Iguratimod in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of iguratimod concomitant with conventional immunosuppressive drugs on preventing antibody-induced rejection in HLA Highly mismatched Kidney Transplant recipients.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: experiment
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Drug: Iguratimod
Subjects will receive iguratimod orally, twice a day, for consecutive 52 weeks
Drug: Mycophenolate mofetil
All subjects will receive mycophenolate mofetil for consecutive 52 weeks
Drug: Tacrolimus
All subjects will receive tacrolimus for consecutive 52 weeks
Drug: Glucocorticoids
All subjects will receive glucocorticoids for consecutive 52 weeks
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Sham Comparator: Control
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Drug: Mycophenolate mofetil
All subjects will receive mycophenolate mofetil for consecutive 52 weeks
Drug: Tacrolimus
All subjects will receive tacrolimus for consecutive 52 weeks
Drug: Glucocorticoids
All subjects will receive glucocorticoids for consecutive 52 weeks
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Biopsy-proven acute rejection rates [0-52 week]
- Survival of transplanted kidney [52 week]
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Donor Specific Antibody(DSA) level compared to baseline [52 week]
- Graft renal function [52 week]
- Adverse event [0-52 week]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Male or female, aged ≥18, <65 years
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At least 2 weeks post kidney transplantation from deceased or living donor
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Stable renal graft function, i.e., serum creatinine undulation for 3 consecutive test <±10%
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Serum creatinine<1.5×upper limits of normal(ULN)
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Number of HLA mismatches ≥ 4
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Panel Reactive Antibody(PRA) value pre-transplantation <10%
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Concentration of conventional immunosuppressive drugs reach target ranges
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Subjects are willing to participate in the study, fully informed, and sign informed consent form(ICF)
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Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative pregnancy test within 24 hours prior to the start of study medication, and agree to use an acceptable method to avoid pregnancy for the entire study period and for up to 3 months after the last dose of study medication.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Pregnant or nursing women
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Currently clinical acute rejection;
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Graft function hasn't recovered for delayed graft function (DGF), or primary non-function (PNF)
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Second or subsequent kidney transplant or multi-organ recipients (e.g. kidney and pancreas)
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Subjects with Liver failure
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Abnormal hepatic, renal and hematopoietic function,
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Alanine transaminase(ALT), Aspartate transaminase(AST)>1.5×ULN
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White blood cell(WBC)<3.5×10^9/L
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Hemoglobin(HGB)<80 g/L
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Platelet count(PLT)<80×10^9/L.
- Severe clinically relevant disease,
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Abnormality in chest X ray image, such as Tuberculosis, Pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, or symptom or physical sign of clinical significance
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Serious cardiovascular, hepatic, hematological, endocrinal disease, or malignancy 3)History of serious cardiovascular, hepatic, hematological, endocrinal disease, or malignancy
- Immunodeficiency, uncontrolled active infection, and active gastrointestinal disease.
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Women or men of childbearing potential plan to be pregnant recently;
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Allergic with study drug, or excipient
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Subject with psychiatric illness, which may put him/her into unacceptable risk in the opinion of investigators
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Has received or is receiving Rituximab treatment
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Iguratimod treatment within 1 week pre-transplantation, or during screening period
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Received live vaccines in the previous 3 months, or plan to receive live vaccines during the study.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University | Nanjing | Jiangsu | China | 210000 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Min Gu, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- KT-2016-1