ratios: an example from a randomized trial. Stat Med. 1996 Jul 15;15(13):1447-58. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19960715)15:133.0.CO;2-V.
- Willan AR, O'Brien BJ. Confidence intervals for cost-effectiveness ratios: an application of Fieller's theorem. Health Econ. 1996 Jul-Aug;5(4):297-305. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199607)5:43.0.CO;2-T. Erratum In: Health Econ 1999 Sep;8(6):559.
- Lothgren M, Zethraeus N. Definition, interpretation and calculation of cost-effectiveness acceptability curves. Health Econ. 2000 Oct;9(7):623-30. doi: 10.1002/1099-1050(200010)9:73.0.co;2-v.
- Fairbanks KD, Eustace JA, Fine D, Thuluvath PJ. Renal function improves in liver transplant recipients when switched from a calcineurin inhibitor to sirolimus. Liver Transpl. 2003 Oct;9(10):1079-85. doi: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50183.
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Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Kidney Diseases
- Urologic Diseases
- Renal Insufficiency
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Antirheumatic Agents
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Immunologic Factors
- Dermatologic Agents
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
- Antifungal Agents
- Antitubercular Agents
- Antibiotics, Antitubercular
- Tacrolimus
- Mycophenolic Acid
- Everolimus
- Cyclosporine
- Cyclosporins
- Calcineurin Inhibitors
Other Study ID Numbers
- IRB 38115
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