Clinical trial • Phase IV • Cardiology

SODIUM ZIRCONIUM CYCLOSILICATE for Chronic heart failure | Chronic kidney disease

Phase IV trial of SODIUM ZIRCONIUM CYCLOSILICATE for Chronic heart failure | Chronic kidney disease.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Cardiology
Trial Disease
Chronic heart failure | Chronic kidney disease
Trial Stage
Phase IV
Drug Modality
Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
29-05-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
12-08-2024

Trial design

Randomised, open-label, control group: standard of care treatment (raasi) without potassium binders (no szc). experimental/szc group: standard of care (raasi) with potassium binders (sodium zirconium cyclosilicate - lokelma 5 g or lokelma 10 g powder for oral suspension; product available as 5 g and 10 g oral suspension; max daily dose reported 10 g). Phase IV trial in Spain.

Randomised
Yes
Open Label
Yes
Comparator
Control group: Standard of care treatment (RAASi) without potassium binders (no SZC). Experimental/SZC Group: Standard of care (RAASi) with potassium binders (Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate - Lokelma 5 g or Lokelma 10 g powder for oral suspension; product available as 5 g and 10 g oral suspension; max daily dose reported 10 g).
Target Sample Size
94
Trial Duration For Participant
90

Eligibility

Recruits 94 Capable of giving signed informed consent which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in this protocol.; no vulnerable population selected (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: false)..

