RecruitingPhase 4NCT03640026

Glucose Disorders Induced by Tacrolimus on Pre Transplantation Endstage Renal Disease Patients


Sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee

Enrollment

30 participants

Start Date

Mar 8, 2019

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

Diabetes after kidney transplantation is a frequent complication, the incidence of which varies from 7 to 45% depending on the studies and on the diagnostic criteria used. Post-transplant diabetes is an early complication, most often occurring in the first month after transplantation. In addition to the additional health costs generated by the appearance of post-transplant diabetes, the risk of graft loss is increased by 60% and the overall mortality risk by 90%. Similarly, the development of glucose intolerance after transplantation is associated with higher mortality. Tacrolimus treatment is therefore currently one of the most important risk factors for diabetes at the time of transplantation. Indeed, several in vitro and in vivo animal studies have shown that tacrolimus alters pancreatic endocrine function. In the final stage, this cellular toxicity leads to diabetes, most often diagnosed on the rise in capillary or venous blood sugar levels after transplantation. This diabetes often requires hypoglycemic treatment with insulin or oral anti-diabetic drugs. for a variable period. The pro-diabetogenic effect of tacrolimus is sometimes irreversible, justifying preventive treatment. No clinical studies have looked at "sub-clinical" changes in insulin secretion or insulin resistance under tacrolimus prior to the onset of diabetes. The static indices HOMA-β% and HOMA-IR (Homeostasis Model Accessment of insulin resistance) make it possible to estimate insulin secretion and insulin resistance in fasting patients respectively, while the oral glucose disposition index (IDO) makes it possible to study insulin secretion and action dynamically (after a 75 g glucose load), and are calculated as follows: HOMA IR= Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) x Fasting insulin (mU/L)/ 22.5 HOMAβ% = 20 x fasting insulinemia (mU/L) / fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L) - 3.5 IDO = (delta insulinemia T30-T0/ delta blood glucose T30-T0)/insulinemia T0 These indices have already been studied in dialysis patients (diabetic and non-diabetic) and may allow a more detailed study of pancreatic response and insulin resistance under tacrolimus in patients prior to renal transplantation. Determining the "pancreatic response" to tacrolimus in patients prior to transplantation would prevent diabetes by adapting immunosuppressive treatment and post-transplant screening modalities in the event of pre-transplant subclinical abnormalities identified in our study. The development of tacrolimus-induced diabetes in pre-transplantation in our study will be a contraindication to tacrolimus at the time of transplantation and ciclosporin therapy will be preferred.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This trial is studying whether a medication called tacrolimus — used to prevent organ rejection after a kidney transplant — causes blood sugar problems in patients who are preparing to receive a kidney transplant. **You may be eligible if...** - You are 18 years old or older - You are waiting for a kidney transplant at Nantes University Hospital - You are currently on dialysis (hemodialysis) at one of the participating centers - You are enrolled in the French health insurance system - You are able to understand the study and give your consent **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You already have diabetes (treated or untreated) - You have a serious ongoing infection - You have liver problems - You are allergic to macrolide antibiotics or to tacrolimus - You cannot tolerate a glucose (sugar) test - You have been on immune-suppressing medications in the past 6 months - You are pregnant, breastfeeding, or a woman of childbearing age who does not want to use contraception - You are under legal guardianship or in custody Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

DRUGTacrolimus

Tacrolimus will be initiated at 0.1 mg/kg/day in two separate 12-hour oral doses (capsules) for 14 days.


Locations(2)

Centre Hospitalier Départemental Vendée

La Roche-sur-Yon, France

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nantes

Nantes, France

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