A Prospective, Global, Multi-center, Treatment Registry Study of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Maintenance Therapy in Alloantibody Positive Renal Allograft Recipients

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Renal Transplant Recipients With Anti-HLA Antibodies

In brief

The purpose of this treatment registry study is to determine if monthly infusions of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIg) for 6 months will neutralize donor specific antibodies that are thought to be responsible for chronic rejection episodes in renal transplant subjects. 162 renal transplant subjects will receive IVIg 5% at 2gm/kg/month for 6 months and be followed for 3 years.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT02115503
Run by: Databean
People needed: 52
Starts: 2014-07-01
Expected to finish: 2020-04-01
Last updated by the study team: 2024-02-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Subject is 18 years of age or older
Able to provide voluntary written informed consent
Renal transplant recipient at least 1 month post-transplant
On stable doses of maintenance immunosuppression for at least 14 days prior to study entry and remains on stable maintenance doses for the duration of the study
Presence of DSA greater than or equal to 1000 mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) single antigen bead assay via Luminex (normalized 2,000 - 15,000 MFI, inclusive) measured within 6 months prior to consent
Female subjects must be post-menopausal for at least 1 year, or surgically sterilized, or must agree to use two effective methods of birth control from the time of consent through 30 days after the last dose of IVIg.
Male subjects must be surgically sterilized, or must agree to use two effective methods of birth control from the time of consent through 30 days after the last dose of IVIg
Subject is compliant and intends to be available for follow-up study period of 3 years

You may not qualify if…

Multi-organ transplant
History of anaphylactic or severe systemic reactions to human immunoglobulin
IgA deficient subjects with antibodies against IgA and a history of hypersensitivity
Serum creatinine > 3.0 mg/dL within 90 days prior to consent
Recipients of ABO incompatible kidney transplants
Acute rejection within 180 days (6 months) prior to consent defined as:
Biopsy proven acute Cellular Rejection [Banff grade I (including IA and IB), grade II (including IIA and IIB) or grade III]; or
an antibody-mediated rejection with C4d positivity, or
chronic rejection with C4d positivity (C4d positivity is defined as staining diffuse in peritubular capillary area. Isolated C4d glomerular staining or C4d staining of < 50% of the peritubular capillaries will not be exclusion criteria). Borderline cellular rejection will not be excluded (Banff 2005), or
Clinical signs and symptoms of acute rejection including elevated creatinine, fever over 100 degrees, pain or tenderness around the transplanted kidney, fluid retention of the hands, legs, feet, ankles or eyelids, sudden weight gain (2-4 pounds in a day, or 5 pounds or more in a week), decrease in urine output with the same amount of fluid intake, or dark yellow or orange urine output, flu-like symptoms, such as chills, aches, tiredness, dizziness, nausea, loss of appetite, weakness, fatigue, vomiting or general sense of not feeling well (Note: NOT all signs and symptoms need to be present to document acute rejection)
Evidence of proteinuria (> 3 grams) within 90 days (3 months) prior to consent
Active CMV+ or EBV+ viremia that requires, or will require, anti-viral therapy
History of HCV, HIV and/or HBsAg positivity
History of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease.
Active BK/polyomavirus nephropathy, or BK/polyomavirus nephritis that requires, or will require, anti-viral therapy (not prophylactic)
Recipients of a kidney from a donor who tests positive for HIV, HBsAg or anti-HCV.
History of malignancy within the past 5 years that is not considered to be cured, with the exception of complete resection of localized basal cell carcinoma of the skin (excised ≥ 1 years prior to enrollment).
Subjects who are receiving everolimus, sirolimus or azathioprine as immunosuppressive agents and who are unwilling, or unable, to change to mycophenolate mofetil or mycophenolic acid within 14 days prior to consent
White blood cell count of <1,000/mm3 within 90 days prior to consent
Platelet count <60,000/mm3 within 90 days prior to consent
Evidence of severe liver disease with abnormal liver profile (aspartate aminotransferase [AST] or alanine aminotransferase [ALT] > 3 times upper limit of normal [ULN]) within 90 days prior to consent
Total bilirubin > 1.5 times ULN within 90 days prior to consent
Post-transplant history of cardiovascular disease within 180 days (6 months) prior to consent defined as:
Electrocardiographic evidence of MI,
Electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia,

Where it is running

St Vincent's Transplant Research Institute — Los Angeles, California, United States
University of California Davis Health Systems — Sacramento, California, United States
University of Colorado, Denver — Aurora, Colorado, United States
University of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Cornell Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
Baylor Research Institute — Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Houston Methodist Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States

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