Low Dose Thymoglobulin to Protect Kidney Function After Liver Transplant
Information source: The Cleveland Clinic
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Condition(s) targeted: Liver Transplantation
Intervention: Thymoglobulin (Biological); Thymoglobulin (Biological); Mycophenolate mofetil (Drug); tacrolimus (Drug); tacrolimus (Drug)
Phase: N/A
Status: Active, not recruiting
Sponsored by: The Cleveland Clinic Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s): Bijan Eghtesad, MD, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: The Cleveland Clinic
Summary
Strong anti-rejection drugs like tacrolimus or cyclosporine, are given to patients who have
received transplants, to ensure that the patient's body does not reject the new organ. In
some cases, while anti-rejection medications protect a newly transplanted liver, they can
injure the patient's kidneys and cause them not to work as well as they should. The purpose
of this pilot study is to determine the best way to protect kidney function and to ensure
that the newly transplanted liver is not rejected. This study will evaluate the use of a
drug called Thymoglobulin, combined with a delayed start of the anti-rejection drugs (10
days after liver transplant), compared to the current approach of starting anti-rejection
drugs called calcineurin inhibitors or CNI's within 2 days after the liver transplant.
Clinical Details
Official title: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Low Dose Thymoglobulin and Extended Delay of Calcineurin Inhibitor Therapy for Renal Protection After Liver Transplantation
Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention
Primary outcome: Reduced incidence of perioperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing liver transplant as evidenced by kidney function measurement
Secondary outcome: Patient survivalGraft survival Allograft rejection rates at 30 days, 6 and 12 months as proven by biopsy Renal function measured by eGFR
Eligibility
Minimum age: 18 Years.
Maximum age: 70 Years.
Gender(s): Both.
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients undergoing deceased donor solitary liver transplantation
- Adults aged 18-70 at time of transplantation
- Hepatocellular carcinoma as indication for OLT within the Milan Criteria
- Hepatitis C positive or negative patients
- Willingness to comply with study procedures
- Able to sign informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior kidney transplantation
- Congenital or iatrogenic absence of one kidney
- Subjects on renal replacement therapy at the time of OLT
- MELD score > 28
- HIV positive patient
- Patient with current severe systemic infection
- History of bacterial peritonitis within 30 days prior to OLT
- Active infection or recent infection within 30 days prior to OLT
- Use of calcineurin inhibitor continuously for more than 90 days within the past 6
months
- History of hypersensitivity to thymoglobulin, rabbits, tacrolimus or iohexol
- Women of childbearing age who are unwilling to use effective contraceptive methods
during the duration of the study
Locations and Contacts
Cleveland Clinic (Main Campus), Cleveland, Ohio 44195, United States
Additional Information
Starting date: August 2009
Last updated: July 29, 2013
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