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Kidney Transplant RejectionNCT04670926

Immunosuppression Management in Renal Transplant Recipients With Transplant Excellence Based on TruGraf Test

A study testing TruGraf in people with Kidney Transplant Rejection and Immunosuppression, run by Transplant Genomics, Inc. at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

This is an investigator-initiated, single-center, prospective, randomized, proof of concept study. In this study patients who are status post kidney transplantation and meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will undergo immunosuppression reduction and will be followed closely to assess stability of graft function. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
TruGraf
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
75 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
3 Jun 2021to 30 Sep 2023
Phase
Interventional
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

Part-I

Inclusion Criteria: Patients who meet all of the following criteria are eligible for enrollment:

  1. All males or females of at least 18 years of age.
  2. Have the ability to understand the requirements of the study and are able to provide written informed consent.
  3. Recipient of a primary deceased-donor or living donor kidney transplant.
  4. Patients at low-immunological risk for acute rejection defined as cPRA of less than 50; no DSA; non-African American recipients
  5. HLA crossmatch negative (virtual cross match acceptable)
  6. Allograft from a deceased donor with KDPI < 50%

Exclusion Criteria: Patients who meet any of the following criteria are not eligible for enrollment:

  1. Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent.
  2. Need for combined organ transplantation with an extra-renal organ transplant.
  3. Recipients of previous non-renal solid organ and/or islet cell transplantation.
  4. Infection with HIV
  5. Patients with Hepatitis B or C PCR positive.
  6. Patients on corticosteroids at the time of transplantation
  7. Patients with leucopenia (WBC <3.0) and thrombocytopenia (platelets <100)
  8. Patients who will NOT receive Thymoglobulin induction (>4.5 mg/kg total dose)
  9. HLA-identical living related renal transplant recipients

Part-II

Inclusion Criteria: Patients who meet all of the following criteria are eligible for enrollment:

  1. Stable serum creatinine level and estimated eGFR of > 45 mL/min at 90 days post-transplantation
  2. Kidney transplant patients who are more than 90 days post-transplant.
  3. Patients who have received Thymoglobulin induction therapy (> 4.5 mg/kg) and tolerated corticosteroid withdrawal.

Exclusion Criteria: Patients who meet any of these criteria are not eligible for enrollment:

  1. Infection with BK viremia with viral loads 10,000 copies/mL.
  2. Patients with proteinuria (urine protein >1 gm/gm of creatinine).
  3. Patients diagnosed with acute allograft rejection of any grade

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Cortney C Miller, PhD contact

5107753326

cortneymiller@eurofins-tgi.com

United States1 site, 1 recruiting
  • California Pacific Medical Center

    San Francisco, California, 94115

    Ram Peddi, 415-600-1063, peddir@sutterhealth.org

    Recruiting

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About this study

This is an investigator-initiated, single-center, prospective, randomized, proof of concept study. In this study patients who are status post kidney transplantation and meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will undergo immunosuppression reduction and will be followed closely to assess stability of graft function.

Read the detailed description

The study will consist of 2 parts (Part-I and Part-II). In Part I of the study, kidney transplant recipients who are low-risk for rejection and meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria for study Part-I will be approached for informed consent in the peri-transplant period, defined as 7 days before to 5 days after transplantation. Basic clinical history and kidney transplant function that are reviewed for routine transplant care are utilized to screen patients who are approached for study discussion and informed consent.

Patients who agree to participation in the study will have received Thymoglobulin induction of at least 4.5 mg/Kg body weight total dose. These patients will have their corticosteroids withdrawn by day 30 post-transplantation and will be followed with kidney function labs at least weekly through day-90 post-transplantation. Withdrawal of corticosteroids in patients who are immunologically at low risk for acute rejection similar to this study population and have received at least 4.5 mg/kg total dose of Thymoglobulin is standard practice. Patients meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria for Part-II of the study will continue with the study. Those failing to meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria for Part-II of the study will conclude the study and will be followed per CPMC standard of care.

