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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00170846
Date of registration: 09/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Public title: ASCERTAIN: Assessment of Everolimus in Addition to Calcineurin Inhibitor Reduction in the Maintenance of Renal Transplant Recipients
Scientific title: Assessment of Everolimus in Addition to Calcineurin Inhibitors Reduction in Maintenance Renal Transplant Recipients
Date of first enrolment: February 2005
Target sample size: 394
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00170846
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:   Novartis
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Affiliation:  Novartis
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female patient at least 18 years of age.

- Patient who has undergone a primary or secondary renal transplant 12-96 months ago
from a living related or unrelated donor or a cadaveric donor.

- Patient receiving cyclosporine microemulsion with a C2-h level = 400 ng/mL or
tacrolimus with a C0-h level = 4 ng/mL with or without mycophenolic acid or
azathioprine plus or minus steroids.

- The immunosuppressive regimen must remain unchanged within the last 3 months.

- Patient with renal impairment defined as GFR between 30 and 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 by
Cockcroft-Gault formula.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patient who is recipient of multiple organ transplants.

- Patient with protein/creatinine ratio = 150 (mg/mmol).

- Patient with a treated acute rejection episode within the last 3 months.

- Patient with any past or present BK-polyomavirus nephropathy.

- Patient with de novo or recurrent glomerular nephritis.

Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Renal Transplantation
Intervention(s)
Drug: Calcineurin Inhibitors (CNI)
Drug: Everolimus (RAD001)
Drug: Mycophenolate acid (MPA)/Azathioprine (AZA)
Drug: Steroids
Primary Outcome(s)
Renal Function Assessed by Measured GFR (mGFR) [Time Frame: 24 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of Participants With Safety Parameters [Time Frame: 24 months]
Secondary ID(s)
CRAD001A2413
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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