RituxiMab in INDuction therapy for living donor renal transplantatio
- Conditions
- ive donor renal transplantationSurgery
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN95769119
- Lead Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 316
1. Adult patients aged over 18 years, either sex
2. Receiving their first living donor renal transplant, or their second if the first was not lost from acute rejection
3. Have given written informed consent
Amendments as of 22/12/2010:
Point 8 of the below exclusion criteria has been amended to read as follows:
8. Patients who have been involved in any other investigational trial or non protocol immunosuppressive regimen in the previous 90 days prior to transplant
Initial information at time of registration:
1. Previous other organ transplants lost through acute rejection
2. Patients undergoing antibody removal
3. Patients with other organ transplants
4. Patients previously treated with cylophosphamide, ATG, OKT3 or rituximab
5. Patients with white cell count below 4,500/mm^3
6. Patients with platelet count below 1,500/mm^3
7. Patients who are treated with drugs that are strong inhibitors or inducers of cytochrome P450, or treated with terfenadine, astemizole, cisapride or lovastatin
8. Patients who have been involved in any other investigational trial or non protocol immunosuppressive regimen in the previous 30 days prior to transplant
9. Pregnant or breastfeeding women
10. Patients with a documented history of malignancy and its origins and treatment in the last five years. Localised basal cell carcinoma of the skin is permitted
11. Patients known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B or C surface antigen positive
12. Patients who in the opinion of the Investigator would not be a suitable candidate for study participation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) (Modification of Diet in Renal Disease [MDRD] study calculation) at 12 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Biopsy proven acute rejection, graft and patient survival at 1 year<br> 2. Infections<br> 3. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD)<br>