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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00738257
Date of registration: 18/08/2008
Primary sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Public title: A Prospective, Multicentre, Open-label Randomised Controlled Study to Investigate the Effectiveness of Pamidronate in the Prevention of Bone Loss in de Novo Renal Transplant Patients. SMART
Scientific title: A 2 Year Prospective, Multicentre, Open-label, Randomised, Controlled Study to Investigate the Effectiveness of Pamidronate in the Prevention of Bone Loss in de Novo Renal Transplant Patients (With a PTH > 150pg/ml) on a Ciclosporin A and Glucocorticoid Based Immunosuppressive Regimen.
Date of first enrolment: June 2000
Target sample size: 126
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00738257
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
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:   John Cunningham, MD
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Affiliation:  Royal London Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. First or second kidney transplant recipients, aged 18-75 years, PTH > 150 pg/ml

2. De novo patients scheduled to receive ciclosporin A and prednisolone based
immunosuppression.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Previous or current bone disease unrelated to end stage renal failure.

2. Patients with PTH < 150pg/ml who may be at risk of adynamic bone disease.

3. Treatment at any time with a bisphosphonate.

4. d. Calcitonin treatment during the previous month.

5. Malignancy (current or history within last 5 years)

6. Pregnancy or lactation, or women of childbearing potential unwilling to use an
effective form of contraception for the 12 month duration of the study.

Protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Bone Loss
Intervention(s)
Drug: Pamidronate
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
ARE-GB-01
NEO-GB-50
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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