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Heart TransplantationPhase 4NCT00121784

Heart Spare the Nephron (STN) Study - A Study of CellCept (Mycophenolate Mofetil) and Rapamune (Sirolimus) in Heart Transplant Recipients

A Phase 4 study testing mycophenolate mofetil [CellCept] in people with Heart Transplantation, run by Hoffmann-La Roche at 29 sites in 6 countries.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

Official record
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Trial summary

Heart transplant patients on a standard care regimen of CNI, MMF, and corticosteroids will enter the study 4-6 weeks post-transplant. At 3 months after transplant, patients will be randomized to either continue this regimen or CNI therapy will be discontinued and replaced by sirolimus therapy (in combination with MMF… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Heart Transplantation
What is being tested?
mycophenolate mofetil [CellCept]
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
12 participants
Where
29 sitesin 6 countries
Study dates
Oct 2005to Aug 2006
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • adult (>=18 years of age) heart transplant patients (4-6 weeks post-transplant);
  • receipt of first heart (single-organ) transplant;
  • standard care regimen of CNI, MMF, and corticosteroids since transplantation.

Who cannot join

  • positive donor-specific cross-match at time of transplantation;
  • history of malignancies, other than non-melanoma skin cancer that has been totally excised with no recurrence for 2 years;
  • patients participating in another interventional clinical trial or requiring treatment with unmarketed investigational drugs.

Trial locations and contacts

29 sites in 6 countries.

29 sites in 6 countries

United States11 sites
  • Study site

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

  • Study site

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425

  • Study site

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637

  • Study site

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195

  • Study site

    Dallas, Texas, 75230

  • Study site

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202-2689

  • Study site

    Maywood, Illinois, 60153

  • Study site

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38120

  • Study site

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455

  • Study site

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19102

  • Study site

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84148

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France8 sites
  • Study site

    Marseille, 13385

  • Study site

    Nantes, 44093

  • Study site

    Paris, 75651

  • Study site

    Paris, 75908

  • Study site

    Rennes, 35033

  • Study site

    Rouen, 76031

  • Study site

    Tours, 37044

  • Study site

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511

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Germany4 sites
  • Study site

    Berlin, 13353

  • Study site

    Hanover, 30625

  • Study site

    Heidelberg, 69120

  • Study site

    Jena, 07740

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Australia3 sites
  • Study site

    Darlinghurst, 2010

  • Study site

    Perth, 6847

  • Study site

    Prahran, 3181

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Spain2 sites
  • Study site

    Madrid, 28007

  • Study site

    Pamplona, 31008

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Austria1 site
  • Study site

    Innsbruck, 6020

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About this study

Official title: A Randomized, Open-label Study of the Effect of Replacing CNI With Sirolimus in a Standard Care Regimen of CNI, CellCept, and Steroids on Renal Function in Heart Transplant Patients

Heart transplant patients on a standard care regimen of CNI, MMF, and corticosteroids will enter the study 4-6 weeks post-transplant. At 3 months after transplant, patients will be randomized to either continue this regimen or CNI therapy will be discontinued and replaced by sirolimus therapy (in combination with MMF and corticosteroids). The effect of these 2 regimens on efficacy, safety and renal function will be evaluated.The anticipated time on study treatment is 1-2 years and the target sample size is 500+ individuals.

Being tested
mycophenolate mofetil [CellCept]

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • mycophenolate mofetil [CellCept]Drug

    1

Study groups in NCT00121784
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
1Experimental1
Receives: Drug: mycophenolate mofetil [CellCept]

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Renal function assessed by calculated GFR at 24 months post-transplant, and incidence of biopsy-proven acute rejection (BPAR) or HDC, graft loss or lost to follow-up\n

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Incidence of BPAR, number of episodes of BPAR per patient, time to first BPAR, incidence of re-transplant, death, rejection including antibody treated rejection, time to graft loss or death, rejection associated with HDC\n

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Jul 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2005
  3. Primary completionAug 2006
  4. Study completionAug 2006

Why it stopped: Poor recruitment

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
12 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00121784
Sponsor's protocol ID
MT18328
Status last verified
Nov 2016
First submitted
15 Jul 2005
Last updated
2 Nov 2016
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing mycophenolate mofetil [CellCept] in people with Heart Transplantation, run by Hoffmann-La Roche at 29 sites in 6 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Nov 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 29 sites in United States, France, Germany, Australia, Spain and 1 more country. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: Poor recruitment). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Renal function assessed by calculated GFR at 24 months post-transplant, and incidence of biopsy-proven acute rejection (BPAR) or HDC, graft loss or lost to follow-up\n. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Nov 2016.

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