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Kidney Transplant Preemptive Therapy or Prophylaxis for CMV Prevention in D+R Recipients

NCT06798909 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 360

Last updated 2026-04-01

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Summary

This is a prospective, randomized multicenter trial of preemptive therapy (PET) vs. antiviral prophylaxis (AP) for prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in adult D+R- kidney transplant recipients (KTR). Patients meeting study eligibility criteria and who have provided informed consent will be randomized (1:1) within 7 days of transplant to receive, in an open label design, either AP with valganciclovir 900 mg orally once daily or letermovir 480 mg orally once daily \[both dose adjusted per Food and Drug Administration (FDA) label\] for 200 days post-transplant), or PET (central lab weekly plasma polymerase chain reaction (PCR) monitoring for CMV deoxyribonucleic acidemia (DNAemia)) for 100 days post-transplant, with oral valganciclovir 900mg orally twice daily (or renally dosed per FDA label) at onset of CMV DNAemia at any level and continued until plasma CMV DNAemia is negative or below the level of quantitation in two consecutive weekly plasma samples. Study participants will be followed for pre-specified outcomes (clinical, laboratory, immunologic, safety) until withdrawal, death, or study closure, up to a maximum of 5.5 years post-transplant. Approximately 360 participants (180 participants in each group) will be randomized into the study.

Estimated Time to Complete Enrollment: 4 years

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Valganciclovir (Pre-emptive CMV Therapy)

Valganciclovir, 900 mg given orally twice daily to Preemptive Therapy group subjects as a PET only after a positive CMV PCR test and stopped after PCR is negative for 2 consecutive weeks.

DRUG

Valganciclovir CMV Prophylaxis

Valganciclovir, 900 mg given orally once daily to all Prophylaxis group subjects for 200 days post transplantation as prophylaxis.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Abhijit P. Limaye, MD · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-22
Primary Completion
2030-11-30
Completion
2031-05-31
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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