A Randomized Study Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Tacrolimus vs Prograf® in Renal Transplantation Treatment
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Comparison of safety and efficacy of immunosuppressive regiments using tacrolimus from EMS and Prograf® in post renal transplanted patients.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Phase 3 |
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Tacrolimus from EMS Group 1: Tacrolimus from EMS + Myfortic® + Steroids |
Drug: Tacrolimus from EMS
Tacrolimus initial dose of 0.2 mg/kg/day Myfortic®: 720 to 1440 mg/day Steroids: methylprednisolone: first dose 500mg, 250 mg at first day and 125mg at second day, reducing to 30mg after third day post transplantation.
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Active Comparator: Prograf Group 2: Prograf® + Myfortic® + Steroids |
Drug: Prograf
Prograf initial dose of 0.2 mg/kg/day Myfortic®: 720 to 1440 mg/day Steroids: methylprednisolone: first dose 500mg, 250 mg at first day and 125mg at second day, reducing to 30mg after third day post transplantation.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Efficacy [day 1 to day 180]
Incidence of biopsy confirmed acute rejection
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Safety [day 1 to day 180]
Patient and graft survival Renal function control by Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Safety, including incidence of post-transplant infection, malignances, diabetes mellitus, hepatotoxicity, blood pressure control and lipidic profile evaluation.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Age > 18 year old
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Patient is receiving kidney from live or death donor
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Kidney donor younger than 65 years old
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PRA ≤ 30%
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Negative pregnancy test for women
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Patient agreement to practice birth control
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Patient has been fully informed and has given written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
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HLA identical
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Patient multi-organ transplant recipient
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Any pathology or past medical condition that can interfere with this protocol
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Allergy or intolerance of any study medication
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre | Porto Alegre | RS | Brazil | 90020090 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- EMS
Investigators
- Study Director: Felipe Pinho, MD, EMS
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- TACEMS0410