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UnknownNCT01889017

Generic Immunosuppressive Drugs After Lung Transplantation

Generic Immunosuppressive Drugs After Lung Transplantation - a Crosssectional Observational Study by Patient Questionnaire

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
600 (estimated)
Sponsor
Hannover Medical School · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Extent of use of generics immunosuppressive drugs in clinical practice after lung transplantation

Detailed description

Solid organ transplant recipients are treated with immunosuppressive drugs to prevent rejection of their grafts. The most frequently important maintenance immunosuppressive drugs in Europe are calcineurin inhibitors. For a number of these compounds drug patents have expired in recent years and generic formulations have entered the market. There is considerable debate regarding the efficacy and safety of generic drug substitution in solid organ recipients.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERpatient questionnaire (tablet pc based)

Timeline

Start date
2013-07-01
Primary completion
2014-03-01
Completion
2014-09-01
First posted
2013-06-28
Last updated
2013-07-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01889017. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.