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Last refreshed on: 25 May 2015
Main ID:  NCT02446548
Date of registration: 08/05/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Medical University of Gdansk
Public title: Influence of Aliskiren on Albuminuria After Kidney Transplantation
Scientific title: Influence of Aliskiren on Albuminuria After Kidney Transplantation
Date of first enrolment: March 2013
Target sample size: 18
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02446548
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Poland
Contacts
Name:     Boleslaw Rutkowski, Prof.
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Affiliation:  Deaprtment of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Transplantation period above 6 months,

2. Calcineurin inhibitor (cyclosporine or tacrolimus) based immunosuppression,

3. Stable cyclosporine or tacrolimus trough level in the last three months (no
variations above 25%),

4. Stable renal function defined as eGFR > 30 ml/min (no variations above 5 ml/min/1.73
m2 in the last 3 months),

5. Arterial hypertension treated with one or two antihypertensive agents or blood
pressure (BP) > 130/80 mmHg in patients not treated yet,

6. Albuminuria > 30 mg/g creatinine.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnant or the possibility of becoming so and breast feeding.

2. Angioedema from an ACE inhibitor or ARA in the history.

3. Serum potassium greater than 5.5 mmol/l on two or more occasions in the preceding
three months.

4. Graft artery stenosis (i.e. psv of more than 200 cm/s in doppler usg)

5. Left ventricular dysfunction that requires an ACE inhibitor or an ARA Protocol
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6. New immunosuppressive agent was started or previous immunosuppressant stopped in the
three months prior to study entry or plan to switch immunosuppressive agents within
next three months.

7. Currently on four or more blood pressure pills and have an average blood pressure
over three visits greater than 150/100.

8. Currently on an ACE-inhibitor or an ARAor treatment with an ACE inhibitor or ARA
after kidney transplantation lasted more than 3 months.

9. Had an acute coronary syndrome, episode of malignant hypertension, stroke or
transient ischaemic attack in the three months prior to study entry



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Albuminuria
Intervention(s)
Other: Placebo
Drug: aliskiren
Drug: losartan
Primary Outcome(s)
a difference in albuminuria in the measurements available for each patient [Time Frame: after 8 weeks of treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
a differences in transforming growth factor ß-1 (TGF-ß-1) urine excretion in the measurements available for each patient [Time Frame: after 8 weeks of treatment]
a differences in 15-F2t-isoprostanes (isoprostanes) urine excretion in the measurements available for each patient [Time Frame: after 8 weeks of treatment]
a differences in N-acetyl-ß-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) urine excretion in the measurements available for each patient [Time Frame: after 8 weeks of treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
ST-4/Aliskiren/KTx
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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