Switching Study of Kidney Transplant Patients With Tremor to LCP-Tacro (STRATO)

Last updated: September 15, 2015
Sponsor: Veloxis Pharmaceuticals
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

3

Condition

Renal Failure

Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

Nephropathy

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT01438710
LCP-Tacro 3003
  • Ages 18-65
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This study will evaluate and measure symptomatic hand tremor in stable kidney transplant subjects on Prograf or generic tacrolimus maintenance therapy at baseline (pre-conversion) and following conversion to LCP-Tacro. This study will also evaluate the safety of LCP-Tacro compared with Prograf or generic tacrolimus

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Subjects must be able to give written consent

  2. Men and women between 18 and 65 years of age who are recipients of a kidney transplantbetween 1 month and 5 years prior to the screening date

  3. Subjects with at least one complaint of tremor and existence of postural tremor oraction tremor on finger to nose as demonstrated by a score of at least 2 of any of the 4 upper extremity (UE) postural or action and intention assessments on the FTMclinical rating scale

  4. Subjects experiencing symptomatic drug-induced hand tremor associated with use ofPrograf or generic tacrolimus as demonstrated by responding "no" to each of thefollowing question: "Did you have a tremor that you noticed prior to starting Prografor generic tacrolimus for your kidney transplant?", or "Are you aware of a tremor thatruns in your family?"

  5. Subjects taking a stable dose of oral Prograf or generic tacrolimus capsules for atleast 7 days with trough levels of tacrolimus between 3 to 12 ng/mL. Subjects mustmaintain tacrolimus trough levels in this range during the 7 day Prograf or generictacrolimus treatment phase (note that 1 dose adjustment at Study Day 3 [a.m.dose] isallowed for those subjects whose Day0/1 trough level is out of range.

  6. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7days before study start.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Recipients of any transplants including organ other than kidney and bone marrow

  2. Subjects with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (MDRD7) <30mL/min atScreening

  3. Subjects incapable of understanding the purposed and risks of the study, who cannotgive written informed consent and who are unwilling or unable to comply with studyprotocol requirements

  4. Pregnant or nursing women

  5. Subjects with reproductive potential who are unwilling/unable to use a double barriermethod of contraception

  6. Subjects who were treated with any other investigational agent within 3 months priorto screening

  7. Subjects who are taking drugs that are likely to affect the PK levels of tacrolimusand are not on a stable dose of those medications (see Appendix 1)

  8. Subjects who have essential tremor, Parkinsonism, or tremor from any cause other thantacrolimus-induced tremor;

  9. Subjects who are taking or had been taking any drug within the past 30 days that iswell known to promote tremors, including: amiodarone, beta-agonist inhalers (such asalbuterol), cyclosporine, lithium, metoclopramide, theophylline, or valproate,ortaking within the past 6 months the dopamine blocking agents (antipsychotics) (note,other such medication may be considered on a case-by-case basis at the discretion ofthe investigator);

  10. Subjects who taking drugs that reduce tremor, and are not on stable doses of thetreatment (ie, had not been taking the medication for a minimum of 30 days),including: gabapentin (note, other such medications may be considered on acase-by-case basis at the discretion of the investigator);

  11. Subjects on concurrent immunosuppression with MMD (CellCept) of MPS delayed-releasetables (Myfortic), or generic versions of these medication, who have not been onstable doses at least 7 days prior to screening

  12. Subjects receiving prednisone or equivalent at a dose >10 mg per day

  13. Either subjects with an episode of acute rejection requiring treatment or subjectswith an episode of biopsy-proven or suspected acute rejections that requires treatmentwithin 3 months of screening

  14. Subjects who are being actively treated for cancer (with the exception of non-invasivebasal cell or squamous cell) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

  15. Subjects with any form of current drug or alcohol abuse

Study Design

Total Participants: 44
Study Start date:
December 01, 2011
Estimated Completion Date:
July 31, 2015

Study Description

This is a 2 sequence, open-label, multicenter, prospective Phase 3b clinical study to access drug-induced hand tremors in stable kidney transplant subjects converted from Prograf (tacro-limus, Astellas Pharma US, Inc., Deerfield, IL) or generic tacrolimus twice daily (b.i.d.) to LCP-Tacro tablets (tacrolimus, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals A/S, Horsholm, Denmark) once daily (q.d.). The trial is designed to determine if the test drug LCP-Tacro, is associated with fewer and/or less severe drug-induced hand tremor than observed with Prograf or generic tacrolimus treatment; each therapy is to be concomitantly administered with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), mycophenolate sodium (MPS), including generic versions of each, and/or prednisone or equivalent as long as doses remain stable during the study. All prophylaxis and other medication will be allowed per standard of care (SOC) in each of the participating sites; no medication that interacts with the pharmacokinetics (PK) of tacrolimus is allowed unless subjects who are recipients of a renal transplant at least 1 month and not more than 5 years prior to enrollment. Following screening, study visits will be conducted over a 2-week treatment period with consists of 1 week of Prograf or generic tacrolimus SOC, and 1 week of LCP-Tacro. Subjects who qualify for extended use of LCP-Tacro can continue LCP-Tacro treatment for additional 2 years. This decision will be made at the discretion of the physician and subject.

Connect with a study center

  • Clinical Investigative Site 006

    Los Angeles, California 90057
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical Investigative Site 1049

    San Diego, California 92123
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical Investigative Site 007

    Aurora, Colorado 80045
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical Investigative Site 005

    New Haven, Connecticut 06520
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical Investigative Site 004

    Lexington, Kentucky 40536
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical Investigative Site 008

    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical Investigative Site 003

    St Louis, Missouri 63110
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical Investigative Site 002

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical Investigative Site 009

    Nashiville, Tennessee 37232
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical Investigative Site 012

    Dallas, Texas 75246
    United States

    Site Not Available

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