Vulnerable Population
Capable of giving signed informed consent which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in this protocol.; no vulnerable population selected (isVulnerablePopulationSelected: false).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Capable of giving signed informed consent which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in this protocol."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Hyperkalemic patients (sK+ 5.1–5.9 mmol/L at screening / study enrolment) or Normokalemic"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Provision of informed consent form prior to any study specific procedures, sampling and analysis."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Individuals must be ≥ 70 years of age at the time of signing the informed consent form."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Individuals must have a confirmed diagnosis of Heart Failure (HF) according to clinical practice guidelines NYHA functional class I-III (with HFrEF or HFpEF)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Individuals must have previously been admitted to hospital due to HF decompensation requiring intravenous diuretics."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Individuals must have been stabilised for at least 24-48h of their HF decompensation before randomisation."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Individuals must have a confirmed diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease defined as a renal impairment of eGFR less than 60ml/min/1.73 m2."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Individuals receiving background standard of care for HF and treated according to international guidelines. Specific treatment should include RAASi and/or MRA treatment and at least should have been stable for ≥ 4 weeks at maximum tolerated doses."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients on RAASi blocker treatment with less than or equal to 75% of the maximum recommended dose."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Limited life expectancy (less than 1 year) according to clinician’s criteria, such as but not limited to malignancy, with life expectancy of less than 2 years based on investigator’s clinical judgement."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Congenital long QT syndrome."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Prior history of hypersensitivity to a RAAS blocker drug, including but not limited to development of angioedema, icterus, hepatitis, or neutropenia or thrombocytopenia requiring treatment modification. Addison’s disease or other causes of hypoaldosteronism."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients with a known hypersensitivity to SZC or any of the excipients of the product."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Individuals treated with potassium binding resins such as sodium polystyrene sulfonate (SPS, e.g. Kayexalate®) or calcium polystyrene sulfonate (CPS; e.g. Resonium®) or the cation exchange polymer, patiromer sorbitex calcium (Veltassa®) within 7 days prior to the first dose of study drug."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Treated with potassium supplements within 7 days prior to randomization."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Positive hepatitis C antibody hepatitis B virus surface antigen or hepatitis B virus core antibody, at screening."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Known to have tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Known history of drug or alcohol abuse within 3 year of screening."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Involvement in the planning and/or conduct of the study (applies to both Investigator staff and/or staff at the study site)."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Judgment by the investigator that the subject should not participate in the study if the subject is unlikely to comply with study procedures, restrictions and requirements."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- sK >6 mEq/litre or <4.5mEq/litre or history of hypokalemic episodes (S-K<3.5 mEq/L) during the last year."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Previous enrolment in the present study."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Participation in another clinical study with an investigational product during the last 3 months."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients on haemodialysis or haemofiltration"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- NYHA functional class IV"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Patients undergoing treatment with potassium binders."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Active tumour undergoing chemotherapy or metastasis or malignancy requiring treatment."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- Symptomatic or uncontrolled atrial fibrillation despite treatment, or asymptomatic sustained ventricular tachycardia. Subjects with atrial fibrillation controlled by medication are permitted."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- QTc(f) > 550 msec."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- History of QT prolongation associated with other medications that required discontinuation of that medication."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients increasing at least 25% of the target doses of RAASi since the screening visit (V0) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9), considering the target dose of each RAASi drug in the ESC guidelines (1).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients who increase at least 25% of the target doses of RAASi from screening (V0) to 3 months after inclusion (V9), using ESC guideline target doses for each RAASi drug."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients achieving at least 50% of the target doses of RAASi since the screening visit (V0) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9), considering the target dose of each RAASi drug recommended in the ESC guidelines.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients achieving ≥50% of ESC guideline target doses of RAASi from V0 to V9 (3 months)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients increasing 50% of RAASi doses since the screening visit (0) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9), considering the target dose of each RAASi drug recommended in the ESC guidelines.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients with ≥50% increase in RAASi doses from V0 to V9 (3 months), per ESC targets."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients achieving at least 50% of the target doses of MRA since the screening visit (V0) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9), considering the target dose of each MRA drug recommended in the ESC guidelines.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients achieving ≥50% of ESC guideline target doses of MRA from V0 to V9 (3 months)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients increasing 50% of MRA doses since the screening visit (V0) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9), considering the target dose of each MRA drug recommended in the ESC guidelines","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients with ≥50% increase in MRA doses from V0 to V9 (3 months), per ESC targets."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients achieving at least 50% of the target doses of MRA and RAASi since the screening visit (0) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9), considering the target dose recommended in the ESC guidelines","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients achieving ≥50% of target doses for both MRA and RAASi from V0 to V9 (3 months)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients increasing 50% of MRA and RAASi doses since the screening visit (V0) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9), considering the target dose of each drug recommended in the ESC guidelines","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients with ≥50% increase in both MRA and RAASi doses from V0 to V9 (3 months)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients achieving the target doses of RAASi since the screening visit (V0) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9), considering the target dose of each RAASi drug recommended in the ESC guidelines","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients achieving ESC guideline target doses of RAASi at V9 compared to V0."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients in each group requiring down titration of RAASi and/or MRA over the study period.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: proportion (%) of patients in each arm requiring down-titration of RAASi and/or MRA during the study period."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients in each group that required up titration of RAASi and/or MRA following down titration of RAASi and/or MRA.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: proportion (%) of patients who required up-titration following prior down-titration of RAASi and/or MRA."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients in each group requiring discontinuation of RAASi and/or MRA over the study period.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: proportion (%) of patients in each arm who discontinued RAASi and/or MRA during study."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients achieving at least 50% of the target doses of RAASi since the screening visit (V0) to 1 month after study inclusion, considering the target dose of each RAASi drug recommended in the ESC guidelines","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients achieving ≥50% of RAASi target doses at 1 month after inclusion compared to V0."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients increasing 50% of RAASi doses since the screening visit (V0) to 1 month after study inclusion, considering the target dose of each RAASi drug recommended in the ESC guidelines","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients with ≥50% increase in RAASi doses at 1 month after inclusion vs V0."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients achieving a decrease of at least 5% in NT-proBNP levels since the baseline visit (V1) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients with ≥5% decrease in NT-proBNP from baseline (V1) to 3 months (V9)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Mean Change in NT-proBNP levels since the baseline visit (V1) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: mean change in NT-proBNP from V1 to V9 (3 months)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients achieving a decrease of at least 5% in CA125 levels since the baseline visit (V1) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients with ≥5% decrease in CA125 from V1 to V9 (3 months)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Mean Change in CA125 levels since the baseline visit (V1) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: mean change in CA125 from V1 to V9 (3 months)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change on Systolic arterial blood pressure measurement from baseline visit (V1) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: mean change in systolic BP from V1 to V9 (3 months)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from baseline visit (V1) measured at 3 months after study inclusion (V9) in the overall summary score of KKCQ, as a specific HF patient reported outcome questionnaire.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: mean change in KCCQ overall summary score from V1 to V9 (3 months) as a patient-reported outcome."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- To determine the change in renal function the following variables will be calculated between baseline visit (V1) and 3 months after study inclusion (V9): Mean Change in UACR and Mean change in HCO3","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: mean change in UACR and HCO3 between V1 and V9 (3 months) to evaluate renal function changes."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of patients decreasing at least 40% the eGFR since the screening visit (0) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of patients with ≥40% decrease in eGFR (CKD-EPI) from V0 to V9 (3 months)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Mean change from baseline visit (V1) measured at 3 months after study inclusion (V9) (V9) in the overall summary score of KDQoL, as a specific CKD patient reported outcome questionnaire.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: mean change in KDQoL overall summary score from V1 to V9 (3 months)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Number of visits for HF/HK/impaired renal function/hypertension or hyperkalemia diagnosed in the outpatient clinic.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: count of outpatient visits for listed conditions during study period."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients requiring hospitalization for HF/HK/impaired renal function over the study period.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: proportion (%) of patients hospitalized for HF/HK/renal impairment during study."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Mean number of hospitalizations per patient for HF/HK/impaired renal function over the study period.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: mean hospitalizations per patient for listed conditions over study period."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients presenting at least one clinical event over the study period","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: proportion (%) of patients with ≥1 clinical event during study."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients presenting more than one clinical event over the study period","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: proportion (%) of patients with >1 clinical event during study."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Proportion of patients presenting all clinical events over the study period","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: proportion (%) of patients presenting the full set of predefined clinical events over study."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Percentage of patients treated with and without sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors over the study period in both arms","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: percentage of patients on SGLT2 inhibitors vs not during study in each arm."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Mean Change in Mg levels since the baseline visit (V1) to 3 months after study inclusion (V9).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measure: mean change in magnesium levels from V1 to V9 (3 months)."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
94
Recruitment Window Months
17
Consent Approach
"Capable of giving signed informed consent which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in this protocol." ICF documents are present (multiple versions listed in documents: Subject information and informed consent form versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.0). No assent or minor-specific consent described; participants must provide signed informed consent prior to any study specific procedures.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
6
Total Number Of Participants
94

