A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tacrolimus in Korean Nephropathy Patients
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01224028 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: October 19, 2010
Last Update Posted
: August 21, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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IgA Nephropathy | Drug: Tacrolimus Drug: Placebo | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 40 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Double-blind, Randomized Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial for the Efficacy and Safety of a Calcineurin Inhibitor, Tacrolimus(Prograf Cap®) in Patients With Non-nephrotic Albuminuric, Normotensive IgA Nephropathy |
Study Start Date : | November 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2011 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Tacrolimus group |
Drug: Tacrolimus
oral
Other Names:
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo |
Drug: Placebo
oral
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- Percent change from baseline UACR to mean value of UACR measured on week 12 and week 16 (UACR: Urine Albumin Creatinine Ratio) [ Time Frame: Week 0, week 12 and week 16 ]
- Proportion of subjects achieving more than 30% reduction of UACR level from baseline [ Time Frame: Week 0 and week 16 ]
- Proportion of subjects achieving more than 50% reduction of UACR level from baseline [ Time Frame: Week 0 and week 16 ]
- Proportion of subjects achieving more than 0.2 reduction of UACR level [ Time Frame: Week 0 and week 16 ]
- Composite event rate achieving less than 0.2 or 50% reduction of UACR level [ Time Frame: Week 0 and week 16 ]
- Changes of UACR measured between before the study and each visit [ Time Frame: Week 0, week 4, week 8, week 12 and week 16 ]
- Incidence of adverse events according to subject's self-assessment, vital signs, investigator's assessment and labo-tests [ Time Frame: Through week 16 ]

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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:
- Patients with IgA nephropathy confirmed by renal biopsy
- Serum creatinine measurement ≤1.5mg/ml or MDRD estimated GFR ≥ 45ml/min/1.73m2 (MDRD: Modification of Diet in Renal Disorder)
- UACR level between 0.3 and 3.0
- Blood pressure measurements < 130/80mmHg
Exclusion Criteria:
- Use of immunosuppressants for more than two weeks within last one month
- Concomitant use of ACE inhibitor, ARB, steroids or immunosuppressant, NDHP-CCB, diuretics, omega-3 fatty acids and its analogue & additional dietary to treat igA nephropathy (ACE: Angiotensin Converting Enzyme, ARB: Angiotensin Receptor Blocker, NDHP-CCB: Non-dihydropyridine-type Calcium Channel Blocker
- Pregnant or breast-feeding patients. Patients who plan to bear children or breast-feed during the study and within 6 month after completion of study
- Hypersensitivity to the investigational drug or macrolide agents
- Use of potassium-sparing diuretics
- Persistence of liver function abnormality more than 1 month or presence of acute active hepatitis
- Other investigational drug within last 30 days

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01224028
Korea, Republic of | |
Seoul, Korea, Republic of |
Study Chair: | Use Central Contact | Astellas Pharma Inc |
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Astellas Pharma Inc |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01224028 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PRGNS-10-01-KOR |
First Posted: | October 19, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 21, 2014 |
Last Verified: | August 2014 |
Keywords provided by Astellas Pharma Inc:
Tacrolimus Prograf Calcinurin inhibitor |
Albuminurea Proteinurea FK506 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kidney Diseases Glomerulonephritis, IGA Urologic Diseases Glomerulonephritis Nephritis Autoimmune Diseases Immune System Diseases |
Tacrolimus Calcineurin Inhibitors Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |