Clinical Study to Evaluate the Tolerability, Safety and Efficacy of Enteric-coated Mycophenolate Sodium After Equimolar Conversion From Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) in Patients With Renal Transplant

Open-label Study to Evaluate the Tolerability, Safety and Efficacy of the Equimolar Conversion From Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) to Enteric-Coated Mycophenolate Sodium (EC-MPS) in Patients With Renal Transplant

The aim of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of equimolar conversion from MMF to enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium, in renal transplant patients receiving cyclosporine.

Inclusion Criteria:

• First or second (single or double) deceased or living donor kidney transplant received at least six months previously;

  • Immunosuppressive therapy with cyclosporin and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF);
  • Receiving an MMF dose of <2/g/day because of any adverse event and/or altered laboratory test result attributed to MMF

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Subjects expected to discontinue cyclosporin therapy;

  • Patients with thrombocytopenia (<75,000/mm3), an absolute neutrophil count of <1,500/mm3 and/or leukopenia (<2,500/mm3), or anemia (hemoglobin <6 g/dl) at baseline;
  • Patients experiencing an acute rejection in the previous two months, with inadequate (creatininemia >2.5 mg/dL) or worsening renal function in the previous two months.