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NCT Number: NCT00284934

Enteric-coated Mycophenolate Sodium (EC-MPS) With Reduced-dose Tacrolimus Versus EC-MPS With Standard-dose Tacrolimus in Stable Kidney Transplant Recipients

This study introduces a new optimization immunosuppressive regimen associating tacrolimus at a reduced dose and enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium at an increased dose in order to slow down renal function worsening and to prevent the progression of chronic allograft nephropathy, while maintaining the same efficacy, in maintenance renal transplant recipients.

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Key information

Conditions

Kidney Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Male Urogenital Diseases Urogenital Diseases Urologic Diseases

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Novartis

Basel, Switzerland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Primary or secondary kidney transplant
  • Treatment with mycophenolic acid (MMF 1 g/d or EC-MPS 720 mg/d) and tacrolimus (trough concentration [C0] ≥ 5.5 ng/mL)
  • Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min and < 60 mL/min and stable renal function

Exclusion criteria

  • Multi-organ recipients or previous transplant with any other organ different from kidney
  • Biopsy proven acute rejection or treated acute rejection within the last 3 months.
  • Prescription of mycophenolate mofetil 1 g/d or mycophenolate sodium 720 mg/d due to adverse event occurrence when higher doses were administered

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

Treatment and study plan

Enteric-Coated Mycophenolate Sodium (EC-MPS)

Drug

Other names: Myfortic

Tacrolimus

Drug

Other names: Prograf

Corticosteroids

Drug

At a dose of at least 5 mg/day.

Other names: Prednisone

Primary outcomes

  1. Renal Function Assessed by Change in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate(eGFR)

    Time frame: Baseline and Month 6

    Change in estimated glomerular filtration rate from baseline to Month 6 calculated by using abbreviated Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula. Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula is: GFR [mL/min/1.73m^2] = 186.3*(C^-1.154)*(A^-0.203)*G*R where -C is the serum concentration of creatinine [mg/dL], -A is patient age at sample collection date [years], -G=0.742 when gender is female, otherwise G=1, -R=1.21 when race is black, otherwise R=1.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Renal Function at 3 Months Assessed by Change in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR)

    Time frame: Baseline and 3 months

    Change in estimated glomerular filtration rate from baseline to Month 3 calculated by using abbreviated MDRD formula. Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula is: GFR [mL/min/1.73m^2] = 186.3*(C^-1.154)*(A^-0.203)*G*R where -C is the serum concentration of creatinine [mg/dL], -A is patient age at sample collection date [years], -G=0.742 when gender is female, otherwise G=1, -R=1.21 when race is black, otherwise R=1.

  2. Number of Participants With Treatment Failure Parameters (Biopsy-Proven Acute Rejection (BPAR), Graft Loss, Death, or Loss to Follow-up) at 6 Months

    Time frame: 6 months

    A biopsy-proven acute rejection (BPAR) is defined as a biopsy graded IA, IB, IIA, IIB, or III based on the Banff 1997 classification.The allograft was presumed lost on the day the patient started dialysis and was not able to subsequently be removed from dialysis. If the patient went through a graft nephrectomy, then the day of nephrectomy was the day of graft loss.

  3. Number of Participants With Graft and Patient Survivals at 6 Months

    Time frame: 6 months

    Graft survival was defined as the number of patients with no graft loss. The allograft was presumed lost on the day the patient started dialysis and was not able to subsequently be removed from dialysis. If the patient went through a graft nephrectomy, then the day of nephrectomy was the day of graft loss. Patient survival was defined as the number of patients alive with or without a functioning graft.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Novartis

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Multicenter, National, Open-label, Prospective, Randomized Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Tolerability of Enteric-coated Mycophenolate Sodium 1440 mg/Day With Tacrolimus Reduced Dose Versus Enteric-coated Mycophenolate Sodium 720 mg/Day With Tacrolimus Standard Dose, in Maintenance, Stable, Adult, Kidney Transplant Recipients

Acronym: OLYMPE

Important dates

Study start
2005
Primary completion
2008
Study completion
2008
First posted
Feb 1, 2006
Registry last updated
May 2, 2011

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