Cardiac Transplant
Conditions
Keywords
Effect of everolimus in graft vascular cardiac illness
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate if there is a significantly less incidence of major clinical events due to graft vascular illness in recipients of a cardiac transplant on treatment with an immunosuppressive combination, which includes Everolimus, compared to those that continue the previously used immunosuppressive treatment.
Detailed description
This is a prospective, randomized, multicentre, open and controlled study, to evaluate the efficacy and safety of everolimus combined with cyclosporin for microemulsion and steroids according to medical judgement, opposite to the usual therapy which the patient already has received (typically: ciclosporin + azathioprine or mycophenolate mofetil + steroids according to the judgement of the doctor) for patients receiving a cardiac orthotopic transplant since at least 12 months. The patients will be randomized in a 2:1 proportion (everolimus:control), in order to make it possible for the majority of patients to receive the potentially active treatment in a lethal illness for which there is not efficient known treatment up to date. The study duration will be 2 years of follow-up for each patient. At the end of this period, the patients will be offered the possibility to maintain the immunosuppressive treatment to which they have been assigned, and periodic revisions will be made each 3-6 months. The two treatment groups are: Group I - Everolimus twice a day v.o. + cyclosporin for microemulsion in reduced doses +/- steroids. Group II - Cyclosporin for microemulsion + azathioprine or mycophenolate mofetil +/- steroids (the same administration schedule and medication which the patient received earlier).
Interventions
DRUGeverolimus
Everolimus 2 times per day, v.o., 2 years treatment.
2 times per day during 2 years
Sponsors
Fundacion Investigacion y Desarrollo
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients suffering a heart transplantation at least 12 months before the inclusion. * Patients with significant graft vascular cardiac illness.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who received more than one solid organ. * Hypersensibility to everolimus. * Patients with expected surviving less than 6 months. * Analytic abnormality significant (platelets \< 70.000 plat./mm3, WBC\<4.000./mm3, creatinine \> 2,5 mg/dl) * Neoplasm and/or severe systemic illness. * Mental significant illness. * Patients who have received sirolimus or everolimus in any moment after transplant. * Pregnant or lactating woman.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Percentage of subjects that present at least one major clinical event due to graft vascular illness during the first year of the study on both treatment arms. | December 2010 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Intra-coronary ultrasound, safety and adverse events, Nt-proBNP, left ventricular systolic function, coronary stenosis. | December 2010 |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed