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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00863252
Date of registration: 15/03/2009
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Public title: Mycophenolate Mofetil for IgA Nephropathy
Scientific title: A Prospective, Randomized, Open Label, Case-Controlled Study on the Efficacy of Mycophenolate Mofetil for IgA Nephropathy Patients With Heavy Proteinuria Despite Angiotensin Blockade
Date of first enrolment: March 2002
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00863252
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:     Sydney CW Tang, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  The University of Hong Kong
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Males or females between the ages of 18 and 70 years

- Renal biopsy showing a histological diagnosis IgAN, with predominant or codominant
mesangial deposition of IgA on immunofluorescent studies

- Daily urinary protein excretion > 1 g on at least 3 separate occasions

- Serum creatinine < 400 umol/L

- Patients who are willing to give written informed consent and to participate in and
comply with the study protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

- Presence of concomitant glomerular diseases

- Patients with known hypersensitivity to MMF

- Patients receiving treatment with other cytotoxic agents

- Serum creatinine > 400 umol/L

- Women who are lactating, pregnant or of childbearing potential not using, or who are
unwilling to use, a reliable contraceptive method during and for 6 weeks following
conclusion of MMF therapy. A pregnancy test to exclude pregnancy will be performed
for women of childbearing potential prior to recruitment

- Patients who are unable or unwilling to give written informed consent and to
participate in and comply with the study protocol

- Presence of systemic infection or malignancy requiring therapy at the time of entry
to the study

- Patients simultaneously participating in another study or who have participated in
another study within the last 30 days of entry into this study



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
IGA Nephropathy
Intervention(s)
Drug: mycophenolate mofetil
Drug: angiotensin blockade
Primary Outcome(s)
24 hour urinary protein excretion [Time Frame: 18 months to 5 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Renal survival Serum creatinine level and creatinine clearance Urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio [Time Frame: at least 5 years]
Secondary ID(s)
Roche-ST-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
United Christian Hospital
Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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