MYPROMS-ES02: Safety and Efficacy of Basiliximab, Cyclosporine Microemulsion and Enteric-coated Mycophenolate Sodium (EC-MPS) Versus EC-MPS and Steroid Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients Who Are Hepatitis C Positive
De Novo Kidney Transplant

About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for De Novo Kidney Transplant focused on measuring kidney transplant, hepatitis C, enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria Patients hepatitis C positive (serology test within the last 12 months and determined by third-generation assay). Recipients of heart-beating cadaveric, living unrelated or living related non-HLA identical donor kidney transplant, treated with basiliximab and CsA-ME as primary immunosuppression. Exclusion criteria Multi-organ recipients (e.g. double kidney, kidney and pancreas or kidney and liver) or previous transplant with any other organ. Kidneys from non-heart beating donors. ABO incompatibility against the donor. Patients with panel reactive antibodies of >50% at most recent assessment prior to transplantation and /or prior graft lost due to immunological reasons in the first six months post-transplantation or patients who are considered to be at increased risk of acute rejection by the principal investigator Additional protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.