Randomized Trial Comparing Sirolimus and Tacrolimus Versus Cyclosporine and Methotrexate as Graft-versus-host Disease (GVHD) Prophylaxis After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

NCT00993343 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 215

Last updated 2015-04-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To evaluate if rapamune + tacrolimus immunosuppressive prophylaxis is better than the established therapy using cyclosporine and methotrexate, a Nordic prospective multicenter randomized study will be performed. Patients will be randomized to treatment with rapamune combined with tacrolimus, or the established therapy using cyclosporine and methotrexate.

Conditions

  • Graft-versus-host Disease
  • Survival

Interventions

DRUG

Sirolimus/tacrolimus

Standard GVHD prophylaxis

DRUG

cyclosporine/methotrexate

Standard GVHD prophylaxis

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Olle Ringden, M.D. Ph.D. · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2015-04-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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