New hope for kidney transplant patients battling BK virus
NCT ID NCT04542733
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at two drug combinations to treat BK virus infection in kidney transplant recipients. BK virus can cause the new kidney to fail. The trial compares everolimus with a lower dose of tacrolimus versus a lower dose of tacrolimus plus leflunomide in 50 adults whose virus did not clear after reducing their usual anti-rejection medicines. The main goal is to see which combination lowers the virus level more over six months.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 years and older
- 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: * Kidney transplant recipients at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital * age \>= 18 years * persistent BK viremia \>1000 copies/mL at least 2 times in 3 weeks or single time \> 10000 copies/mL Exclusion Criteria: * BK VL \>10\^5 log * Previous BKVAN treatment * Drug hypersensitivity to mTORi or leflunomide
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
Bangkok, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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