Conditions: Liver Transplantation
Keywords: Liver transplantation, Cyclosporine
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 34
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The aim of this exploratory study is to evaluate the rejection rate in patients treated with cyclosporine (CsA) preceding oral administration of cyclosporine micro emulsion in de novo liver recipients. The blood levels of CsA and CsA micro emulsion will be monitored by C-2h monitoring. In addition, this study will assess the safety of this treatment regimen.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Period 1: Cyclosporine (Sandimmun® i.v.) intravenous given 2 times daily as an infusion over four hours staring at a dose of 2 X 200 mg/day for 7 days followed by Period 2: Sandimmun® Optoral microemulsion oral capsule twice daily starting at an initial daily dose of 8-12 mg/kg/day. Dosages were adjusted based on blood levels at two hours to achieve protocol specified target levels.

Interventions: intervention 1: Cyclosporine (Sandimmun® i.v.) intervention 2: Cyclosporine (Sandimmun® Optoral)
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Cyclosporine (Sandimmun® i.v.) intravenous given 2 times daily as an infusion over four hours staring at a dose of 2 X 200 mg/day for 7 days. Dosages were adjusted based on blood levels at two hours to achieve protocol specified target levels. intervention 2: Sandimmun® Optoral microemulsion oral capsule twice daily starting at an initial daily dose of 8-12 mg/kg/day. Dosages were adjusted based on blood levels at two hours to achieve protocol specified target levels.

Protocol document: