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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR800
Date of registration: 30/10/2006
Primary sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center, Sophia Children's Hospital
Public title: Safety and efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil in pediatric renal transplantation.
Scientific title: Maintenance immunosuppression with mycophenolate mofetil and corticosteroids in pediatric kidney transplantation. - N/A
Date of first enrolment: 1/1/2000
Target sample size: 44
Recruitment status: complete
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=800
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: None; Control: Active; Group: Parallel; Type: 2 or more arms, randomized  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: Karlien  Cransberg
Address:  Erasmus Medical Center, Sophia Children's Hospital, Dr Molewaterplein 60, Dr Molewaterplein 60 3015 GJ Rotterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)10 4636363
Email: k.cransberg@erasmusmc.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: Karlien  Cransberg
Address:  Erasmus Medical Center, Sophia Children's Hospital, Dr Molewaterplein 60, Dr Molewaterplein 60 3015 GJ Rotterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)10 4636363
Email: k.cransberg@erasmusmc.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All Dutch children, receiving a first kidney transplant after 01-01-2000, treated with initial immunosuppression corticosteroids, MMF and CsA, during the latter part of the study with addition of basiliximab.
Exclusion criteria: 1. Not on triple therapy (Pred/CsA/MMF) at the end of the 1st year;

2. More than one acute rejection episode;

3. Rejection episode being not steroid sensitive;

4. No written informed consent.


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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Renal transplant

Intervention(s)
Start trial is one year after transplantation.

Randomisation between 2 groups:

continuing with MMF/Pred or CsA/Pred by withdrawal over 3 months of the 3rd immunosuppressive drug. During the 3 months of withdrawal the Predniolone dosage is doubled. Follow-up is 2 years.
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Glomerular filtration rate;

2. Incidence of acute rejections;

3. Serumlipids;

4. Bloodpressure and number of antihypertensive drugs.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Graft survival;

2. Incidence of malignancies;

3. Incidence of viral infections;

4. Incidence of anemia.
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN89278733
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Dutch Kidney Foundation (Nierstichting Nederland)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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