12 Month Athena Study: Everolimus vs. Standard Regimen in de Novo Kidney Transplant Patients

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

612

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

December 27, 2012

Primary Completion Date

March 23, 2016

Study Completion Date

March 23, 2016

Conditions
Kidney TransplantationRenal Transplantation
Interventions
DRUG

Everolimus

DRUG

Tacrolimus

Capsules: 0.5 mg, 1 mg or 5 mg. Dosing schedule: transplant to month 2: 4-8ng/ml, month 3 to month 12 3-5 ng/ml according to standard blood levels

DRUG

Cyclosporin A

Capsules: 10 mg, 25 mg, 50 mg or 100 mg. Transplantation to month 2: 75 - 125 ng/ml, month 3 to month 12: 50 - 100 ng/ml

DRUG

Enteric Coated Mycophenolate Sodium (EC-MPS)

Tablets: 180 mg or 360 mg. Dosing: duration of study 360 mg bid and no less than 360 mg daily dose

DRUG

Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)

Capsules: 250 or 500 mg. Dosing: duration of study 500 mg bid and no less than 500 mg total daily dose

DRUG

Corticosteroids

A minimum dose of 5 mg prednisolon or equivalent

DRUG

Simulect

Lyophilisate in vials with ampoules of sterile water for injection (5 mL), one vial containing 20 mg lyophilisate given intravenously on the day of transplantation and on day four post-transplantation.

Trial Locations (27)

13353

Novartis Investigative Site, Berlin

20246

Novartis Investigative Site, Hamburg

21079

Novartis Investigative Site, Dijon

24105

Novartis Investigative Site, Kiel

29200

Novartis Investigative Site, Brest

30625

Novartis Investigative Site, Hanover

31054

Novartis Investigative Site, Toulouse

33076

Novartis Investigative Site, Bordeaux

42277

Novartis Investigative Site, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez

44035

Novartis Investigative Site, Nantes

44892

Novartis Investigative Site, Bochum

45147

Novartis Investigative Site, Essen

48149

Novartis Investigative Site, Münster

52074

Novartis Investigative Site, Aachen

55131

Novartis Investigative Site, Mainz

59037

Novartis Investigative Site, Lille

60590

Novartis Investigative Site, Frankfurt

67091

Novartis Investigative Site, Strasbourg

69120

Novartis Investigative Site, Heidelberg

69437

Novartis Investigative Site, Lyon

72076

Novartis Investigative Site, Tübingen

75970

Novartis Investigative Site, Paris

79106

Novartis Investigative Site, Freiburg im Breisgau

86000

Novartis Investigative Site, Poitiers

91052

Novartis Investigative Site, Erlangen

94010

Novartis Investigative Site, Créteil

01307

Novartis Investigative Site, Dresden

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
lead

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

INDUSTRY