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
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
44
Oral Prograf or generic tacrolimus doses will be taken b,i,d, consistently in 2 divided doses, once in the morning and once in the evening, to maintain trough level in the range of 3 to 12 ng/mL. Target trough level for the subject will be determined per clinical practice.
LCP-Tacro will be administered orally q.d. in the morning based on a conversion factor from Prograf or generic tacrolimus to LCP-Tacro of 0.7 for non-African American subjects and 0.85 for African American subjects to maintain target trough level of 3 to 12 ng/mL.
Clinical Investigative Site 006
Los Angeles, California, United States
Clinical Investigative Site 1049
San Diego, California, United States
Clinical Investigative Site 007
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Evaluation of Hand Tremor and Stable Kidney Transplant Patients When Switched From Prograf to LCP-Tacro.
The primary efficacy endpoint is the mean change from baseline (ie Day 7) in the Fahn-Tolosa-Marin Clinical Rating Scale (FTM) for overall tremor score 7 days after (ie, Day 14) LCP-Tacro conversion. The overall FTM score was 0 to 100 where higher scores denoted worst/more severe tremor. Below the mean total score and standard deviation for each treatment is given in addition to the mean change.
Time frame: 14 days
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Clinical Investigative Site 005
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Clinical Investigative Site 004
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Clinical Investigative Site 008
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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St Louis, Missouri, United States
Clinical Investigative Site 002
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Clinical Investigative Site 009
Nashiville, Tennessee, United States
Clinical Investigative Site 012
Dallas, Texas, United States