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
- Contact Person Email
- mercedes.salgueira.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
- 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
- Contact Person Email
- mayasanchezb.germanstrias@gencat.cat
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
- Organisation Type
- Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- Netherlands
Third parties
- {"country":"","full_name":"Bayer","duties_or_roles":"Source of monetary support","organisation_type":""}
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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