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NCT number NCT05614115
Other study ID # IRB_00155825
Secondary ID 1R01DK131265
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 1
First received
Last updated
Start date March 21, 2023
Est. completion date March 31, 2025

Study information

Verified date April 2024
Source University of Utah
Contact Monique E Cho, MD
Phone 801-581-8090
Email monique.cho@hsc.utah.edu
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out if empagliflozin, a new diabetic medication that has been shown to be very effective in lowering the risk of heart failure, is safe and tolerated in dialysis patients. In the recent years, empagliflozin has become a major tool to prevent heart failure hospitalization and to reduce the risk for cardiovascular death in diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Although patients with severe chronic kidney disease and ESKD have very high risk of heart failure and cardiovascular death, they have been excluded from all of the previous studies. If this medication is found to be well tolerated and safe in dialysis patients through this study, future clinical studies can evaluate if this medication can also reduce the risk of heart failure and cardiovascular death in dialysis patients.


Description:

Patients on dialysis have a very high risk of heart failure and heart-related death compared to people who do not require dialysis. While treatment options for heart failure have improved over the years for those without kidney disease, there has been very limited discoveries to improve survival for dialysis patients. Empagliflozin, a new diabetic medication that works by making the kidney put out more sugar in the urine, has recently shown to have significant efficacy to protect the kidney and to reduce heart failure hospitalization and cardiovascular death in both diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Studies suggest that this medication may have benefits on the heart, fat cells, blood vessels, and possibly other organ systems. The benefit remains consistent whether you have diabetes or not. Empagliflozin is now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat not only diabetes but also chronic kidney disease and to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adults regardless of the diabetes status. The clinical studies, however, have excluded those with severe kidney disease and those requiring dialysis. The safety of empagliflozin in the dialysis patients has not been established, and thus it is not available for people with end-stage kidney disease. If empagliflozin is safe in dialysis patients, it may potentially become a very powerful tool to lower the risk of heart-related complications and prolong survival. Although empagliflozin is approved by the FDA to treat patients with chronic kidney disease, heart failure, and/or diabetes, our study will evaluate empagliflozin as an investigational drug to assess if it is safe in patients receiving chronic dialysis. If we can establish safety, the next step would be to conduct a larger clinical study to evaluate its ability to lower heart failure and death risk in dialysis patients.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 75
Est. completion date March 31, 2025
Est. primary completion date March 31, 2025
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - include diabetic and non-diabetic adults - dialysis treatment history of =3 months Exclusion Criteria: - type 1 diabetes - ongoing intravenous antibiotic therapy for infectious disease - active treatment for malignancy - unhealed lower extremity skin ulceration - history of Fournier's gangrene - diabetic ketoacidosis - severe hypoglycemia (requiring external assistance within the past one year) - allergy to empagliflozin - pregnancy

Study Design


Intervention

Drug:
Empagliflozin
is a sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor.
Other:
Placebo
Placebo comparator

Locations

Country Name City State
United States University of Utah Salt Lake City Utah

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Utah National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary The proportion of participants in each intervention group who remain in follow-up and adhere to the full randomized dose of empagliflozin at the end of the 12-week intervention period. 12 weeks
Secondary Proportions of participants in each group who reduce and/or discontinue treatment for safety Safety outcomes (to be assessed in each treatment group):
Proportions of participants with any of the following prespecified adverse events of interest: (i) Severe hypoglycemia1; (ii) Ketoacidosis; (iii) Hypotension; (iv) Genital infection; (v) Hepatic injury
Composite of the individual components of the prespecified adverse events of interest (i) through (v)
Occurrence of any hospitalization and/or visit to Emergency Department
12-weeks
Secondary Proportions of participants in each group who reduce and/or discontinue treatment because of intolerance (i.e., allergy, nausea) or other reasons unrelated to safety (i.e., pill burden, study withdrawal due to transplant) 12-weeks
Secondary Proportions of participants in each group who have = 80% pill count compliance. 12-weeks
Secondary Dialytic clearance of empagliflozin 4 hours post-dose during hemodialysis
Secondary Long-term accumulation of empagliflozin 10 weeks
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