Pilot Study: Interest of Belatacept As a Non-nephrotoxic Immunosuppressive Treatment in Cardiac Transplant Patients At Risk of Chronic Renal Failure

Who is this study for? Patient with Heart Transplant Failure
What treatments are being studied? Belatacept Injection
Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (4) locations...
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 2
SUMMARY

Heart transplantation (TC) is the standard treatment for terminal heart failure. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common complication responsible for increased mortality and morbidity. The main risk factors for progression to CKD are advanced age, pre-transplantation CKD, degradation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in the first year post-transplantation, and nephrotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI). Indeed, these molecules (cyclosporin and tacrolimus), the cornerstone of immunosuppressive treatment, have nephrotoxic effects in the short term (by a hemodynamic effect) and in the long term (by a pro-fibrosin effect). In renal transplantation (TR), belatacept, a costimulation-inhibiting molecule, used de novo, without CNI, with induction by anti-receptor antibody of Interleukines 2, preserves kidney function. Despite this great advantage, its development is still hampered by a higher number of rejections compared to the CNI group in this originator study. Based on the experience gained in TR, which has since validated its use, the hypothesis is that in heart transplantation, belatacept (Nulojix) combined with minimization of CNI (with induction by antilymphocyte serum), could significantly improve glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in patients at risk of CKD (by removing them from dialysis and possible kidney transplantation) without increasing the risk of rejection.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Cardiac transplant patients for 3 months Over 18 years of age No Donor Specific Antibodies at inclusion (positive threshold average fluorescence intensity (MFI)\> 2000) Having a GFR (DFG in french) is the single best indicator of overall renal function \< 30ml/min calculated according to the formula CKD EPI or a decrease in GFR of more than 50% between the day of the heart transplant and 3 months, stable for 15 days.

• Induction treatment with anti-lymphocyte serum Virus d'Epstein-Barr positive serology Having signed the consent after receiving informed information Negative pregnancy test for patients of childbearing age, and agreement to use effective contraception throughout the study and 6 weeks after the end of the study Having no difficulty in understanding and communicating with the investigator and his representatives Beneficiaries of a Social Security scheme

Locations
Other Locations
France
Karine Nubret
RECRUITING
Bordeaux
Laurent Sebbag
RECRUITING
Lyon
Claire Garandeau
RECRUITING
Nantes
Bertrand Lelong
RECRUITING
Rennes
Contact Information
Primary
Claire GARANDEAU, PH
claire.garandeau@chu-nantes.fr
0240087453
Time Frame
Start Date: 2020-02-06
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-01-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 25
Treatments
Experimental: BELATACEPT
Sponsors
Leads: Nantes University Hospital

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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