In Part II, study patients will be randomized to one of the two groups in a 2:1 ratio. Two patients will be randomized to the study group for every one patient to the standard of care group. A total of 75 patients will be enrolled. Fifty to the study group and 25 to the standard of care group. The patients will have post transplantation follow-up labs as standard of care and clinic visits also as standard of care. There are no additional clinic visits for the study purposes or study procedures. TruGraf blood will be collected at the same time as the standard of care blood tests and additional phlebotomy is not required.

Being tested
TruGraf, Standard of Care
Keywords
kidney transplant, immunosuppression, biomarkers

What participants receive

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

  • TruGrafDiagnostic test

    Also called TruGraf Blood Gene Expression Test

    TruGraf results will be available in real-time and used by the physician in conjunction with other standard of care labs to guide management of immunosuppression as follows:

    Patients with a stable serum creatinine and eGFR of > 45 mL/min who also have a TruGraf TX result at month 3 will have their Mycophenolate Mofetil or Mycophenolate Sodium decreased from a standard dose of 1000 mg twice daily to 500 mg twice daily or 720 mg twice daily to 360 mg twice daily respectively.

    Patients with a stable serum creatinine and estimated eGFR of > 45 mL/min who also have a TruGraf TX result at months 4, 5, and 6 will have their Tacrolimus target trough level decreased to a target between 3 and 6.

    Patients with TruGraf not-TX will have no further immunosuppression reduction and continued to be monitored.

  • Standard of CareOther

    Patient's immunosuppression will be managed per the current CPMC standard of care that includes continuation of Mycophenolate Mofetil or Mycopheonolate Sodium at 1000 mg bid or 720 mg bid respectively. The dose may be decreased at the discretion of the physician for drug adverse effects such as diarrhea or other gastrointestinal side-effects or neutropenia as is the standard of care. Patients will be maintained on Tacrolimus at target levels that are considered standard of care by the managing physician.

Study groups in NCT04670926
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
TruGraf - Group 1:ExperimentalPatients randomized to Group 1 will receive serial TruGraf testing at months 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12. Results will be available in real-time and used by the physician to guide management of immunosuppression.
Receives: Diagnostic Test: TruGraf
CPMC Standard of Care - Group 2:Active comparatorPatients randomized to Group 2 or CPMC Standard of Care Group patients will have current standard of care laboratory assessments.
Receives: Other: Standard of Care

What is being measured

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

  1. Physicians decided to reduce immunosuppression

    Percent or total number of patients who physicians decided could reduce immunosuppression.

    Measured: Baseline to month 12

  2. Banff pathology

    Banff pathology will be assessed for all study subjects receiving a biopsy during the study period (if performed).

    Measured: Baseline to month 12

  3. Cost of patient care

    The cost of patient care will be evaluated by measuring the total health care spending for health care services provided during the study period.

    Measured: Baseline to month 12

Timeline

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

  1. First posted17 Dec 2020
  2. Study start3 Jun 2021
  3. Primary completion3 Jun 2023 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Sep 2023 (estimated)

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 N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Sequential
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
75 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04670926
Sponsor's protocol ID
TGRP07
Status last verified
Aug 2021
First submitted
10 Dec 2020
Last updated
27 Aug 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Rana A, Gruessner A, Agopian VG, Khalpey Z, Riaz IB, Kaplan B, Halazun KJ, Busuttil RW, Gruessner RW. Survival benefit of solid-organ transplant in the United States. JAMA Surg. 2015 Mar 1;150(3):252-9. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2038.

    PubMed 25629390
  • Matas AJ, Gillingham KJ, Humar A, Kandaswamy R, Sutherland DE, Payne WD, Dunn TB, Najarian JS. 2202 kidney transplant recipients with 10 years of graft function: what happens next? Am J Transplant. 2008 Nov;8(11):2410-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02414.x.

    PubMed 18925907
  • Lamb KE, Lodhi S, Meier-Kriesche HU. Long-term renal allograft survival in the United States: a critical reappraisal. Am J Transplant. 2011 Mar;11(3):450-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03283.x. Epub 2010 Oct 25.

    PubMed 20973913
  • Montgomery RA. One kidney for life. Am J Transplant. 2014 Jul;14(7):1473-4. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12772. Epub 2014 May 9. No abstract available.

    PubMed 24816339
  • Waldmann H. Drug minimization in transplantation: an opinion. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2014 Aug;19(4):331-3. doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000099. No abstract available.

