The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate that administration of belatacept in maintenance kidney transplant recipients may cause a reduction in Donor Specific HLA Antibody (DSA).
The aim of this study is to evaluate patients converted to belatacept in combination with Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) with corticosteroids with respect to their DSA titer. Patients in this study will be converted from their calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) to belatacept from baseline in an attempt to down-modulate antibody production by B-cells. Dosing will be calculated per prescribing information for dosing maintenance phase (5mg per kg every 28 days.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
3
Patients will be converted from their MMF to Belatacept
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina, United States
Change of Donor Specific Antibodies (DSA)
DSA levels will be measured using microbeads coated with Class I or Class II human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and read using a Luminex flow cytometer. Participants will be converted from their current Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) to once a month infusions of Belatacept.
Time frame: one year
Safety
Incidence of infections
Time frame: one year
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