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Letermovir for Secondary Prophylaxis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

A Phase 4 interventional study of Letermovir in Cytomegalovirus Infections, Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and Neutropenia, sponsored by Tufts Medical Center. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-04-10.

Sponsored by Tufts Medical Center · Phase 4, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2025, 9 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Feb 2023; still recruiting 3 years 8 months later.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
25
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study 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.

Read the detailed 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.

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Conditions studied

  • Cytomegalovirus Infections
  • Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
  • Neutropenia
  • Antiviral Toxicity

Keywords

  • Cytomegalovirus infection
  • Letermovir
  • Secondary prophylaxis
  • T cell immunity
  • neutropenia
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In context

Infections

6,687 studies on the registry are indexed under Infections; 807 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 25 is below the median of 120 across 4,200 interventional studies indexed under Infections.

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Lead sponsor

Tufts Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 194 studies on the registry; 28 are open to participants now.

Of its 30 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 16 (53%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts 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

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 testing
  3. On CVVH or renal dialysis at the time of enrollment
  4. Has Child Pugh Class C severe hepatic insufficiency at screening.
  5. Has both moderate hepatic insufficiency AND moderate to severe renal insufficiency at screening.

    Note: Moderate hepatic insufficiency is defined as Child Pugh Class B (Appendix 8); moderate to severe renal insufficiency is defined as CrCl \<50 mL/min, as calculated by the Cockcroft-Gault equation.

  6. Has a history of malignancy ≤5 years prior to signing informed consent except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer or in situ cervical cancer or carcinoma in situ; or is under evaluation for other active or suspected malignancy.
  7. Is pregnant or expecting to conceive, is breastfeeding, or plans to breastfeed from the time of consent through at least 90 days following cessation of study therapy.
  8. Is expecting to donate eggs or sperm starting from the time of consent through at least 90 days following cessation of study therapy.
  9. Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, lab abnormality, or other circumstance that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the participant's participation for the full duration of the study, or put the participant at undue risk, as judged by the investigator, such that it is not in the best interest of the participant to participate in this study.
  10. Is, at the time of signing informed consent, a user of recreational or illicit drugs or has had a recent history (within the 6 months) of drug or alcohol abuse or dependence.

    Note: Participants with a history of marijuana use which is not deemed excessive by an investigator or does not interfere with the participant's daily function may participate in the study.

  11. Is currently participating or has participated in a study with an unapproved investigational compound or device within 28 days, or 5× half-life of the investigational compound (excluding monoclonal antibodies), whichever is longer, of initial dosing on this study. Participants previously treated with an investigational monoclonal antibody will be eligible to participate after a 150-day washout period.
  12. Has previously participated or is currently participating in any study involving administration of a CMV vaccine or another CMV investigational agent that is not approved or is planning to participate in a study of a CMV vaccine or another unapproved CMV investigational agent during the course of this study.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
25 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Other
    single arm

    This is an open label single arm study

    Drug: Letermovir

Interventions

  • DrugLetermovir

    Open label 480 mg given daily for 60 days

    Also known as: Active drug

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of Relapse after prophylaxis

    Proportion of patients with relapsing CMV disease up to 6 months after starting drug

    Time frame: 6 months after starting intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. Opportunistic infection

    Rate of opportunistic infections or other infectious outcomes in the letermovir arm.

    Time frame: 6 months after starting

  2. Adverse events associated with taking letermovir

    Tolerability and compliance of patients taking letermovir in terms of adverse events

    Time frame: 6 months after starting

  3. Neutropenia

    Duration and nadir of neutropenia in the letermovir group

    Time frame: 6 months after starting intervention

  4. Rejection

    Rate of rejection at 6 months after starting secondary prophylaxis in the letermovir arm.

    Time frame: 6 months

  5. T cell function

    Proportion of patients who have demonstrated CMV specific T cell immunity at start of letermovir secondary prophylaxis will be compared to the proportion who have CMV specific T cell function at the discontinuation of prophylaxis

    Time frame: 6 months after starting intervention

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Tufts Medical Center-Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases
    Boston, Massachusetts 02111, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 10, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05626530
Lead sponsor
Tufts Medical Center
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 23, 2022
Start date
Feb 2, 2023
Primary completion
Dec 15, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 15, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 10, 2025

Study contacts

Jennifer K Chow, MD, MS
Contact
Jennifer.Chow@TuftsMedicine.org
617-636-5244
Whitney K Perry, MD, MS
Contact
Whitney.Perry@tuftsMedicine.org
339-368-0047
Jennifer K Chow, MD, MS
principal investigator · Tufts Medical Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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