A twelve-month, multicenter, open-label, randomized study of the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Certican* with Simulect, corticosteroids and two different exposure levels of tacrolimus in de novo renal transplant recipients
- Conditions
- transplantatie geneeskunderenal transplantation10038430
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON30348
- Lead Sponsor
- PPD
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 36
Male or female 18-65 years old
Primary transplant from cadaveric, living-unrelated or non-HLA identical living related donor
Cold Ischemia time <30 h
Negative pregnancy test in female
Willing and capable to give written informed consent
Multiple organtransplants
Non-heart beating donor
PRA>=50%
Hypercholestrolemia >9,1 mmol/L
Leucocytes <3
HIV, HBSag or anti HBC AB positive
Allergy to one of the drugs
Malignancy apart from localised skin tumors
Unable to cooperate or communicate with the investigator
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>This objective will be assessed by comparing renal function evaluated by<br /><br>calculated glomerular filtration rate (MDRD formula) at 12 months<br /><br>post-transplant (this method has gained favor in the transplant literature<br /><br>above the endogenous creatinine clearance because its reproducibility is far<br /><br>greater).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method