Kidney transplant drug dosing gets a closer look
NCT ID NCT01435291
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study looked at how the drug Advagraf (a form of tacrolimus) works in 45 adults who received a kidney transplant. The goal was to find better ways to dose the drug by measuring its levels in the blood right after transplant and three months later. Researchers compared Advagraf with another version of the same drug called Prograf.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Advagraf (tacrolimus prolonged release)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors give more precise doses of Advagraf to kidney transplant patients, potentially reducing side effects and improving outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed pharmacokinetic study, not a large trial testing a new treatment. The findings may not change standard practice or apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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45 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Oct 2011
- Finished
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Jul 2013
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult recipients aged between 18 to 70 * Primary renal transplantation * Cadaver or living transplantation or living (non HLA identical) donor with compatible ABO blood type. * absence of anti-LHA antibodies in lymphocytotoxicity and Luminex * Negative cross-match in cytotoxicity * Negative pregnancy test for female patients of childbearing potential, and agreement to practice effective birth control during the study Exclusion Criteria: * Combined transplantation * Renal bigraft * History of any other transplantation * Receiving a graft from a non-heart-beating donor. * Requiring ongoing dosing with a systemic immunosuppressive drug prior to transplantation * Patient who received within one month prior to study an inductor of CYP50 3A or requiring during the study an inhibitor of CYP50 3A or of P-gp. * Significant, uncontrolled concomitant infections and/or severe diarrhoea, vomiting, active upper gastro-intestinal tract malabsorption or active peptic ulcer * Subject or donor known to be HIV positive * Active viral hepatitis (VHB, VHC) at randomisation * Known allergy or intolerance to tacrolimus, macrolide antibiotics, corticosteroids, or mycophenolate mofetil or any of the product excipients * Diagnosis of new-onset malignancy prior to transplantation, with the exception of basocellular or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin which had been treated successfully. * Current participation in any other clinical study * Any clinical condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, would not allow safe completion of the study * Patient not able to comply with the study procedures * Breast-feeding mother
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU Tours Hôpital Bretonneau
Tours, France
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CHU de Nice
Nice, 06200, France
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CHU de Rangueil
Toulouse, France
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Hôpital Bicêtre
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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