Using mTOR Inhibitors in the Prevention of BK Nephropathy

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

40

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2012

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2016

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2016

Conditions
BK ViremiaBK Nephropathy
Interventions
DRUG

Tacrolimus

Reduction of standard immunosuppression - The standard of care immunosuppression treatment commonly used for renal transplant patients

DRUG

Mycophenolate acid

Myfortic or CellCept - The standard of care immunosuppression treatment most commonly used for renal transplant patients

DRUG

Sirolimus

mTOR Substitution - Replacing tacrolimus (a calcineurin inhibitor) with sirolimus (an mTOR inhibitor) along with reduction of mycophenolic acid

Trial Locations (2)

10032

Columbia University Medical Center, New York

10065

Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York

Sponsors

Collaborators (2)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Pfizer

INDUSTRY

collaborator

Cornell University

OTHER

lead

Columbia University

OTHER