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For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04736628




Registration number
NCT04736628
Ethics application status
Date submitted
1/02/2021
Date registered
3/02/2021
Date last updated
7/05/2024

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Study to Test the Effect of Different Doses of Avenciguat (BI 685509) on Kidney Function in People With Chronic Kidney Disease
Scientific title
Randomised, Double-blind (Within Dose Groups), Placebo Controlled and Parallel Group Trial to Investigate the Effects of Different Doses of Oral BI 685509 Given Over 20 Weeks on UACR Reduction in Patients With Non-diabetic Kidney Disease
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2020-002930-33
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
1366-0022
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Chronic Kidney Disease 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Renal and Urogenital 0 0 0 0
Kidney disease
Renal and Urogenital 0 0 0 0
Other renal and urogenital disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Avenciguat
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: Dose group 1: Avenciguat - Low dose.

Placebo Comparator: Dose group 1: Matching placebo - Matching placebo for low dose.

Experimental: Dose group 2: Avenciguat - Low dose followed by up-titration to medium dose.

Placebo Comparator: Dose group 2: Matching placebo - Matching placebo for low dose followed by up-titration to medium dose.

Experimental: Dose group 3: Avenciguat - Low dose followed by up-titration to medium dose, followed by up-titration to high-dose.

Placebo Comparator: Dose group 3: Matching placebo - Matching placebo for low dose followed by up-titration to medium dose, followed by up-titration to high dose.


Treatment: Drugs: Avenciguat
Avenciguat

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Placebo
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Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Change from baseline in log transformed Urine Albumin Creatinine Ratio (UACR) measured in 10-hour urine after 20 weeks of trial treatment.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Up to 20 weeks
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Change from baseline in log transformed UACR measured in First Morning Void urine after 20 weeks of trial treatment.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Up to 20 weeks
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Proportion of patients achieving UACR decreases in 10-hour urine of at least 20% from baseline after 20 weeks of trial treatment.
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Up to 20 weeks
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Proportion of patients achieving UACR decreases in First Morning Void urine of at least 20% from baseline after 20 weeks of trial treatment.
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Up to 20 weeks

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Signed and dated written informed consent in accordance with International Council on
Harmonisation-Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP) and local legislation prior to
admission to the trial.

- Male or female patients aged =18 years at time of consent.

- Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology
Collaboration [CKD-EPI] formula) = 20 and < 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 at Visit 1 by central
laboratory analysis. eGFR must remain =20 mL/min/1.73 m2 after Visit 1 up to the start
of Visit 3, measured by central or any local laboratory analysis.

- Urine albumin creatinine ratio (UACR) = 200 and < 3,500 mg/g in spot urine (midstream
urine sample) by central laboratory analysis at Visit 1.

- Patients with macroalbuminuria (>300 mg/g) should be treated with the highest
tolerated dose of either Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) or Angiotensin
Receptor Blocker (ARB) (but not both). For patients with microalbuminuria the use of
ACEi or ARB is at the discretion of the Investigator. Treatment should be at a stable
dose for = 4 weeks before Visit 1 with no planned change of the therapy during the
trial.

- If the patient is taking any of the following medications they should be on a stable
dose at least 4 weeks prior to visit 1 until start of treatment, with no planned
change of the therapy during the trial: anti-hypertensives, non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), endothelin receptor antagonists, systemic steroids
or Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors.

- In the Investigator's judgment any kind of diagnosed chronic kidney disease whose
primary cause is clinically not considered to be of diabetic origin.

Further inclusion criteria apply
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Treatment with Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System (RAAS) interventions (apart from
either ACEi or ARB), Phosphodiesterase-5-inhibitors, non-specific phosphodiesterase
inhibitors (such as dipyridamole and theophylline), Nitric Oxide (NO) donors including
nitrates, soluble Guanylate Cyclase (sGC)-stimulators/activators (other than trial
treatment) or any other restricted medication (including Organic Anion-Transporting
Polypeptide 1B1 and 1B3 (OATP1B1/3) inhibitors, Uridine 5'-diphosphate
-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) inhibitors/inducers) as provided in the Investigator
Site File (ISF) within 4 weeks prior to visit 1 and throughout screening and baseline
run-in. Patients who must or wish to continue the intake of restricted medications or
any drug considered likely to interfere with the safe conduct of the trial.

- Any clinically relevant laboratory value from screening until start of trial treatment
which, in the investigator's judgement, puts the patient at additional risk.

- Diagnosed with diabetic kidney disease.

- Any immunosuppression therapy or immunotherapy in last 3 months prior to visit 1 and
throughout screening and baseline run-in (except prednisolone =10 mg or equivalent).

- Acute kidney injury (AKI) according to the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes
(KDIGO) definition in the 30 days prior to Visit 1 until the start of trial treatment.

- Planned start of chronic renal replacement therapy during the trial or end stage renal
disease before start of trial treatment.

- Known history of moderate or severe symptomatic orthostatic dysregulation as judged by
the investigator before start of trial treatment.

- The patient has an active infection with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) (or is known to have a positive test from screening until
randomisation).

- Further exclusion criteria apply

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
27/04/2021
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
21/09/2023
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
261
Recruitment in Australia
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NSW,VIC
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Renal Research, Gosford - Gosford
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Nepean Hospital - Kingswood
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Macquarie University - Macquarie Park
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Austin Health - Heidelberg
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2250 - Gosford
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2747 - Kingswood
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3050 - Parkville
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/Industry
Name
Boehringer Ingelheim
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This study is open to adults who have kidney disease that is not caused by diabetes. The
purpose of the study is to find out whether a medicine called avenciguat (BI 685509) improves
kidney function. Three different doses of avenciguat are tested in this study.

Participants get either one of the three doses of avenciguat or placebo. It is decided by
chance who gets which avenciguat dose and who gets placebo. Participants take avenciguat or
placebo as tablets 3 times a day. Placebo tablets look like avenciguat tablets but do not
contain any medicine. Participants continue taking their usual medicine for kidney disease
throughout the study.

Participants are in the study for about 7 months. During this time, they visit the study site
about 11 times. Where possible, about 6 of the 11 visits can be done at the participant's
home instead of the study site. The trial staff may also contact the participants by phone or
video call.

Kidney function is assessed based on the analysis of urine samples, which participants
collect at home. At the end of the trial the results are compared between the different doses
of avenciguat and placebo. During the study, the doctors also regularly check the general
health of the participants.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04736628
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
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