Efficacy and Safety of AEB071 Versus Cyclosporine in de Novo Renal Transplant Recipients
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00820911 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 12, 2009
Last Update Posted : February 24, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Kidney Transplantation | Drug: cyclosporine (reduced exposure) / everolimus Drug: AEB071 300 mg b.i.d. / everolimus Drug: AEB071 200 mg b.i.d. / everolimus | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 175 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | An Extension to a 12-month, Open-label, Randomised, Multicenter, Sequential Cohort, Dose Finding Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Oral AEB071 Versus Cyclosporine in Combination With Everolimus, Basiliximab and Corticosteroids in de Novo Adult Renal Transplant Recipients |
Study Start Date : | September 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 2012 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: cyclosporine (reduced exposure) / everolimus |
Drug: cyclosporine (reduced exposure) / everolimus
twice daily |
Experimental: AEB071 300 mg b.i.d. / everolimus |
Drug: AEB071 300 mg b.i.d. / everolimus
twice daily |
Experimental: AEB071 200 mg b.i.d. / everolimus |
Drug: AEB071 200 mg b.i.d. / everolimus
twice daily |
- renal function as measured by the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) using the modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) formula [ Time Frame: at months 15, 18, 21, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54 and 60 months after transplantation ]
- efficacy failure, defined as a composite efficacy endpoint of treated biopsy proven acute rejection, graft loss, death or loss to follow-up [ Time Frame: at months 15, 18, 21, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54 and 60 months after transplantation ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion criteria:
- Patient has been maintained on study drug for 12 months in the core study
Exclusion criteria:
- Not applicable
- Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00820911
Argentina | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina, C1107BEA | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Cordoba, Argentina, X5022CPU | |
Australia, New South Wales | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, 2050 | |
Australia, South Australia | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Woodville, South Australia, Australia, 5011 | |
Australia, Victoria | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 3168 | |
Austria | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Innsbruck, Austria, A-6020 | |
Belgium | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Gent, Belgium, 9000 | |
Brazil | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 90020-090 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 04023-900 | |
Colombia | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Bogotá, Colombia | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Cali, Colombia | |
Czech Republic | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Praha 4, Czech Republic, 140 00 | |
France | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Brest, France, 29200 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Nantes Cedex, France, 44035 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Toulouse Cedex 4, France, 31054 | |
Germany | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Berlin, Germany, 10117 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Heidelberg, Germany, 69120 | |
Italy | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Milano, MI, Italy, 20122 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Milano, MI, Italy, 20162 | |
Netherlands | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3015 CE | |
Norway | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Oslo, Norway, 0424 | |
Singapore | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Singapore, Singapore, 119074 | |
Slovakia | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Kosice, Slovak Republic, Slovakia, 041 90 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, 975 17 | |
Spain | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, 08907 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Madrid, Spain, 28034 | |
Switzerland | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Zurich, Switzerland, 8091 | |
Taiwan | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Taipei, Taiwan, 10002 |
Study Director: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
Responsible Party: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00820911 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CAEB071A2206E1 2008-000531-18 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | January 12, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 24, 2017 |
Last Verified: | February 2017 |
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