Efficacy and Safety of Enteric-coated Mycophenolate Sodium (EC-MPS) in Comparison to Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) in de Nove Heart Patients

NCT ID: NCT00574743

Last Updated: 2011-11-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

162 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2002-01-31

Brief Summary

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This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of EC-MPS (ERL080) in comparison to MMF in de novo heart recipients.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Heart Transplantation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Study Groups

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2

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

1

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Enteric-coated Mycophenolate Sodium

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Enteric-coated Mycophenolate Sodium

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female cardiac patients 18-65 years old undergoing primary heart transplantation treated with CS-ME and corticosteroids as basic immunosuppression.
* Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to enrollment. Effective contraception must be used during the trial and for 6 weeks following discontinuation of the study medication, even where there has been a history of infertility.
* Patients who are willing and able to participate in the full course of the study and from whom written informed consent has been obtained.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with donor hearts greater than 60 years of age and/or with cold ischemia time of more than 6 hours and/or donor hearts which have obvious coronary disease or are known to have heart disease at time of transplant.
* Patients on Left Ventricular Assist Device who have received any immunotherapy prior to transplantation or who are scheduled to receive immunotherapy thereafter.
* Patients with Panel Reactive Antibodies (PRA) 25%.
* Patients with serum creatinine 3.0mg/dL..
* Females of childbearing potential who are planning to become pregnant, who are pregnant and/or lactating, who are unwilling to use effective means of contraception.
* Patients with a history of significant coagulopathy or medical condition requiring long term anti-coagulation after transplantation (low aspirin treatment is allowed).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Novartis Pharmaceuticals

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Novartis

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Novartis

Locations

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Novartis Investigative site

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Argentina

Buenos Aires, , Argentina

Site Status

Site 1: X5000BJH

Córdoba, , Argentina

Site Status

Novartis Investigative site, Sydney, Australia

Sydney, , Australia

Site Status

Novartis Investigative

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Site Status

Novartis

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Novarits

Ottawa, , Canada

Site Status

Countries

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United States Argentina Australia Canada

Other Identifiers

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CERL080A2401

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id