# A Study to Compare Early Steroid Withdrawal and Long-Term Steroid Maintenance Therapy in Kidney Transplant Patients

> **NCT00650468** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Astellas Pharma Inc** · enrollment: 397 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Renal Transplantation

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** tacrolimus
- **DRUG:** CellCept
- **DRUG:** steroids (methylprednisone or prednisone)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00650468
- **Lead sponsor:** Astellas Pharma Inc
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 1999-11
- **Primary completion:** 2007-12
- **Final completion:** 2007-12
- **Target enrollment:** 397 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2011-11-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00650468

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00650468, "A Study to Compare Early Steroid Withdrawal and Long-Term Steroid Maintenance Therapy in Kidney Transplant Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00650468. Licensed CC0.

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