Conditions: Renal Failure
Keywords: Tacrolimus Pharmacokinetics Kidney Transplantation
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 60
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
A three sequence, open-label, multi-center, prospective, study in stable kidney transplant patients to assess and compare the pharmacokinetics (Cmax, C24, and AUC), and safety of LCP-Tacro (tacrolimus) tablets versus Prograf (tacrolimus) capsules.

Detailed description:
A three sequence, open-label, multi-center, prospective, study in stable kidney transplant patients to assess and compare the pharmacokinetics (Cmax, C24, and AUC), and safety of LCP-Tacro (tacrolimus) tablets versus Prograf (tacrolimus) capsules.

Stable kidney transplant patients who fulfill all I/E criteria will be enrolled and kept on Prograf for 7 days. Following a 24-hour PK study on Day 7 to determine pharmacokinetics for Prograf, all patients will be converted to once daily LCP-Tacro for 7 days with no dose changes allowed. On Day 14 and Day 21 a 24-hour LCP-Tacro PK study will be performed. On Day 22 patients will be converted back to their original twice daily dose of Prograf for a safety follow-up period of 30 days ending with a safety assessment on day 53.

Arms:
arm 1: Experimental: LCP Tacro; investigational product LCP-Tacro tablets were provided in 3 strengths: 1 mg, 2 mg, and 5 mg oral tablets.

Interventions: intervention 1: LCP Tacro (tacrolimus) intervention 2: Prograf
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Prograf will be administrated twice a day, per product labeling, with an interval of 12 ± 1 hours between the morning and evening doses. Patients will continue on the same dose on Day0 through Day 7 to maintain target trough levels of 7-12 ng/mL. On the morning of Day 8, following the final blood draw for the PK assessment, patient will be converted to LCP-Tacro using the conversion Ratio 0.66-0.8. LCP-Tacro tablets will be administered orally once daily in the morning, with an interval of 24 ± 1 hours between doses.

Other Names:

Tacrolimus modified-release LCP-Tacro tablets were provided in 3 strengths: 1 mg, 2 mg, and 5 mg oral tablets. intervention 2: Prograf will be administrated twice a day, per product labeling, with an interval of 12 ± 1 hours between the morning and evening doses. Patients will continue on the same dose on Day0 through Day 7 to maintain target trough levels of 7-12 ng/mL. On the morning of Day 8, following the final blood draw for the PK assessment, patient will be converted to LCP-Tacro using the conversion Ratio 0.66-0.8. LCP-Tacro tablets will be administered orally once daily in the morning, with an interval of 24 ± 1 hours between doses.

Other Names:

Tacrolimus modified-release LCP-Tacro tablets were provided in 3 strengths: 1 mg, 2 mg, and 5 mg oral tablets.

Protocol document: