A Study to Compare Early Steroid Withdrawal and Long-Term Steroid Maintenance Therapy in Kidney Transplant Patients

NCT ID: NCT00650468

Last Updated: 2011-11-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

397 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-11-30

Study Completion Date

2007-12-31

Brief Summary

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A study comparing the early withdrawal of steroids to long-term maintenance steroid therapy in Kidney Transplant Patients receiving Prograf and Cellcept

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Renal Transplantation

Keywords

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Renal Transplantation Prograf

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

early steroid cessation

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

tacrolimus

Intervention Type DRUG

Oral

CellCept

Intervention Type DRUG

IV or Oral

steroids (methylprednisone or prednisone)

Intervention Type DRUG

IV or Oral

2

long-term maintenance steroids

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

tacrolimus

Intervention Type DRUG

Oral

CellCept

Intervention Type DRUG

IV or Oral

steroids (methylprednisone or prednisone)

Intervention Type DRUG

IV or Oral

Interventions

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tacrolimus

Oral

Intervention Type DRUG

CellCept

IV or Oral

Intervention Type DRUG

steroids (methylprednisone or prednisone)

IV or Oral

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Prograf FK506 MMF Mycophenolate mofetil methylprednisone prednisone

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patient is between post kidney transplant day 3-7 and no requirement for dialysis

Exclusion:

* Patient is receiving kidney from HLA identical,living donor
* Patient is a multi-organ transplant recipient
* Patient is pregnant or lactating. Female patients of child bering potential must have a negative pregnancy test and agree to practice effective birth control
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Astellas Pharma Inc

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Astellas Pharma US, Inc

Principal Investigators

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central contact

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

Locations

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Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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Loma Linda, California, United States

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Los Angeles, California, United States

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Denver, Colorado, United States

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

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Buffalo, New York, United States

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New York, New York, United States

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New York, New York, United States

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Galveston, Texas, United States

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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Countries

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United States

References

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Woodle ES; Fujisawa Corticosteroid Withdrawal Study Group. A prospective, randomized, multicenter, double-blind study of early corticosteroid cessation versus long-term maintenance of corticosteroid therapy with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil in primary renal transplant recipients: one year report. Transplant Proc. 2005 Mar;37(2):804-8. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.12.083.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15848538 (View on PubMed)

Woodle ES, First MR, Pirsch J, Shihab F, Gaber AO, Van Veldhuisen P; Astellas Corticosteroid Withdrawal Study Group. A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial comparing early (7 day) corticosteroid cessation versus long-term, low-dose corticosteroid therapy. Ann Surg. 2008 Oct;248(4):564-77. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318187d1da.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18936569 (View on PubMed)

Gaber AO, Moore LW, Alloway RR, Woodle ES, Pirsch J, Shihab F, Henning A, Fitzsimmons W, Holman J, Reisfield R, First MR; Astellas Corticosteroid Withdrawal Study Group. Acute rejection characteristics from a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial of early corticosteroid withdrawal. Transplantation. 2013 Feb 27;95(4):573-9. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182777efb.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23423269 (View on PubMed)

Delgado JC, Fuller A, Ozawa M, Smith L, Terasaki PI, Shihab FS, Eckels DD. No occurrence of de novo HLA antibodies in patients with early corticosteroid withdrawal in a 5-year prospective randomized study. Transplantation. 2009 Feb 27;87(4):546-8. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181949d2e.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 19307792 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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20-99-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id