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CMV InfectionPhase 3NCT06341686

Evaluation of the Prophylactic Use of Letermovir in Kidney Transplant Recipients at Risk of Cytomegalovirus Infection

A Phase 3 study testing Letermovir 480 MG and Ganciclovir in people with CMV Infection, run by Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

The two main cytomegalovirus (CMV) prevention strategies are prophylaxis and preemptive therapy. Prophylaxis effectively prevents CMV infection after solid organ transplantation (SOT), but is associated with high rates of neutropenia and late onset of post-prophylactic disease. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
CMV Infection
What is being tested?
Letermovir 480 MG and Ganciclovir
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
100 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
5 May 2024to May 2025
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Kidney transplant or re-transplant recipients, aged ≥18 years;
  • Undergoing induction therapy with anti-thymocyte globulin;
  • Receiving maintenance treatment with Tacrolimus, Mycophenolate and Prednisone;
  • Positive CMV serology for donor and recipient.

Who cannot join

  • CMV serology positive for donor and negative for recipient;
  • Multiple organ recipients, or other organs

Trial locations and contacts

No sites are listed yet.

About this study

Official title: Efficacy and Safety of Prophylactic Use of Letermovir Versus Preemptive Strategy in Kidney Transplant Recipients at Higher Risk of Cytomegalovirus Infection: a Prospective Randomized Study

The two main cytomegalovirus (CMV) prevention strategies are prophylaxis and preemptive therapy. Prophylaxis effectively prevents CMV infection after solid organ transplantation (SOT), but is associated with high rates of neutropenia and late onset of post-prophylactic disease. In contrast, preemptive therapy has the advantage of leading to lower rates of CMV disease and robust humoral and T-cell responses. It is widely used in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients, but is rarely used after solid organ transplant recipients due to logistical considerations.

Read the detailed description

Oral Letermovir for 84 days is effective in the prophylaxis of CMV infection in high-risk kidney transplant recipients. Oral Letermovir for 84 days, is associated with a lower incidence of CMV infection in high-risk high-risk kidney transplant recipients. In addition, the use of Letermovir is safe and associated with a low incidence of CMV syndrome or disease up to 6 months after after kidney transplantation. Finally, prophylaxis with Letermovir is associated with a lower incidence of discontinuation of immunosuppressive drugs, reducing the risk of of clinical and subclinical acute rejection

Conditions
CMV Infection
Being tested
Letermovir 480 MG, Ganciclovir
Keywords
Cytomegalovirus, Letermovir, Kidney transplant
Medical subject headings
Cytomegalovirus Infections

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Letermovir 480 MGDrug

    Oral Letermovir for 84 days is effective in the prophylaxis of CMV infection in high-risk kidney transplant recipients. Oral Letermovir for 84 days, is associated with a lower incidence of CMV infection in high-risk high-risk kidney transplant recipients. In addition, the use of Letermovir is safe and associated with a low incidence of CMV syndrome or disease up to 6 months after after kidney transplantation. Finally, prophylaxis with Letermovir is associated with a lower incidence of discontinuation of immunosuppressive drugs, reducing the risk of of clinical and subclinical acute rejection

  • GanciclovirDrug

    The threshold for starting treatment with Ganciclovir is a CMV DNAemia > 5,000 IU in a single measurement (CMV infection) measurement (CMV infection) OR any CMV DNAemia with any signs or symptoms associated with CMV (syndrome or disease).

Study groups in NCT06341686
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
LetermovirExperimentalPatients randomized to the prophylaxis group: Letermovir 480mg, 1x/day, from D14 to D98. Letermovir prophylaxis will start on day 14 after kidney transplantation. In both groups, CMV DNAemia will be monitored weekly until day 98 (21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84, 91 and 98), and after any acute rejection treatment occurring between 3 months and 6 months after kidney transplantation.
Receives: Drug: Letermovir 480 MG
Preemptive therapyActive comparatorPatients randomized to the preemptive treatment group: Preemptive treatment (PET) will begin on day 21, assessing CMV DNAnemia weekly until day 98 (21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84, 91 e 98). The threshold for starting treatment with Ganciclovir is a CMV DNAemia > 5,000 IU in a single measurement (CMV infection). measurement (CMV infection) OR any CMV DNAemia with any signs or symptoms associated with CMV (syndrome or disease).c. In both groups, CMV DNAemia will be monitored weekly until day 98 (21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84, 91 and 98), and after any acute rejection treatment occurring between 3 months and 6 months after kidney transplantation.
Receives: Drug: Ganciclovir

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Incidence of CMV syndrome or disease

    Proportion (%) of CMV syndrome or disease

    Measured: 6 months after transplantation

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Incidence of patients with plasma CMV DNAemia > 200 IU

