Clinical trials: Organ Rejection
Kidney Transplant, Kidney Transplant Recipient
Rituximab in Renal Allograft Recipients Who Develop Early De Novo Anti-HLA Alloantibodies
The purpose of this study is to determine whether treatment with rituximab (anti-CD20, Rituxan®, MabThera®) in individuals who develop new anti-HLA antibodies after renal (kidney) transplant will promote longer-term survival of…
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplant, Kidney Transplant Recipient, Graft Function/Survival, de Novo HLA Antibodies Development
- Trial name
- NCT00307125
- Testing
- Rituximab plus immunosuppression
- Where
- 17 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 757 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Kidney Diseases, Kidney Transplantation
Steroid-Free Versus Steroid-Based Immunosuppression in Pediatric Renal (Kidney) Transplantation
Over the last 40 years, corticosteroids (steroids) have been an important part of drug regimens used to prevent organ rejection and to maintain the immune health of individuals who have received organ transplants.
- Conditions
- Kidney Diseases, Kidney Transplantation, Kidney Transplant, Renal Transplantation
- Trial name
- NCT00141037
- Testing
- Daclizumab, Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), Prednisone
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Kidney Transplantation
Combination Drug Therapy Followed by Single Drug Steroid Free Therapy to Prevent Organ Rejection in Kidney Transplantation
This study will test the safety and effectiveness of a combination of three drugs followed by long-term treatment with just one drug in preventing organ rejection in kidney transplant patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00076570
- Testing
- Sirolimus, Tacrolimus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)