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
29-07-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
27-08-2025
Processing Time Days
394
Number Of Sites
6
Number Of Participants
94

Sites

Site Name
Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa
Department Name
Urgencias
Contact Person Name
Esther Alvarez Rodríguez
Contact Person Email
ealvarezr10@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Clinico Universitario De Valencia
Department Name
Cardiología
Contact Person Name
Clara Bonanad Lozano
Contact Person Email
clarabonanad@gmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario De Burgos
Department Name
Nefrología
Contact Person Name
Maria Jesus Izquierdo Ortiz
Contact Person Email
mjizquierdo3@hotmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Nuestra Senora Del Perpetuo Socorro
Department Name
Geriatría
Contact Person Name
Alicia Noguerón García
Contact Person Email
Alicia_10nogueron@hotmail.com
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia
Department Name
Cardiología
Contact Person Name
Juan Carlos Castillo Domínguez
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Fundacion Alcorcon
Department Name
Cardiología
Contact Person Name
Carolina Ortiz Cortés
Contact Person Email
carol.ortizcortes@gmail.com

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Hospital Clinico Universitario De Valencia
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Spain

Third parties

  • {"country":"Spain","full_name":"Instituto De Investigacion Sanitaria Fundacion Para La Investigacion Del Hospital Clinico De Valencia-INCLIVA","duties_or_roles":"codes: 1,12,5,8","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Lokelma 5 g powder for oral suspension
Active Substance
SODIUM ZIRCONIUM CYCLOSILICATE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation (EU) - marketingAuthNumber EU/1/17/1173/001
Dose Levels
5 g (also available 10 g)
Maximum Dose
10 g
Investigational Product Name
Lokelma 10 g powder for oral suspension
Active Substance
SODIUM ZIRCONIUM CYCLOSILICATE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation (EU) - marketingAuthNumber EU/1/17/1173/003
Dose Levels
10 g (also available 5 g)
Maximum Dose
10 g
Combination Treatment
Yes

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