Clinical trial • Phase III • Endocrinology | Nephrology

FINERENONE for Chronic kidney disease

Phase III trial of FINERENONE for Chronic kidney disease.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Endocrinology | Nephrology
Trial Disease
Chronic kidney disease
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
01-09-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
15-12-2025

Trial design

Randomised, finerenone (bay 94-8862) versus placebo for bay 94-8862; maximum daily dose for finerenone listed as 20 mg (no dosing schedule specified).-controlled Phase III trial across 11 sites in Spain.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Finerenone (BAY 94-8862) versus Placebo for BAY 94-8862; maximum daily dose for finerenone listed as 20 mg (no dosing schedule specified).
Target Sample Size
125
Trial Duration For Participant
175

Eligibility

Recruits 125 Participants must be ≥18 years and capable of giving signed informed consent; participants not capable of giving signed informed consent will not be enrolled. No vulnerable population selected in trial metadata..

Vulnerable Population
Participants must be ≥18 years and capable of giving signed informed consent; participants not capable of giving signed informed consent will not be enrolled. No vulnerable population selected in trial metadata.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Participants must be ≥18 years of age (or the legal age of consent according to local legislation) at the time of signing the informed consent.\n- Potassium level must be ≤5.0 mmol/L at Screening (local assessment).\n- Participants with a clinical diagnosis of CKD and fulfilling both the criteria (local assessment): eGFR ≥25 and <120 mL/min/1.73 m2 using CKD-EPI 2009 formula at the Screening visit; and UACR ≥100 mg/g (11.3 mg/mmol) to <5000 mg/g (565 mg/mmol) at the Screening visit (geometric mean of the 3 measurements) and documentation of elevated albuminuria or proteinuria* in the participant’s medical records at least 3 months prior to Screening. * 1 quantitative or semiquantitative record documented in the participant’s medical records.\n- No current or previous (within 8 weeks prior to the Screening visit) treatment with RAS inhibition (ACEi, ARB, or Renin inhibitor (e.g. Aliskiren)).\n- Male or female\n- Capable of giving signed informed consent as described in the full protocol, which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form and in this protocol. Participants not capable of giving signed informed consent will not be enrolled into this clinical trial."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Participants treated with kidney transplantation.\n- Participants with acute kidney injury requiring dialysis within 24 weeks prior to the Screening visit.\n- Participants with an HbA1c>11%.\n- Participants with type 1 diabetes.\n- Known hypersensitivity to the study intervention (active substance or excipients).\n- Participants with hepatic insufficiency classified as Child-Pugh C.\n- Participants with mean BP higher than 160/100 mmHg or mean systolic BP lower than 90 mmHg at the Screening visit.\n- Participants hospitalized due to a CV event within 4 weeks prior to Screening visit (heart failure decompensation, acute coronary syndrome, stroke, transient ischemic attack, acute limb ischemia).\n- Symptomatic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction with class 1A indication for MRAs.\n- Participants with Addison’s disease.\n- Any other history, condition, therapy or uncontrolled intercurrent illness which would make the participant unsuitable for this study and will not allow participation for the full planned study period (e.g., active malignancy or other condition limiting life expectancy to less than 12 months).\n- Participants concomitantly treated with strong CYP3A4 inhibitors which cannot be discontinued and have not stopped at least 7 days prior to randomization.\n- Participants concomitantly treated with moderate/strong CYP3A4 inducers which cannot be discontinued and have not stopped at least 7 days prior to randomization.\n- Concomitant therapy with eplerenone, spironolactone, canrenone, esaxerenone, or any other mineralocorticoid receptor agonist, sacubitril/valsartan combination, or potassium-sparing diuretic which cannot be discontinued at least 8 weeks prior to the Screening visit.\n- Patients can be treated with SGLT2 inhibitors, but the type and dose should be stable for at least 4 weeks prior to screening.\n- Participants treated with immunosuppressive therapy, including corticosteroids other than topical or inhaled, within the last 24 weeks.\n- Previous assignment to study intervention during this study.\n- Simultaneous participation in another interventional clinical study (e.g. Phase 1 to 3 clinical studies) or treatment with any investigational medicinal product within 8 weeks prior to randomization.\n- Participants known for lack of compliance with clinic visits or prescribed medication.\n- Known current alcohol and / or illicit drug abuse that may interfere with the participant’s safety and / or compliance at the discretion of the investigator.\n- Close affiliation with the investigational site; e.g. a close relative of the investigator, dependent person (e.g. employee or student of the investigational site)."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Change in UACR from baseline (ratio to baseline) over 6 months","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) expressed as ratio to baseline measured over 6 months (ratio to baseline over 6 months)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of participants with TEAEs, TESAEs\n- Number of participants with Hyperkalemia (AESI)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Counts of participants experiencing treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and treatment-emergent serious adverse events (TESAEs); counts of participants with hyperkalemia (adverse event of special interest)."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
125
Recruitment Window Months
24
Consent Approach
Participants must provide signed informed consent as described in the full protocol; participants not capable of giving signed informed consent will not be enrolled. Subject information and informed consent form document is provided (PIS_FINE-START_Version1_2025_08_25).

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
11
Total Number Of Participants
125

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
17-09-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
15-12-2025
Processing Time Days
89
Number Of Sites
11
Number Of Participants
55

Sites

Site Name
Hospital Universitario De Getafe
Department Name
Nephrology
Contact Person Name
Judith Martins Muñoz
Contact Person Email
judithmartins1@gmail.com
Site Name
Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruna
Department Name
Endocrinology and Nutrition
Contact Person Name
Soto González Alfonso
Contact Person Email
asotog30@yahoo.com
Site Name
Fundacio Hospital Universitari Vall D’Hebron Institut De Recerca
Department Name
Nephrology
Contact Person Name
Maria Jose Soler Romeo
Contact Person Email
mjsoler01@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Macarena
Department Name
Nephrology
Contact Person Name
Mercedes Salgueira
Site Name
Hospital Universitario De La Princesa
Department Name
Nephrology
Contact Person Name
Borja Quiroga Gili
Contact Person Email
borjaqg@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
Department Name
Nephrology
Contact Person Name
Beatriz Fernandez Fernandez
Contact Person Email
BFernandez@fjd.es
Site Name
Clinica Universidad De Navarra
Department Name
Nephrology
Contact Person Name
Nuria García Fernandez
Contact Person Email
nrgarcia@unav.es
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset
Department Name
Nephrology
Contact Person Name
Jonay Pantoja Perez
Contact Person Email
jonay.nefro@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Puerta De Hierro De Majadahonda
Department Name
Nephrology
Contact Person Name
Maria Marques Vidas
Contact Person Email
mmvidas@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Clinico Universitario De Valencia
Department Name
Nephrology
Contact Person Name
Jose Luis Górriz Teruel
Contact Person Email
jlgorriz@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol
Department Name
Nephrology
Contact Person Name
Maya Sanchez Baya

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Netherlands

Third parties

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Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
BAY 94-8862 (Finerenone)
Active Substance
FINERENONE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
Oral
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Maximum Dose
20 mg daily
Investigational Product Name
Placebo for BAY 94-8862
Modality
Other

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