A 12-month, Multi-center, Open-label, Randomized, Controlled Study to Evaluate Efficacy/Safety and Evolution of Renal Function of Everolimus in Co-exposure With Tacrolimus in de Novo Liver Transplant Recipients
A 12-month, Multi-center, Open-label, Randomized, Controlled Study to Evaluate Efficacy/Safety and Evolution of Renal Function of Everolimus in Co-exposure With Tacrolimus in de Novo Liver Transplant Recipients
This trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of Everolimus in combination with tacrolimus versus a standard immunosuppressive regimen concerning kidney function in liver transplant recipients.
Inclusion criteria:
Male or female recipients of a full-size liver allograft, aged 18 to 65 years.
Exclusion criteria:
Patients with thrombocytopenia (platelets <50,000/mm³), with an absolute neutrophil count of <1,000/mm³ or leucopenia (leucocytes <2000/mm³), with anemia with Hb < 6g/dl at time of randomization
Patients with uncontrolled hypercholesterolemia (>350mg/dL; >9mmol/L) or hypertriglyceridemia (>750 mg/dL; >8.5 mmol/L) at time of randomization
History of malignancy of any organ system within the past 5 years whether or not there is evidence of local recurrence or metastases, other than non-metastatic basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or HCC