Studying the Effect of Changing Immunosuppression in Case of Polyoma BK Virus Infection of the Renal Transplant

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2011
Polyomavirus BK nephropathy is a serious complication after renal transplantation leading to graft loss in 40% of cases. Since no virustatic drug exists, the investigators want to study the best way to manage viral invasion by changing the immunosuppressive treatment comparing two treatment schemes. The investigators hypothesis is that switching to an mTOR-based scheme is superior to a general decrease of a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-based scheme. The study will be performed as a prospective, randomized, parallel group comparison.
Epistemonikos ID: 5630cdfd815053745f9390eed2e0e5bbda2e1b09
First added on: Mar 23, 2020