A multi-centre prospective controlled trial comparing calcineurin inhibitor monotherapy with sirolimus monthotherapy in hepatitis C infected patients with hepatic fibrosis following liver transplantation

ISRCTN ISRCTN26350966
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN26350966
Secondary identifying numbers 7761
Submission date
12/05/2010
Registration date
12/05/2010
Last edited
18/01/2019
Recruitment status
Stopped
Overall study status
Stopped
Condition category
Digestive System
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Arun Shankar
Scientific

University of Cambridge
Department of Medicine
Addenbrookes Hospital
Cambridge
CB2 2QQ
United Kingdom

Study information

Study designMulticentre randomised observational treatment cohort study
Primary study designObservational
Secondary study designCohort study
Study setting(s)Other
Study typeTreatment
Scientific titleA multi-centre prospective controlled trial comparing calcineurin inhibitor monotherapy with sirolimus monthotherapy in hepatitis C infected patients with hepatic fibrosis following liver transplantation
Study acronymSirolimus and Hepatitis C following Liver Transplantation V1
Study objectivesWe hypothesise that in patients who have had liver transplants for Hepatitis C and have damage in their liver graft secondary to Hepatitis C will have this damage slowed by changing from their standard immunosuppressive regime to the drug sirolimus. This study will test this hypothesis.
Ethics approval(s)MREC approved (ref: 03/H0304/92)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedTopic: Oral and Gastrointestinal; Subtopic: Oral and Gastrointestinal (all Subtopics); Disease: Hepatology
InterventionSirolimus, Change from Standard Immunosupression to Sirolimus
Intervention typeDrug
Pharmaceutical study type(s)
PhasePhase IV
Drug / device / biological / vaccine name(s)Sirolimus
Primary outcome measureLiver Biopsy Fibrosis Score
Secondary outcome measures1. Diabetic status
2. Renal function
3. Cardiovascular risk index
Overall study start date01/05/2010
Completion date01/12/2013
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)Objectives no longer viable

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupNot Specified
SexNot Specified
Target number of participantsPlanned sample size: 120
Key inclusion criteriaNot provided at time of registration
Key exclusion criteriaNot provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment01/05/2010
Date of final enrolment01/12/2013

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

University of Cambridge
Cambridge
CB2 2QQ
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Addenbrooke's Hospital (UK)
Hospital/treatment centre

Cambridge Cancer Trials Office
Oncology Centre, Box No 193
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 2QQ
England
United Kingdom

Website http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/themes/cctc.html
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Funders

Funder type

Industry

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Editorial Notes

18/01/2019: This trial never started as by the time the trialists were ready to recruit, a new antiviral therapy was on the market that made the question of this trial irrelevant.
15/03/2017: No publications found in PubMed, verifying study status with principal investigator