Tacrolimus/Sirolimus Versus Tacrolimus/Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) Versus Neoral/Sirolimus in Adult, Primary Kidney Transplantation

Phase 4 Completed 150 enrolled University of Miami Wyeth-Ayesrst Pharmaceuticals, Roche Laboratories, and Fujusawa Healthcare, Inc. · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

Comparison of outcomes/safety/and tolerability of SRL/FK/Pred vs. FK/MMF/Pred vs. SRL/Neoral®/Pred in cadaveric and non-HLA identical LRD kidney transplants.

Timeline

Start: 2000-05
Primary completion: 2001-12
Completion: 2002-12

Publications

Results Ciancio G, Burke GW, Gaynor JJ, Mattiazzi A, Roth D, Kupin W, Nicolas M, Ruiz P, Rosen A, Miller J. A randomized long-term trial of tacrolimus and sirolimus versus tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil versus cyclosporine (NEORAL) and sirolimus in renal transplantation. I. Drug interactions and rejection at one year. Transplantation. 2004 Jan 27;77(2):244-51. doi: 10.1097/01.TP.0000101290.20629.DC.
Results Ciancio G, Burke GW, Gaynor JJ, Mattiazzi A, Roth D, Kupin W, Nicolas M, Ruiz P, Rosen A, Miller J. A randomized long-term trial of tacrolimus/sirolimus versus tacrolimus/mycophenolate mofetil versus cyclosporine (NEORAL)/sirolimus in renal transplantation. II. Survival, function, and protocol compliance at 1 year. Transplantation. 2004 Jan 27;77(2):252-8. doi: 10.1097/01.TP.0000101495.22734.07.
Results Ciancio G, Burke GW, Gaynor JJ, Ruiz P, Roth D, Kupin W, Rosen A, Miller J. A randomized long-term trial of tacrolimus/sirolimus versus tacrolimums/mycophenolate versus cyclosporine/sirolimus in renal transplantation: three-year analysis. Transplantation. 2006 Mar 27;81(6):845-52. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000203894.53714.27.
Oliveras L, Lopez-Vargas P, Melilli E, Codina S, Royuela A, Coloma Lopez A, Fava A, Manonelles A, Couceiro C, Lloberas N, Cruzado JM, Montero N. Delayed initiation or reduced initial dose of calcineurin-inhibitors for kidney transplant recipients at high risk of delayed graft function. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Apr 8;4(4):CD014855. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014855.pub2.
Ciancio G, Gaynor JJ, Sageshima J, Roth D, Kupin W, Guerra G, Tueros L, Zarak A, Hanson L, Ganz S, Chen L, Ruiz P, Livingstone AS, Burke GW 3rd. Machine perfusion following static cold storage preservation in kidney transplantation: donor-matched pair analysis of the prognostic impact of longer pump time. Transpl Int. 2012 Jan;25(1):34-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01364.x. Epub 2011 Oct 8.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Cyclosporine	Peptide	—	—
Subject	Mycophenolate Mofetil	Small molecule	1 g	—
Subject	Sirolimus	Small molecule	—	—
Subject	Tacrolimus	Small molecule	—	—

Indications

No indication recorded.