MMF and Calcineurin Inhibitor Withdrawal in CAN

Summary

Prospective, randomised study: Effect of mycophenolatmofetil (MMF) and CNI withdrawal in patients with histologically proven chronic allograft nephropathy Indication: change in immunosuppressive treatment of chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN)after renal transplantation Hypothesis: Antimetabolite MMF is able to stop progression of CAN and improve blood pressure/ metabolic parameters and structural vessel wall changes Primary Target:effects of CNI withdrawal and MMF on renal function: stabilisation and/or improvement Secondary Targets: Incidence of adverse events Evaluation of the calcineurin inhibitor free MMF treatment effects on blood pressure, lipids, glucose metabolism and on structural and functional vesselwallchanges Method:open prospective, randomized two-tailed, monocentric study

Timeline

Start

1999-10

Primary completion

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Completion

2002-09

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Renal function improved in the dual-therapy compared with the triple-therapy group (p=0.002). PMID 15023160 ↗

Publications

• Results Suwelack B, Gerhardt U, Hohage H. Withdrawal of cyclosporine or tacrolimus after addition of mycophenolate mofetil in patients with chronic allograft nephropathy. Am J Transplant. 2004 Apr;4(4):655-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00404.x.

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