kidney transplantation and rejection
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: recipient of a kidney transplant who has participated in the study: *Tacrolimus monotherapy in immunologically low-risk kidney transplant recipients: a pilot randomized-controlled study*, NL 2014-46834.078.14. able to give written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: unable to give written informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To compare long-term outcomes in low-risk kidney transplant recipients on tacrolimus monotherapy versus dual regimen with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil. a. Renal function and proteinuria. b. Patient survival. c. Rejection episodes d. Infectious complications. e. Malignancy i. Skin ii. Non-skin. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 2. To investigate the incidence and course of donor-specific antibodies in low-risk kidney transplant recipients beyond one year after transplantation (TAC vs TAC/MMF comparison). 3. To investigate protective antibody responses after pneumococcal vaccination in patients using tacrolimus versus tacrolimus/ mycophenolate mofetil (TAC vs TAC/MMF comparison). a. The persistence of this vaccination response 3 and 5 years after vaccination. b. The boosting effect of a repeated pneumococcal vaccination response five years after initial vaccination. c. The persistence of this boosted response one year after re-vaccination. | — |
Countries
Netherlands