    Proportion (%) of patients with plasma CMV DNAemia > 200 IU

    Measured: 3 months

  2. Incidence of patients with CMV infection/syndrome/disease

    Proportion (%) of patients with CMV infection/syndrome/disease

    Measured: 84 Days

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 Apr 2024
  2. Study start5 May 2024 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionMar 2025 (estimated)
  4. Study completionMay 2025 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
1. Patients randomized to the prophylaxis group: Letermovir 480mg, 1x/day, from D14 to D98. Letermovir prophylaxis will start on day 14 after the kidney transplant. 2. Patients randomized to the preemptive treatment group: Preemptive treatment (PET) will begin on day 21, evaluating CMV DNAnemia weekly until D98.CMV DNAnemia weekly until day 98 (21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84, 91 and 98). The threshold for starting treatment with Ganciclovir is a CMV DNAemiaDNAemia \> 5,000 IU in a single measurement (CMV infection) OR any CMV DNAemia with any signs or symptoms associated with CMV (CMV syndrome or disease). 3. In both groups, CMV DNAemia will be monitored weekly until day 98 (21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, 77, 84, 91 and 98), and after any acute rejection treatment occurring between 3 months and 6 months after kidney transplantation.
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
100 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06341686
Sponsor's protocol ID
75471023.2.0000.0082
Status last verified
Mar 2024
First submitted
7 Mar 2024
Last updated
2 Apr 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Kotton CN, Kumar D, Caliendo AM, Huprikar S, Chou S, Danziger-Isakov L, Humar A; The Transplantation Society International CMV Consensus Group. The Third International Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Cytomegalovirus in Solid-organ Transplantation. Transplantation. 2018 Jun;102(6):900-931. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002191.

    PubMed 29596116
  • Henrique Pinto C, Tedesco-Silva H Jr, Rosso Felipe C, Nicolau Ferreira A, Cristelli M, Almeida Viana L, Aguiar W, Medina-Pestana J. Targeted preemptive therapy according to perceived risk of CMV infection after kidney transplantation. Braz J Infect Dis. 2016 Nov-Dec;20(6):576-584. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2016.08.007. Epub 2016 Sep 25.

    PubMed 27643978
  • de Paula MI, Bae S, Shaffer AA, Garonzik-Wang J, Felipe CR, Cristelli MP, Waldram MM, Massie AB, Medina-Pestana J, Segev DL, Tedesco-Silva H. The Influence of Antithymocyte Globulin Dose on the Incidence of CMV Infection in High-risk Kidney Transplant Recipients Without Pharmacological Prophylaxis. Transplantation. 2020 Oct;104(10):2139-2147. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003124.

    PubMed 31978003
  • Felipe C, Ferreira AN, de Paula M, Viana L, Cristelli M, Medina Pestana J, Tedesco-Silva H. Incidence and risk factors associated with cytomegalovirus infection after the treatment of acute rejection during the first year in kidney transplant recipients receiving preemptive therapy. Transpl Infect Dis. 2019 Dec;21(6):e13106. doi: 10.1111/tid.13106. Epub 2019 Oct 29.

    PubMed 31081566
  • Felipe CR, Ferreira AN, Bessa A, Abait T, Ruppel P, Paula MI, Hiramoto L, Viana L, Martins S, Cristelli M, Aguiar W, Mansur J, Basso G, Silva Junior HT, Pestana JM. The current burden of cytomegalovirus infection in kidney transplant recipients receiving no pharmacological prophylaxis. J Bras Nefrol. 2017 Oct-Dec;39(4):413-423. doi: 10.5935/0101-2800.20170074. English, Portuguese.

    PubMed 29319768
  • Haidar G, Boeckh M, Singh N. Cytomegalovirus Infection in Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: State of the Evidence. J Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 5;221(Suppl 1):S23-S31. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz454.

    PubMed 32134486
  • Ljungman P, Boeckh M, Hirsch HH, Josephson F, Lundgren J, Nichols G, Pikis A, Razonable RR, Miller V, Griffiths PD; Disease Definitions Working Group of the Cytomegalovirus Drug Development Forum. Definitions of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Patients for Use in Clinical Trials. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jan 1;64(1):87-91. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw668. Epub 2016 Sep 28.

    PubMed 27682069
  • Chemaly RF, Chou S, Einsele H, Griffiths P, Avery R, Razonable RR, Mullane KM, Kotton C, Lundgren J, Komatsu TE, Lischka P, Josephson F, Douglas CM, Umeh O, Miller V, Ljungman P; Resistant Definitions Working Group of the Cytomegalovirus Drug Development Forum. Definitions of Resistant and Refractory Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease in Transplant Recipients for Use in Clinical Trials. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Apr 8;68(8):1420-1426. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy696.

    PubMed 30137245

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Letermovir 480 MG and Ganciclovir in people with CMV Infection, run by Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Apr 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Hélio Tedesco (+55 11 5087 8113, heliotedesco@medfarm.com.br), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Incidence of CMV syndrome or disease (time frame: 6 months after transplantation). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06341686, which also lists 8 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Apr 2024; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.

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