Impact of Treatment With Rituximab on the Progression of Humoral Acute Rejection After Renal Transplantation

NCT ID: NCT01350882

Last Updated: 2025-12-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-10-31

Study Completion Date

2012-10-31

Brief Summary

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Assessing the impact of J12 curative treatment with rituximab (375 mg / m² on J5) based on a composite "TREATMENT FAILURE"

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Humoral Rejection in Kidney Transplantation

Keywords

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kidney transplantation acute humoral rejection rituximab

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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A

Patients randomized into the arm blind A. Rituximab is allowed as additional treatment from J12, within the limit of 2 infusions of rituximab. In case of insufficient efficacy of the treatment of acute humoral rejection, investigators may propose an additional infusion of rituximab from J12, without patient withdrawn. In this case (2nd infusion effective in group A and 1st infusion effective group B), a additional consultation (CS) will be provided as part of the study 7 days after infusion. In case of insufficient efficacy of the treatment,in fairness to care for patients between the 2 treatment groups, the investigators may propose to a 3rd infusion patients in group B (2nd infusion effective for this group). To prevent patients from group A will receive a 3rd infusion of rituximab, unblinding will be applied in this case by the investigator before the administration of additional treatment with rituximab.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

MabThera

Intervention Type DRUG

MabThera 500mg/50ml I.V. infusion, single dose : 375 mg/m2

B

Patients randomized into the arm blind B. Rituximab is allowed as additional treatment from J12, within the limit of 2 infusions of rituximab. In case of insufficient efficacy of the treatment of acute humoral rejection, investigators may propose an additional infusion of rituximab from J12, without patient withdrawn. In this case (2nd infusion effective in group A and 1st infusion effective group B), a additional consultation (CS) will be provided as part of the study 7 days after infusion. In case of insufficient efficacy of the treatment,in fairness to care for patients between the 2 treatment groups, the investigators may propose to a 3rd infusion patients in group B (2nd infusion effective for this group). To prevent patients from group A will receive a 3rd infusion of rituximab, unblinding will be applied in this case by the investigator before the administration of additional treatment with rituximab.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Physiological serum : sodium chloride, sodium citrate

Intervention Type DRUG

Solution for I.V. infusion Sodium Chloride (pH 6.5), polysorbate 80, sodium citrate (10.0mg/ml)

Interventions

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MabThera

MabThera 500mg/50ml I.V. infusion, single dose : 375 mg/m2

Intervention Type DRUG

Physiological serum : sodium chloride, sodium citrate

Solution for I.V. infusion Sodium Chloride (pH 6.5), polysorbate 80, sodium citrate (10.0mg/ml)

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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rituximab

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patient adult male or female (age 18 years), kidney transplantation for less than one year (transplant from a living donor or deceased), with acute humoral rejection defined by :
* The deterioration of renal function assessed by serum creatinine increase of more than 20% compared to the best value, OR
* In the first 28 days after transplantation, no significant creatinine decrease, AND
* At least 2 of the 3 following criteria:

* tissue damage such as (a) acute tubular necrosis, (b) presence of monocytes or granulocytes in the CPT and / or glomeruli and / or capillary thrombosis, (c) intimal arteritis / fibrinoid necrosis
* C4d level of CPT and / or presence of Ig or complement in lesions of fibrinoid necrosis
* Presence of HLA antibodies directed against the donor. Patient having given his written consent to participate in the clinical trial.

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant or lactating
* Women during their reproductive years without effective contraception,
* A patient with multiple organ transplants,
* Patients with clinically active infection by HCV uncontrolled
* Patients with active infection, or suspected of infection by HIV or HBV, and tuberculosis,
* Patients with heart failure class IV (NYHA) cardiac disease or uncontrolled
* Patients for whom vaccination is scheduled,
* Patient with disabilities did not allow an understanding of the requirements of the test
* Patient in safeguarding justice, guardianship or trusteeship,
* Patient with cons-indication to rituximab (known hypersensitivity to any component or murine protein)
* Patient had previously received rituximab within 3 months before inclusion
* Patient participation in another clinical trial
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Roche Pharma AG

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Tours

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Yvon LEBRANCHU

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Tours

Locations

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Hospital Henri Mondor

Paris, Créteil, France

Site Status

Hospital

Grenoble, La Tronche, France

Site Status

Hospital Bicêtre

Paris, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France

Site Status

Hospital Lyon Sud

Lyon, Pierre-Benite, France

Site Status

Hospital Nord

Saint-Etienne, Saint Priez-en-Jarez, France

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Hospital Sud

Amiens, , France

Site Status

Hospital

Angers, , France

Site Status

Hospital Saint-Jacques

Besançon, , France

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Hospital Pellegrin

Bordeaux, , France

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Hospital

Brest, , France

Site Status

Hospital

Caen, , France

Site Status

Hospital Gabriel Montpied

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

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Hospital Bocage

Dijon, , France

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Hospital Calmette

Lille, , France

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Hospital Dupuytren

Limoges, , France

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Hospital Edouard Herriot

Lyon, , France

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Hospital Conception

Marseille, , France

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Hospital Lapeyronie

Montpellier, , France

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Hospital Hôtel Dieu

Nantes, , France

Site Status

Hospital Pasteur

Nice, , France

Site Status

Hospital Saint Louis

Paris, , France

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Hospital Tenon

Paris, , France

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Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière

Paris, , France

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Hospital Necker

Paris, , France

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Hospital Milétrie Jean Bernard

Poitiers, , France

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Hospital Maison Blanche

Reims, , France

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Hospital

Rennes, , France

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Hospital Bois-Guillaume

Rouen, , France

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Hospital Civil

Strasbourg, , France

Site Status

Hospital Bretonneau

Tours, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Sautenet B, Blancho G, Buchler M, Morelon E, Toupance O, Barrou B, Ducloux D, Chatelet V, Moulin B, Freguin C, Hazzan M, Lang P, Legendre C, Merville P, Mourad G, Mousson C, Pouteil-Noble C, Purgus R, Rerolle JP, Sayegh J, Westeel PF, Zaoui P, Boivin H, Le Gouge A, Lebranchu Y. One-year Results of the Effects of Rituximab on Acute Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Renal Transplantation: RITUX ERAH, a Multicenter Double-blind Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial. Transplantation. 2016 Feb;100(2):391-9. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000958.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 26555944 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PHRN07-YL RITUXERAH

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id