Kidney Transplantation
Conditions
Keywords
Kidney,Transplantation, rejection, immunosuppression
Brief summary
In patients who receive an organ transplant, their body considers this organ as foreign and attempts to destroy it. This is called rejection. All patients who receive an organ transplant, will take a combination of anti-rejection medications. These medications prevent the new organ from being rejected from the body. FTY720 is a new compound that helps prevent organ rejection.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* First kidney transplantation * Male and female patients * Between 18 and 65 years old
Exclusion criteria
* Patient in need of multi-organ transplant * Patients with history of cardiac arrest * Patients with any past or present malignancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| IA, IB, IIA, IIB, III, or humoral rejection diagnosed by biopsy according to Banff 97 criteria within 6 months post transplant | — |
| Permanent resumption of dialysis within 6 months post transplant | — |
| Surgical removal of graft within 6 months post transplant | — |
| Death within 6 months post transplant | — |
| Withdrawal of consent, death, or lost to follow up within 6 months post transplant | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Serum creatinine, estimated creatinine clearance, abnormalities of vital signs and laboratory variables and measurements of urine protein at Days 0, 1, 7, 14 and 28, Months 3, 6, 9 and 12. | — |
| IA, IB, IIA, IIB, III, or humoral rejection diagnosed by biopsy according to Banff 97 criteria within 12 months post transplant | — |
| Absolute lymphocyte count at Days 0, 1, 7, 14 and 28, Months 3, 6, 9 and 12. | — |
| FEV1 , FVC, FEV1/FVC, DLCO and FEF 25%-75% at Day 28, Months 6 and 12 | — |
| Permanent resumption of dialysis within 12 months post transplant | — |
| Surgical removal of graft within 12 months post transplant | — |
| Death within 12 months post transplant | — |
| Withdrawal of consent, death, or lost to follow up within 12 months post transplant | — |