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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00101738




Registration number
NCT00101738
Ethics application status
Date submitted
12/01/2005
Date registered
13/01/2005
Date last updated
31/01/2011

Titles & IDs
Public title
Freedom Study: Myfortic in Kidney Transplant Patients
Scientific title
Study to Investigate the Clinical Outcomes of Different Regimens of Myfortic® in De Novo Kidney Tx Pts Using Simulect® and Neoral® With or Without Steroids
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
CERL080A2404
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Kidney Transplantation 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Calculated glomerular filtration rate after 12 months treatment
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Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Incidence of death, graft loss, biopsy-proven acute rejection after 3 and 12 months.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Patient and graft survival after 12 months.
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Incidence of AEs and SAEs after 3 and 12 months.
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Blood pressure, lipids and glucose profiles after 3 and 12 months.
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Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Percentage of patients free of steroids at 12 months
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Males and females aged 18 to 75 years.
* Recipients of first, heart-beating cadaveric, living unrelated or living related non-HLA identical donor kidney transplant, treated with Simulect® and Neoral® as primary immunosuppression.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
75 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Second or subsequent kidney transplant or multi-organ recipients (e.g. kidney and pancreas) or previous transplant with any other organ.
* Kidneys from non-heart beating donors or HLA identical living related donors.
* ABO incompatibility against the donor.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/03/2003
Date of last participant enrolment
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Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/05/2005
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
342
Recruitment in Australia
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NSW,QLD,SA,VIC
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Camperdown
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Princess Alexandra Hospital - Woolloongabba
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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Woodville
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Monash Medical Centre - Clayton
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Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville
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2050 - Camperdown
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4102 - Woolloongabba
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5011 - Woodville
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3168 - Clayton
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3052 - Parkville
Recruitment outside Australia
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California
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Cordoba
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Frankfurt am Main
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Germany
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Koeln
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Italy
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BA
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New Zealand
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Grafton
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Singapore
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L'hospitalet de Llobregat
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Madrid
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Oviedo
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Lin-Ko
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ROC
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Taipei
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Birmingham
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Cardiff
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Coventry
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Newcastle Upon Tyne
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London
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Nottingham

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate that 3 immunosuppressant regimens will have comparable kidney function results in kidney transplant patients.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00101738
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Novartis
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Novartis
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00101738