Status:

WITHDRAWN

Budesonide for Immunosuppression After Liver Transplantation to Reduce Side Effects

Lead Sponsor:

Montefiore Medical Center

Conditions:

Acute Cellular Graft Rejection

Liver Transplant Rejection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Our hypothesis is that budesonide will provide effective hepatic ISP that will replace prednisone and allow lower systemic drug levels of FK, thus reducing the steroid- and calcineurin-associated comp...

Detailed Description

This study will be a randomized, open-label non-inferiority trial to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of budesonide in combination with low-dose FK and standard-dose MMF as post-OLT ISP in...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult patients age 18 years or older who undergo initial single-organ living- or deceased-donor liver-transplant surgery. Research participants are required to have satisfactory post-operative recovery of graft function and no post-operative renal-replacement therapy prior to starting medication according to protocol. They must also be able to take oral medications.
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Exclusion

  • Patients will be excluded from the study if they are: (1) undergoing retransplantation; (2) have fulminant hepatic failure as an indication for liver transplantation; (3) have surgical complication(s) potentially affecting post-operative graft function (i.e., hepatic artery thrombosis); or have delayed initial recovery of graft function (primary non-function) requiring non-standard induction therapy. Furthermore, patients with a contraindication to budesonide (i.e., hypersensitivity) will not be included in the study
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Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03315052

Start Date

January 1 2019

End Date

January 1 2022

Last Update

September 23 2019

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