Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational [Patient Registry]
Official Title: Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing CsA Versus Tacro After Campath Induction In Kidney Transplant Recipients
Brief Summary:
After alemtuzumab induction, followed with kidney transplantation, patients will be randomly assigned to receive either tacrolimus or cyclosporine microemulsion in combination with mycophenolates. Patients will be followed including protocol biopsy at 1, 12, 36, 60 month posttransplant, regular nuclein acid testing (NAT) for cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and BK virus (BKV) in urine and blood.
The investigation is undertaken to clarify the reason for equal survival rates for patients on cyclosporine and tacrolimus despite the lower rejection rate on tacrolimus.