Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction In Transplantation (FAVORIT)

Summary

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to determine if lowering homocysteine levels in renal transplant recipients with a multivitamin will reduce the occurrence of cardiovascular disease outcomes.

Timeline

Start

2002-05

Primary completion

2011-10

Completion

2011-10

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

registry p = 0.93; Cox Proportional Hazard 0.99 (95% CI 0.84 to 1.17) NCT00064753 ↗

Publications

• Background Weiner DE, Carpenter MA, Levey AS, Ivanova A, Cole EH, Hunsicker L, Kasiske BL, Kim SJ, Kusek JW, Bostom AG. Kidney function and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in kidney transplant recipients: the FAVORIT trial. Am J Transplant. 2012 Sep;12(9):2437-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04101.x. Epub 2012 May 17.
• Background Troen AM, Scott TM, D'Anci KE, Moorthy D, Dobson B, Rogers G, Weiner DE, Levey AS, Dallal GE, Jacques PF, Selhub J, Rosenberg IH; FACT Study Investigators. Cognitive dysfunction and depression in adult kidney transplant recipients: baseline findings from the FAVORIT Ancillary Cognitive Trial (FACT). J Ren Nutr. 2012 Mar;22(2):268-276.e3. doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2011.07.009. Epub 2011 Dec 6.
• Background Carpenter MA, Weir MR, Adey DB, House AA, Bostom AG, Kusek JW. Inadequacy of cardiovascular risk factor management in chronic kidney transplantation - evidence from the FAVORIT study. Clin Transplant. 2012 Jul-Aug;26(4):E438-46. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2012.01676.x. Epub 2012 Jul 9.
• Background Bostom AG, Carpenter MA, Kusek JW, Hunsicker LG, Pfeffer MA, Levey AS, Jacques PF, McKenney J; FAVORIT Investigators. Rationale and design of the Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction In Transplantation (FAVORIT) trial. Am Heart J. 2006 Sep;152(3):448.e1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.03.004.
• Background Weir MR, Gravens-Muller L, Costa N, Ivanova A, Manitpisitkul W, Bostom AG, Diamantidis CJ; FAVORIT Study Investigators. Safety events in kidney transplant recipients: results from the folic Acid for vascular outcome reduction in transplant trial. Transplantation. 2015 May;99(5):1003-8. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000454.
• Background Carpenter MA, John A, Weir MR, Smith SR, Hunsicker L, Kasiske BL, Kusek JW, Bostom A, Ivanova A, Levey AS, Solomon S, Pesavento T, Weiner DE. BP, cardiovascular disease, and death in the Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction in Transplantation trial. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 Jul;25(7):1554-62. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2013040435. Epub 2014 Mar 13.
• Results Bostom AG, Carpenter MA, Hunsicker L, Jacques PF, Kusek JW, Levey AS, McKenney JL, Mercier RY, Pfeffer MA, Selhub J; FAVORIT Study Investigators. Baseline characteristics of participants in the Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction in Transplantation (FAVORIT) Trial. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Jan;53(1):121-8. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.010. Epub 2008 Nov 20.
• Results Bostom AG, Carpenter MA, Kusek JW, Levey AS, Hunsicker L, Pfeffer MA, Selhub J, Jacques PF, Cole E, Gravens-Mueller L, House AA, Kew C, McKenney JL, Pacheco-Silva A, Pesavento T, Pirsch J, Smith S, Solomon S, Weir M. Homocysteine-lowering and cardiovascular disease outcomes in kidney transplant recipients: primary results from the Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction in Transplantation trial. Circulation. 2011 Apr 26;123(16):1763-70. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.000588. Epub 2011 Apr 11.
• Kang AW, Garber CE, Eaton CB, Risica PM, Bostom AG. Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Risk among Kidney Transplant Patients. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2019 Jun;51(6):1154-1161. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001886.
• Weinrauch LA, Claggett B, Liu J, Finn PV, Weir MR, Weiner DE, D'Elia JA. Smoking and outcomes in kidney transplant recipients: a post hoc survival analysis of the FAVORIT trial. Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis. 2018 Apr 27;11:155-164. doi: 10.2147/IJNRD.S161001. eCollection 2018.
• Weinrauch LA, D'Elia JA, Weir MR, Bunnapradist S, Finn PV, Liu J, Claggett B, Monaco AP. Infection and Malignancy Outweigh Cardiovascular Mortality in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Post Hoc Analysis of the FAVORIT Trial. Am J Med. 2018 Feb;131(2):165-172. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.08.038. Epub 2017 Sep 21.

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