A Pilot Trial of the Tolerability and Clinical Effectiveness of Letermovir When Used for Secondary Prophylaxis to Prevent Recurrent Cytomegalovirus Disease in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Tufts Medical Center
Summary
This is a research study to test the tolerability and clinical effectiveness of the study drug, Letermovir (LET), when used as secondary prophylaxis following treatment of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and disease in a solid organ transplant recipient. This study is an open label trial in which Letermovir will be prescribed to prevent the recurrence of CMV infection and disease in a solid organ transplant recipient following treatment of CMV infection or disease.
Description
This study will enroll solid organ transplant recipients who develop cytomegalovirus infection and disease who have been treated. At the time of finishing treatment, if the clinician feels that secondary prophylaxis is indicated, they will be enrolled to receive Letermovir 480 mg orally once a day for 60 days. CMV specific T cell assays will be obtained at the initiation of secondary prophylaxis and at the discontinuation of secondary prophylaxis. Patients will be followed for 4 months following discontinuation of secondary prophylaxis to see if they relapse.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–75 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adult (\> 18 years old) solid organ transplant recipients (heart, kidney or liver patients) recovering from treated CMV disease in whom the clinician deems that the patient need secondary prophylaxis and in whom written informed consent is obtained. 2. Patient able to participate with follow up for 6 months 3. Not enrolled in competing clinical trials Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with creatinine clearance less than 10 ml per min at time of enrollment 2. Hypersensitivity to letermovir or has a CMV isolate which is known to be resistant to letermovir based on prior t…
Interventions
- DrugLetermovir
Open label 480 mg given daily for 60 days
Location
- Tufts Medical Center-Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious DiseasesBoston, Massachusetts