A Study to Compare Early Steroid Withdrawal and Long-Term Steroid Maintenance Therapy in Kidney Transplant Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

A study comparing the early withdrawal of steroids to long-term maintenance steroid therapy in Kidney Transplant Patients receiving Prograf and Cellcept

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Astellas Pharma Inc
• Treatments: Mycophenolate mofetil; Mycophenolic Acid; Prednisone; Tacrolimus

Criteria

Inclusion:

• Patient is between post kidney transplant day 3-7 and no requirement for dialysis

Exclusion:

• Patient is receiving kidney from HLA identical,living donor

• Patient is a multi-organ transplant recipient

• Patient is pregnant or lactating. Female patients of child bering potential must have a negative pregnancy test and agree to practice effective birth control