Status:

COMPLETED

A Study to Evaluate and Compare the Efficacy and Safety of FK506MR vs Prograf® in Stable Liver Transplantation Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Astellas Pharma Inc

Conditions:

Liver Transplantation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This study aims to evaluate and to compare the efficacy and safety of FK506MR with Prograf® in stable liver transplantation patients. It shall be demonstrated that FK506MR is non-inferior to Prograf® ...

Detailed Description

A multicentre, randomized, open label, two parallel group study The patients will be randomized to MR4 group or Prograf® group. The treatment period is 3 months( 12 weeks).Patients randomized to MR4 g...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Written informed consent with the date of the patient must be obtained
  • Patient is the recipient of a liver transplant from 6 to 24 months prior to enrollment
  • Patient is currently receiving Prograf or Prograf + MMF based immunosuppressive therapy
  • At screening the liver and kidney function of patient is stable (defined as Serum creatinine is normal and ALT or AST is \<= 2 times the upper value of normal range)
  • Patient has the stable whole blood trough level concentration of Prograf (defined as tacrolimus trough concentrations of 2-10ng/ml measured 14 days prior to enrollment), and is clinically stable in the opinion of the investigator

Exclusion

  • Patient has received an organ transplant other than a kidney
  • Patient has experienced any rejection episode within 90 days prior to enrollment in the study, any rejection episode within the last 6 months that required anti-lymphocyte antibody therapy
  • Patient is currently receiving other immunosuppressant therapy, eg. sirolimus
  • Patient with liver recurrent cancer, or metastasis, or other cancer
  • Patient has any unstable medical condition that could interfere with the study objectives
  • Patient is currently participating in another clinical trial and/or is taking or has been taking an investigational drug in the 30 days prior to enrollment
  • Patient is allergic macrolide antibiotics or tacrolimus
  • Patient has psychiatric disorder, in the opinion of the investigator, may invalidate communication with the investigator
  • Patient is currently receiving any medications, which is know to alter the CYP450 3A enzyme system (including grapefruit juice)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

172 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00619398

Start Date

January 1 2008

End Date

March 1 2009

Last Update

February 24 2016

Active Locations (6)

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Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

3

Shenyang, Liaoning, China

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Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China