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Belatacept Evaluation of Nephroprotection and Efficacy as First-line Immunosuppression (BENEFIT)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00256750

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Official title

Belatacept Evaluation of Nephroprotection and Efficacy as First-line Immunosuppression Trial (BENEFIT)

Brief summary

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The purpose of this study is to learn if Belatacept can provide protection from organ rejection following kidney transplantation while avoiding some of the toxic effects of standard immunosuppressive medications such as kidney damage. Effects on kidney function and patient survival as well as drug safety will also be studied.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00256750
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Lead sponsor
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Industry
Enrollment
738 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Mar 2005 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Jun 2008 (Actual)
Completion
Apr 2015 (Actual)
Last update posted
Aug 19, 2016

2005 – 2015

United States locations

U.S. sites
34
U.S. states
23
U.S. cities
32
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University Of Alabama At Birmingham Birmingham Alabama 35294 —
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Transplantation Institu Loma Linda California 92354 —
Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles California 90048 —
California Institute Of Renal Research San Diego California 92123 —
University Of California San Francisco Medical Center San Francisco California 94143 —
University Of Colorado Health Sciences Center Aurora Colorado 80045 —
Yale University School Of Medicine-Yale New Haven Hospital New Haven Connecticut 06520 —
Piedmont Hospital Atlanta Georgia 30309 —
Emory University Hospital Atlanta Georgia 30322 —
Medical College Of Georgia Augusta Georgia 30912 —
University Of Chicago Hospitals Chicago Illinois 60637 —
University Of Iowa Hospitals And Clinics Iowa City Indiana 52242 —
University Of Kentucky Lexington Kentucky 40536 —
Maine Tranplant Program Portland Maine 04102 —
Western New England Renal & Transplant Associates, Pc Springfield Massachusetts 01107 —
Henry Ford Hospital, Transplant Institute Detriot Michigan 48202 —
University Of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota 55455 —
Washington University School Of Medicine St Louis Missouri 63110 —
Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute New York New York 10029 —
Columbia University College Of Physicians & Surgeons New York New York 10032 —
University Of Rochester Medical Center Rochester New York 14642 —
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina 27599 —
Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte North Carolina 28203 —
Duke University Medical Center Durham North Carolina 27710 —
Div Of Multi-Organ Trans, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19102 —
Musc Charleston South Carolina 29425 —
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville Tennessee 27232 —
Baylor University Medical Center Dallas Texas 75246 —
Fletcher Allen Health Care Burlington Vermont 05401 —
Inova Transplant Center Fairfax Virginia 22031 —
Swedish Medical Center Seattle Washington 98104 —
Sacred Heart Medical Ctr Providence Medical Research Ctr Spokane Washington 99204 —
University Of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin 53792 —
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Milwaukee Wisconsin 53226 —

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Non-U.S. locations

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About this trial record page

What this page shows
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