Effect of Different Therapeutic Strategies on Regulatory T Cells in Kidney Transplantation

Summary

The objective of the study will be to evaluate the effect of different therapeutic immunosuppressive strategies currently employed in common clinical practice on regulatory T lymphocytes and to verify the hypothesis that the association of thymoglobulins - mTOR inhibitors - small doses of Tacrolimus not only represents a safe anti-rejection therapy but it can also lead to mid-term formation of a high amount of regulatory T cells and, consequently, a high grade of tolerance.

Timeline

Start

2010-03

Primary completion

2013-06

Completion

2014-04

Publications

• Background Taber DJ, Weimert NA, Henderson F, Lin A, Bratton CF, Chavin KD, Baliga PK. Long-term efficacy of induction therapy with anti-interleukin-2 receptor antibodies or thymoglobulin compared with no induction therapy in renal transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2008 Dec;40(10):3401-7. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.130.
• Background Riley JL, June CH, Blazar BR. Human T regulatory cell therapy: take a billion or so and call me in the morning. Immunity. 2009 May;30(5):656-65. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2009.04.006.
• Background Anil Kumar MS, Irfan Saeed M, Ranganna K, Malat G, Sustento-Reodica N, Kumar AM, Meyers WC. Comparison of four different immunosuppression protocols without long-term steroid therapy in kidney recipients monitored by surveillance biopsy: five-year outcomes. Transpl Immunol. 2008 Nov;20(1-2):32-42. doi: 10.1016/j.trim.2008.08.005. Epub 2008 Sep 4.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.