drugset / Trial / NCT00862979

A Study Investigating the Renal Tolerability, Efficacy, and Safety of a CNI-free Versus a Standard Regimen in de Novo Heart Transplant (HTx) Recipients

NCT00862979

Phase 4 Completed 162 enrolled Novartis Pharmaceuticals
RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

This study will assess whether a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-free regimen with everolimus and mycophenolic acid is associated with a better renal outcome as compared to the standard regimen containing cyclosporine A (which belongs to the class of CNIs) and everolimus; while both treatments are expected to be comparable with respect to efficacy.

Timeline

Start
2009-02-24
Primary completion
2017-03-06
Completion
2017-03-06

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Cyclosporine Peptide 10 mg
Subject Cyclosporine Peptide 25 mg
Subject Cyclosporine Peptide 50 mg
Subject Cyclosporine Peptide 100 mg
Subject Everolimus Small molecule 0.25 mg
Subject Everolimus Small molecule 0.75 mg
Subject Everolimus Small molecule 1 mg
Subject Mycophenolate Mofetil Small molecule 250 mg
Subject Mycophenolate Mofetil Small molecule 500 mg
Subject Tacrolimus Small molecule 0.5 mg
Subject Tacrolimus Small molecule 1 mg
Subject Tacrolimus Small molecule 5 mg
Subject mycophenolic acid Small molecule 180 mg
Subject mycophenolic acid Small molecule 360 mg
Background Prednisolone Other / unclassified 0.05 mg/kg
Background Prednisolone Other / unclassified 0.3 mg/kg

Indications

No indication recorded.