A Twelve-month, Multicenter, Open-label, Randomized Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Everolimus With Basiliximab, Corticosteroids and Two Different Exposure Levels of Tacrolimus in de Novo Renal Transplant Recipients

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patient who has previously received an organ transplant
• •Recipient of multiple organ transplants
• •Recipient of a kidney transplant from a non heart-beating donor
• •Recipient of donor specific transfusions
• •Recipient of A-B-O incompatible transplant or T-cell cross-match positive transplant
• •Patient with current Panel Reactive Antibodies (PRA) level ≥ 50%
• •Recipient of a kidney from a donor who tests positive for hepatitis B surface antigen or hepatitis C antibodies
• •Patient who is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive
• •Patient who has a positive hepatitis C serology or who is hepatitis B surface antigen positive with evidence of liver injury as indicated by aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels ≥2.5 times upper limit of normal (UNL). Viral serology results obtained within 6 months prior to the administration of the first dose of Certican™ are acceptable
• •Patient with severe hypercholesterolemia (350 mg/dL, 9.1 mmoL/dL) or hypertriglyceridemia ( 500 mg/dL, 5.6 mmoL/L)
• •Patient with white blood cell (WBC) count 3,000/mm3 or with platelet count 75,000/mm3
• •Patient with any severe allergy requiring acute (within 4 weeks of baseline) or chronic treatment, or with hypersensitivity to drugs similar to Certican (e.g., macrolides)
• •Patient who has been treated with an immunosuppressive drug or an investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to the administration of the first dose of Certican
• •Patient with uncontrolled infection
• •Patient with any surgical or medical condition, other than the current transplant, which in the opinion of the investigator, precludes enrollment in this trial
• •Patient with a known malignancy or a history of malignancy within last 5 years other than successfully treated localized basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
• •Abnormal physical or laboratory findings of clinical significance within 2 weeks prior to the administration of the first dose of Certican™ which at investigator's discretion would interfere with the objectives of the study
• •Breast feeding women
• •Patient with symptoms of significant somatic or mental illness or with unresolved history of drug or alcohol abuse
• •Patient unable to cooperate or communicate with the investigator