Clinical trial • Phase IV • Nephrology
Semaglutide for Chronic kidney disease
Phase IV trial of Semaglutide for Chronic kidney disease.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Nephrology
- Trial Disease
- Chronic kidney disease
- Trial Stage
- Phase IV
- Drug Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme|Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 09-06-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 09-09-2025
Trial design
Semaglutide vs. control (no dose or schedule details for the comparator explicitly specified in the provided records). Phase IV trial across 2 sites in Denmark.
- Comparator
- Semaglutide vs. control (no dose or schedule details for the comparator explicitly specified in the provided records).
- Target Sample Size
- 160
Eligibility
Recruits 160 No vulnerable population selected. Written informed consent is required; inability to give informed consent excludes participation. Lack of understanding or fluency in Danish or English excludes participation. No provisions for assent or inclusion of minors (age ≥ 18 required)..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable population selected. Written informed consent is required; inability to give informed consent excludes participation. Lack of understanding or fluency in Danish or English excludes participation. No provisions for assent or inclusion of minors (age ≥ 18 required).
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥ 18\n- Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) > 20 ml/min/1.73 m2\n- Urine albumin-creatinine ratio as follows: a)\tIf the participant is receiving treatment with both SGLT2i and ACEi/ARB UACR must be > 30 mg/g. b) If the participant is not receiving treatment with either SGLT2i or ACEi/ARB UACR must be > 100 mg/g. c) If the participant is not receiving treatment with one of the two (SGLT2i OR ACEi/ARB) UACR must be > 50 mg/g.\n- Specific criteria for each subgroups: a) For subgroup 1: Diabetes mellitus type 2 and HbA1c < 86 mmol/mol at screening b) For subgroup 2: BMI: 21 kg/m2 to 30 kg/m2\n- Written informed consent"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Contraindications to semaglutide: a) type 1 diabetes\n- Liver disease with serum concentration of ALAT > thrice the upper limit of normal\n- Any other condition or therapy, which would make the patient unsuitable for this study and will not allow the participation for the full planned study period (e.g., active malignancy or other condition limiting life expectancy to < 12 months)\n- Pregnancy or breastfeeding\n- Unable or unwilling to use secure contraception to avoid pregnancy (women of childbearing potential)\n- Inability to give informed consent\n- Lack of understanding or fluency in either Danish or English\n- Specific for subgroups: a) Subgroup 2: Pre-existing diabetes mellitus defined as: known to have diabetes or treatment with antidiabetic medication other than SGLT2i for cardio- or kidney protective purpose only\n- Contraindications to finerenone: a) treatment with potent cytochrome P450 isoenzyme 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitors or inducers, that cannot be discontinued. b) Addison’s disease\n- Known allergy to any of the ingredients in the study medications\n- Renal disease requiring ongoing immunosuppression, including renal transplantation as well as other organ transplantation\n- Active on the waiting list for organ transplantation or expected to become active within 8 months after inclusion\n- Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease\n- Acute or chronic pancreatitis\n- Severe eating disorder (e.g., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder)\n- Chronic Heart failure with ejection fraction < 40%"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- The difference in the change in urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR), based on the average of two morning spot urine samples, between the two groups, measured from baseline to the end of both intervention periods (Intervention period I: semaglutide vs. control, followed by Intervention period II: additional finerenone for all participants).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"UACR measured as the average of two morning spot urine samples; change from baseline to end of both intervention periods comparing the two groups (Intervention period I: semaglutide vs control; Intervention period II: additional finerenone for all participants)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio from baseline to end of both intervention periods.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in UACR from baseline to end of both intervention periods (measurement method not further specified beyond UACR)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio from baseline to 20 weeks semaglutide treatment.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in UACR from baseline to 20 weeks of semaglutide treatment (timepoint specified as 20 weeks)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio from baseline to end of combination therapy (semaglutide followed by additional finerenone), compared to the change during semaglutide treatment alone.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Compare change in UACR from baseline to end of combination therapy versus change during semaglutide treatment alone (measurement method: UACR)."}
Recruitment
- Digital Remote Recruitment
- Yes
- Planned Sample Size
- 160
- Recruitment Window Months
- 36
- Consent Approach
- Written informed consent required from each participant. Participants must be able to understand Danish or English (lack of fluency in either language excludes participation). Consent materials and subject information (L1_ICF, L1_SIS and variants) are provided (document titles listed in CTIS). No assent procedures for minors (trial restricted to age ≥ 18).
