Patients who underwent liver or renal transplantation
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aging more than 18 2.Liver or renal transplantation from at least 8 months 3. immunosuppressive regimen with tacrolimus bid (Prograf) which hasn`t been changed in the last 2 months before the enrolment and without counterindications for switch to monotherapy (Advagraf). 4. Clinically stable patients 5. Childbearing potential female patients with negative serum pregnancy test who agree in using medical acceptable contraception for the whole duration of the study. 6. Patients who are able to give their consent 7. AST and ALT =65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 104
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Acute rejection episodes in the 6-month period before enrolment. 2. Known allergy or hypersensibility to one or more investigational drugs components. 3. Any substances abuse, psychiatric disorders or any condition that, in investigator`s opinion, might affect the comunication with investigators or might affect the compliance to the study. 4. Newly diagnosed neoplasy after transplantation (excepted skin neoplasy)- 5. Patient participating in other clinical trial or who ended another clinical trial in the last 3 monts. 6. patients who took any other experimental drug in the month before the enrolment. 7. HIV positive patients 8. pregnant women 9. creatinine 2 UNV and/or total bilirubine >= 2 UNV (liver transplantation)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main Objective: The main objecive is splitted in evaluated by the connection between two parts: - Efficacy of the switch from double to single daily administration of the immunosuppressant drug (from Progrf to Advagraf)to reduce the non compliant patient's population. - Efficacy of Self Learning anc Patient's education to reduce the non compliant patient's population;Secondary Objective: The secondary objective is the evaluation of the patient's perception, measured by objective and subjective paramethers, of his quality of life.;Primary end point(s): The primary endpoint is the compliance to medical prescriptions, defined as the complete cocperation of the patient in the therapy, attend to the scheduled visits, perform blood exams and comply with the healthy way of life as indicated by the investigator.;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: 12 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary end point(s): NA;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: NA | — |
Countries
Italy
Contacts
Hippocrates Research