    PubMed 24991978
  • Racusen LC, Solez K, Colvin RB, Bonsib SM, Castro MC, Cavallo T, Croker BP, Demetris AJ, Drachenberg CB, Fogo AB, Furness P, Gaber LW, Gibson IW, Glotz D, Goldberg JC, Grande J, Halloran PF, Hansen HE, Hartley B, Hayry PJ, Hill CM, Hoffman EO, Hunsicker LG, Lindblad AS, Yamaguchi Y, et al. The Banff 97 working classification of renal allograft pathology. Kidney Int. 1999 Feb;55(2):713-23. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00299.x.

    PubMed 9987096
  • Rush D, Nickerson P, Gough J, McKenna R, Grimm P, Cheang M, Trpkov K, Solez K, Jeffery J. Beneficial effects of treatment of early subclinical rejection: a randomized study. J Am Soc Nephrol. 1998 Nov;9(11):2129-34. doi: 10.1681/ASN.V9112129.

    PubMed 9808101
  • Burghardt KM, Wales PW, de Silva N, Stephens D, Yap J, Grant D, Avitzur Y. Pediatric intestinal transplant listing criteria - a call for a change in the new era of intestinal failure outcomes. Am J Transplant. 2015 Jun;15(6):1674-81. doi: 10.1111/ajt.13147. Epub 2015 Mar 23.

    PubMed 25809131
  • Legendre C, Thervet E, Skhiri H, Mamzer-Bruneel MF, Cantarovich F, Noel LH, Kreis H. Histologic features of chronic allograft nephropathy revealed by protocol biopsies in kidney transplant recipients. Transplantation. 1998 Jun 15;65(11):1506-9. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199806150-00020.

    PubMed 9645814
  • Choi BS, Shin MJ, Shin SJ, Kim YS, Choi YJ, Kim YS, Moon IS, Kim SY, Koh YB, Bang BK, Yang CW. Clinical significance of an early protocol biopsy in living-donor renal transplantation: ten-year experience at a single center. Am J Transplant. 2005 Jun;5(6):1354-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00830.x.

    PubMed 15888041
  • Seron D, Moreso F. Protocol biopsies in renal transplantation: prognostic value of structural monitoring. Kidney Int. 2007 Sep;72(6):690-7. doi: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002396. Epub 2007 Jun 27.

    PubMed 17597702
  • Heilman RL, Devarapalli Y, Chakkera HA, Mekeel KL, Moss AA, Mulligan DC, Mazur MJ, Hamawi K, Williams JW, Reddy KS. Impact of subclinical inflammation on the development of interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy in kidney transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2010 Mar;10(3):563-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02966.x. Epub 2010 Feb 1.

    PubMed 20121731
  • Rush DN, Henry SF, Jeffery JR, Schroeder TJ, Gough J. Histological findings in early routine biopsies of stable renal allograft recipients. Transplantation. 1994 Jan;57(2):208-11. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199401001-00009.

    PubMed 8310509
  • Kirk AD, Jacobson LM, Heisey DM, Radke NF, Pirsch JD, Sollinger HW. Clinically stable human renal allografts contain histological and RNA-based findings that correlate with deteriorating graft function. Transplantation. 1999 Nov 27;68(10):1578-82. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199911270-00024.

    PubMed 10589958
  • Moreso F, Ibernon M, Goma M, Carrera M, Fulladosa X, Hueso M, Gil-Vernet S, Cruzado JM, Torras J, Grinyo JM, Seron D. Subclinical rejection associated with chronic allograft nephropathy in protocol biopsies as a risk factor for late graft loss. Am J Transplant. 2006 Apr;6(4):747-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01230.x.

    PubMed 16539631

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing TruGraf in people with Kidney Transplant Rejection and Immunosuppression, run by Transplant Genomics, Inc. at 1 site in United States.

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

Who may be eligible to take part?

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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Aug 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. 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.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

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

Contact Cortney C Miller, PhD (5107753326, cortneymiller@eurofins-tgi.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Physicians decided to reduce immunosuppression (time frame: Baseline to month 12). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04670926, which also lists 24 linked publications.

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 27 Aug 2021.

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