Methods
- K2_Recuritment material Eboks BI_portal (document title present in CTIS documents — recruitment material referencing Eboks and portal)
- K2_Recruitment material annonce (document title present — recruitment announcement)
- K2_Recruitment material opslag (document title present — recruitment posting)
- K2_Recruitment material tidligere interesse AUH (document title referencing prior interest lists at AUH)
- K2_Recuritment material AP RHG / AP Skdstrup (site-specific recruitment materials)
- K1_recruitment arrangements (document title present)
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 2
- Total Number Of Participants
- 160
Denmark
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 02-09-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 09-09-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 7
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 160
Sites
- Site Name
- Region Midtjylland (Hospitalsparken 15)
- Department Name
- University Clinic in Nephrology and Hypertension
- Principal Investigator Name
- Juliane Nesgaard
- Principal Investigator Email
- julnes@rm.dk
- Contact Person Name
- Juliane Nesgaard
- Contact Person Email
- julnes@rm.dk
- Site Name
- Region Midtjylland (Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99)
- Department Name
- Department of Renal Medicine
- Principal Investigator Name
- Mette Øhrstrøm
- Principal Investigator Email
- mette.oerhrstroem@midt.rm.dk
- Contact Person Name
- Mette Øhrstrøm
- Contact Person Email
- mette.oerhrstroem@midt.rm.dk
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Region Midtjylland
- Organisation Type
- Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- Denmark
Third parties
- {"country":"Denmark","full_name":"Aarhus Universitet","duties_or_roles":"Clinical trial monitoring","organisation_type":"Educational Institution"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Ozempic 1 mg solution for injection in pre-filled pen
- Active Substance
- Semaglutide
- Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme
- Routes Of Administration
- INJECTION
- Route
- INJECTION
- Authorisation Status
- Marketing authorisation number: EU/1/17/1251/005
- Starting Dose
- 1 mg (product name indicates 1 mg presentation)
- Dose Levels
- 1 mg presentation (product listed as Ozempic 1 mg)
- Maximum Dose
- maxDailyDoseAmount: 1 (as provided in CTIS record)
- Investigational Product Name
- Ozempic 0.5 mg solution for injection in pre-filled pen
- Active Substance
- Semaglutide
- Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme
- Routes Of Administration
- INJECTION
- Route
- INJECTION
- Authorisation Status
- Marketing authorisation number: EU/1/17/1251/003 and EU/1/17/1251/012 (multiple presentations listed)
- Starting Dose
- 0.5 mg (product name indicates 0.5 mg presentation)
- Dose Levels
- 0.5 mg presentation (product listed as Ozempic 0.5 mg)
- Maximum Dose
- maxDailyDoseAmount: 1 (as provided in CTIS record)
- Investigational Product Name
- Ozempic 0.25 mg solution for injection in pre-filled pen
- Active Substance
- Semaglutide
- Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme
- Routes Of Administration
- INJECTION
- Route
- INJECTION
- Authorisation Status
- Marketing authorisation number: EU/1/17/1251/002
- Starting Dose
- 0.25 mg (product name indicates 0.25 mg presentation)
- Dose Levels
- 0.25 mg presentation (product listed as Ozempic 0.25 mg)
- Maximum Dose
- maxDailyDoseAmount: 1 (as provided in CTIS record)
- Investigational Product Name
- Kerendia 10 mg film coated tablets
- Active Substance
- Finerenone
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL USE
- Route
- ORAL USE
- Authorisation Status
- Marketing authorisation number: EU/1/21/1616/002 (and related presentations listed)
- Starting Dose
- 10 mg (product name indicates 10 mg presentation)
- Dose Levels
- 10 mg presentation
- Maximum Dose
- maxDailyDoseAmount: 20 (as provided in CTIS record)
- Investigational Product Name
- Kerendia 20 mg film-coated tablets
- Active Substance
- Finerenone
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL USE
- Route
- ORAL USE
- Authorisation Status
- Marketing authorisation number: EU/1/21/1616/006 (and related presentations listed)
- Starting Dose
- 20 mg (product name indicates 20 mg presentation)
- Dose Levels
- 20 mg presentation
- Maximum Dose
- maxDailyDoseAmount: 20 (as provided in CTIS record)
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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