Pilot Study: Interest of Belatacept as a Non-nephrotoxic Immunosuppressive Treatment in Cardiac Transplant Patients at Risk of Chronic Renal Failure (BELACOEUR)

NCT ID: NCT04180085

Last Updated: 2026-01-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-02-06

Study Completion Date

2028-01-01

Brief Summary

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Heart transplantation (TC) is the standard treatment for terminal heart failure. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common complication responsible for increased mortality and morbidity. The main risk factors for progression to CKD are advanced age, pre-transplantation CKD, degradation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in the first year post-transplantation, and nephrotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI).

Indeed, these molecules (cyclosporin and tacrolimus), the cornerstone of immunosuppressive treatment, have nephrotoxic effects in the short term (by a hemodynamic effect) and in the long term (by a pro-fibrosin effect).

In renal transplantation (TR), belatacept, a costimulation-inhibiting molecule, used de novo, without CNI, with induction by anti-receptor antibody of Interleukines 2, preserves kidney function. Despite this great advantage, its development is still hampered by a higher number of rejections compared to the CNI group in this originator study. Based on the experience gained in TR, which has since validated its use, the hypothesis is that in heart transplantation, belatacept (Nulojix) combined with minimization of CNI (with induction by antilymphocyte serum), could significantly improve glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in patients at risk of CKD (by removing them from dialysis and possible kidney transplantation) without increasing the risk of rejection.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Heart Transplant Failure

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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BELATACEPT

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Belatacept Injection

Intervention Type DRUG

9 injections of belatacept at 3 months, 4 months, 5 months, 6 months, 7 months, 8 months, 9 months, 10 months 11 months and 12 months post graft

Interventions

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Belatacept Injection

9 injections of belatacept at 3 months, 4 months, 5 months, 6 months, 7 months, 8 months, 9 months, 10 months 11 months and 12 months post graft

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Cardiac transplant patients for 3 months Over 18 years of age No Donor Specific Antibodies at inclusion (positive threshold average fluorescence intensity (MFI)\> 2000) Having a GFR (DFG in french) is the single best indicator of overall renal function \< 30ml/min calculated according to the formula CKD EPI or a decrease in GFR of more than 50% between the day of the heart transplant and 3 months, stable for 15 days.

Induction treatment with anti-lymphocyte serum Virus d'Epstein-Barr positive serology Having signed the consent after receiving informed information Negative pregnancy test for patients of childbearing age, and agreement to use effective contraception throughout the study and 6 weeks after the end of the study Having no difficulty in understanding and communicating with the investigator and his representatives Beneficiaries of a Social Security scheme

Exclusion Criteria

The criteria for non-inclusion are:

2nd heart transplant or other solid organ transplant History of rejections Cellular or humoral rejection at myocardial biopsy of 3 months post Transplantation Cardiac Current viral infection of type cytomegalovirus, Virus d'Epstein-Barr, hepatitis C virus, hepatitis V virus.....

Human immunodeficiency virus positive serology Ongoing participation in another clinical study Any clinical condition that the investigator considers incompatible with the conduct of the study under acceptable safety conditions: (in particular, progressive infection, progressive cardiovascular complication, progressive neoplastic disease) Inability of the patient to comply with study procedures Pregnant or breastfeeding women Person under guardianship, curators or safeguard of justice
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Nantes University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Karine Nubret

Bordeaux, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Laurent Sebbag

Lyon, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Claire Garandeau

Nantes, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Bertrand Lelong

Rennes, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Claire GARANDEAU, PH

Role: CONTACT

0240087453

Facility Contacts

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Karine Nubret

Role: primary

0556795679

Laurent Sebbag

Role: primary

06.99.38.58.23

Claire Garandeay

Role: primary

0240087453

Bertrand Lelong

Role: primary

0299284118

Other Identifiers

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RC19_0133

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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