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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00799188
Date of registration: 26/11/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon
Public title: CERTICOEUR: A Secondary Prevention Study of Skin Cancers in Heart Transplant Patients. Everolimus Versus Calcineurin Inhibitors Multicenter Trial CERTICOEUR
Scientific title: CERTICOEUR a Secondary Prevention Study of Skin Cancers in Heart Transplant Patients. An Open Labelled Randomized Everolimus vs Calcineurin Inhibitors Multicenter Trial
Date of first enrolment: October 2008
Target sample size: 175
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00799188
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     LAURENT SEBBAG, MD
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Affiliation:  Hospices Civils de Lyon
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- First orthotopic heart transplant after 1st year

- No rejection within previous 6 Months

- Occurrence of squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, in situ carcinoma, Bowen
disease, premalignant keratosis

- Recurrence of skin cancers leading to immunosuppressive regimen modifications

- Removal of a skin lesion in the past three years

- Above 18 yrs and under contraceptive drugs if applicable

- Informed consent given

- Health coverage ongoing

Exclusion Criteria:

- Other non simultaneously transplanted organ

- recent biopsy proven acute rejection

- Proteinuria > 1g/l

- Ongoing infectious disease

- HIV positivity, Chronic active Hepatitis B or C.

- Abnormal blood tests: transaminases >= 3UNL, Bilirubin > 34 mmol.l, albumin<35 g/l,
spontaneous INR >1,3

- Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dl, White Blood Count<= 2 giga/l, platelet count <= 50 giga/l

- Hypercholesterolemia>= 9 mmol/l, hypertriglyceridemia >= 8,5 mmol/l despite treatment

- History of macrolid or mTor inhibitor intolerance

- Previous cancer other than skin in the year prior to enrollment

- Medical or surgical condition unsuitable for the trial

- Breast feeding

- Positive pregnancy test

- Severe psychiatric disorder

- Communication or language disability



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Skin Cancer
Cardiac Transplantation
Intervention(s)
Drug: Everolimus
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of skin tumors per patients requiring surgery with histology control within 2 years [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number and histology of other types of skin cancer [Time Frame: 2 years]
Adverse events and serious adverse events [Time Frame: 2 years]
Number of patients with new skin cancers [Time Frame: 2 years]
Renal function evolution as assessed using Cockcroft creatinine clearance and proteinuria [Time Frame: 2 years]
Immune response assessment through regulatory or effector function of blood and in situ T lymphocytes at baseline and following immunosuppression switch [Time Frame: 2 years]
Non skin cancer (Number and diagnostic) [Time Frame: 2 years]
Time of recurrence [Time Frame: 2 years]
Graft function (including acute rejection, graft loss, death) [Time Frame: 2 years]
New skin cancer [Time Frame: 2 years]
Schemes of calcineurin inhibitors reduction/withdrawal [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary ID(s)
2007.489/32
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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