Preemptive Treatment With Grazoprevir and Elbasvir for Donor HCV Positive to Recipient HCV Negative Kidney Transplant
Renal Failure
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Renal Failure focused on measuring hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, renal failure, kidney transplant
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Must meet Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) transplant center criteria and already be listed for isolated kidney transplant
- No available living kidney donor
- Has ≤ 730 days (two years) of accrued transplant waiting time if blood type A and ≤ 1095 days of accrued transplant waiting time if blood type B or O.
- On chronic hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis or has a glomerular filtration rate <15mL/min/1.73m2 at the time of screening
- Weight ≥ 50kg
- Serum alanine transaminase (ALT) within normal limits
Exclusion Criteria:
- AB blood type
- Body mass index (BMI > 35
- History of liver disease
- Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women
- Cardiomyopathy (LV ejection fraction < 50%)
- Positive crossmatch or positive donor specific antibodies
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive
- Hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA positive
- Hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen positive
- Any contraindication to kidney transplant per MGH center protocol
Sites / Locations
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Elbasvir/grazoprevir for HCV+ kidney transplant recipients
Elbasvir (50mg) / grazoprevir (100mg) (fixed dose combination) treatment for Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-naive recipients who receive a kidney transplant from a deceased, HCV-infected donor Subjects receive first dose on-call to operating room, and continue daily for 12 weeks. Treatment length is extended to 16 weeks and ribavirin (daily dose 1000 mg for those <75 kg and 1200 mg for those ≥75 kg) if subject receives a kidney from a donor who is infected with HCV containing resistance-associated variants (RAV).