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A Study of Thymoglobuline® Induction Therapy in Adult Recipients of Donated After Cardiac Death Kidney Transplant

A Prospective, Multi-center, Single-arm, Interventional Study of Thymoglobuline® Induction Therapy in Adult Recipients of Donated After Cardiac Death Kidney Transplant in China

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03099122
Acronym
START-DCD
Enrollment
115
Registered
2017-04-04
Start date
2017-08-16
Completion date
2019-11-12
Last updated
2022-04-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

End-stage Renal Disease

Brief summary

Primary Objective: To investigate the efficacy of the standard dose of Thymoglobuline® induction therapy for preventing acute rejection (AR) after transplantation among recipients of Donated after Cardiac Death (DCD) kidney transplant. Secondary Objectives: * To evaluate delayed graft function (DGF), graft and patient survival after kidney transplant. * To evaluate adverse events of Thymoglobuline® throughout the study. * To explore possible risk factors of AR and DGF in patients with DCD kidney transplant. * To evaluate AR and DGF under different risk stratifications and explore an description optimal induction therapy regimen for recipients of DCD kidney transplant.

Detailed description

The total study duration per patient is 6.5 months.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALRabbit Anti-thymocyte Immunoglobulin

Pharmaceutical form: creamy-white powder Route of administration: intravenous

DRUGTacrolimus

Pharmaceutical form: tablet Route of administration: oral

DRUGMethylprednisolone

Pharmaceutical form: powder Route of administration: intravenous

DRUGMycophenolate mofetil

Pharmaceutical form: capsule Route of administration: oral

DRUGMycophenolate Na

Pharmaceutical form: capsule Route of administration: oral

DRUGprednisone

Pharmaceutical form: tablet Route of administration: oral

Sponsors

Sanofi
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

: * Male or female. * Patient is a Chinese recipient of kidney transplant for the first time. * Patient is a recipient of kidney allograft from Chinese donors donated after cardiac death (including kidney donated after brain death followed by circulatory death). * Recipient's age is between 18 to 65 years old (including 18 years). * Donor's age is more than 5 years old. * Recipient's weight is greater than or equal to 50 kg but less than or equal to 80 kg. * Patient fully understands the study and signs the informed consent form (ICF) prior to any study procedure.

Exclusion criteria

* Patient is a multiple organ transplant recipient. * Recipient with previous kidney or other organ transplant history. * Recipient and donor have incompatible blood types. * Recipient and donor have 5 or 6 mismatched human leucocyte antigen (HLA). * Recipient is known to have an active infection or active chronic infection, or is seropositive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis C virus (HCV Ab), or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (Serological test results within 12 months before transplantation are acceptable.) * Recipient with cytomegalovirus (CMV) immunoglobulin G (IgG) negative who receives an allograft from CMV IgG positive donor (CMV IgG \[D+/R-\]). * Any systemic infection requiring continuous treatment at enrolment, but prophylactic treatment of CMV and/or Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is allowed. * Recipient has severe thrombocytopenia or leucopenia before operation (platelet count \<75,000/ul, or the number of white blood cells \<3,000 cells/mm3). * Serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or gamma glutamine transferase (GGT) ≥3ULN (upper limit of normal) within 1 week before transplantation, and not normalized at time of transplantation. * Recipient has a history of malignancy within 5 years. * Recipient with history of allergy and anaphylaxes to rabbit proteins or to any excipients. * Recipient has known contraindications to the administration of Thymoglobuline®. * Recipient has taken other investigational drugs or prohibited therapy for this study within 1 month or 5 of half-lives from screening, whichever is longer. * Recipient has previously used Thymoglobuline®, or has participated in any clinical trial of any other medicine or device within 30 days before signing ICF. * Pregnant or lactating women. * Male and female patients do not agree to practice medically acceptable contraception (i.e., barrier or pharmacologic: male patient must use condoms or his female partner must take oral contraceptives; the male partner of a female patient must use condoms ) for at least 6 months following the study treatment. * Conditions/situations such as: * Recipient not suitable for participation, whatever the reason, as judged by the Investigator, including medical, clinical, or psychosocial conditions, or patient potentially at risk of noncompliance to study procedures. * Donor known or suspected to have active infection before donation (such as blood cultures positive, seropositive for hepatitis B surface antigen \[HBsAg\], or antibody against hepatitis C virus \[HCVAb\], or human immunodeficiency virus \[HIV\]) or hypersensitive recipients (eg, panel reactive antibody \[PRA\] positive) before transplantation, judged by the Investigator. The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Percentage of patients with biopsy-proven acute rejection events6 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Duration of delayed graft function events6 months
Percentage of survived grafts6 months
Percentage of survived patients6 months
Percentage of delayed graft function events6 months
Assessment of delayed graft function risk factors6 months
Percentage of acute rejection events in different risk stratifications6 months
Percentage of delayed graft function events in different risk stratifications6 months
Assessment of acute rejection risk factors6 months

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026