A Study Investigating the Renal Tolerability, Efficacy, and Safety of a CNI-free Versus a Standard Regimen in de Novo Heart Transplant (HTx) Recipients (MANDELA)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00862979 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: March 17, 2009
Last Update Posted
: September 7, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Heart Transplantation | Drug: Sandimmun Optoral / Tac + RAD001 Drug: MPA + RAD001 | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 185 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A 15-month, Multi-center, Randomized, Open-label, Parallel Group Study Investigating the Renal Tolerability, Efficacy, and Safety of a CNI-free Regimen (Everolimus and Mycophenolic Acid) Versus a Standard Regimen (Cyclosporine A and Everolimus) in de Novo Heart Transplant Recipients |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 24, 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 6, 2017 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 6, 2017 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Certican CNI
MMF OR Myfortic, Certican®, Sandimmun® optoral reduced
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Drug: Sandimmun Optoral / Tac + RAD001
RAD001 / CNI group
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Experimental: Certican
MMF or Myfortic+ Everolimus + corticosteroids
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Drug: MPA + RAD001
RAD001 / MPA group
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- Renal function assessed as glomerular filtration rate (GFR) - MDRD formula [ Time Frame: 18 months after heart transplantation ]
- Occurrence of treatment failures [ Time Frame: up to or at Month 18 ]
- incidence of major cardiac events and each of its components [ Time Frame: Month 18 ]
- renal function by GFR - Cockcroft-Gault method [ Time Frame: Month 12 and 18 ]
- renal function and evolution of renal function (creatinine slope) [ Time Frame: between Month 6 and Month 18 ]
- safety and tolerability [ Time Frame: Month 6, 9 and 18 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion criteria:
- Heart transplantation, 3 months prior to enrollment
- Patients have to receive an immunosuppressive regimen with Sandimmun® Optoral, Certican® and corticosteroids
- Sufficient graft function
- Sufficient renal function
- Females capable of becoming pregnant must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to or at baseline, and are required to practice an approved method of birth control for the duration of the study and for a period of 6 weeks following discontinuation of study medication, even where there has been a history of infertility
Exclusion criteria:
- Multi-organ recipients, re-transplantation, or previous transplant with any other organ.
- Patients who are recipients of A-B-O incompatible transplants
- Cold ischemia time >6 hours
- Historical or current peak PRA of > 25% at time of transplantation
- Already existing antibodies against the HLA-type of the receiving transplant Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00862979
Germany | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, 32545 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Berlin, Germany, 13353 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Hamburg, Germany, 20246 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Hannover, Germany, 30625 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Heidelberg, Germany, 69120 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Leipzig, Germany, 04289 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Muenster, Germany, 48149 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
München, Germany, 81377 | |
Novartis Investigative Site | |
Regensburg, Germany, 93053 |
Study Director: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
Responsible Party: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00862979 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CRAD001ADE14 2007-002671-14 |
First Posted: | March 17, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 7, 2017 |
Last Verified: | September 2017 |
Keywords provided by Novartis ( Novartis Pharmaceuticals ):
Heart Transplantation Cardiac Transplantation CNI-sparing renal function |
CNI Cyclosporine A Everolimus enteric coated mycophenolic acid |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Everolimus Sirolimus Mycophenolic Acid Cyclosporins Cyclosporine Antineoplastic Agents Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Anti-Bacterial Agents |
Anti-Infective Agents Antibiotics, Antineoplastic Antifungal Agents Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Dermatologic Agents Antirheumatic Agents Calcineurin Inhibitors Antibiotics, Antitubercular Antitubercular Agents |