Urinary Biomarkers of the Progression of Alport Kidney Disease

Alport Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Urinary Biomarkers of the Progression of Alport Kidney Disease

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01705132
• Other study ID #: 205M13905
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 8, 2012
• Last updated: July 26, 2013
• Start date: June 2012
• Est. completion date: July 2013

Study information

• Verified date: July 2013
• Source: University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if there are certain laboratory tests that can be performed to detect substances or features in a child's urine that can be used to measure the progress of Alport kidney disease and the effects of treatment. These tests and their results could be of use to measure responses to new treatments in future clinical trials.

Description:

This is a prospective cross-sectional, observational, single-center study of affected Alport patients who have not progressed to advanced chronic renal insufficiency (CKD Stages 4 or 5), and who do not have nephrotic range proteinuria (urine protein-to-creatinine ratio > 3). There will be no required study site visits. Instead, encounters will occur via telephone with subjects when they are at home. This study consists of a single, first morning voided urine collection for subjects who meet eligibility criteria. Eligibility criteria and informed consent can be obtained via telephone in order to be as non-intrusive to the subject as possible.

Alport subjects will be recruited via the Alport Syndrome Treatments and Outcome Registry (ASTOR, University of Minnesota). ASTOR is the largest Alport Syndrome registry in the USA, comprised of approximately 500 people affected by Alport Syndrome. Subjects who meet eligibility criteria will be asked to provide clinical and demographic information and a single urine sample. A portion of the de-identified sample will be sent to Covance Laboratories for processing for Novartis and the remainder will be processed, stored and analyzed at the University of Minnesota. Subjects who provide consent will be given a kit and instructions for collecting the urine sample. Kits will then be returned via overnight courier to the study site. ASTOR study personnel will then communicate with subjects via the telephone to confirm proper first-morning void collection technique, and to obtain clinical historical information.

Approximately 80 Alport subjects will be enrolled in this study via ASTOR. Of the 80 Alport subjects, approximately 25% (N = 20) should have no significant proteinuria (spot urine protein-to-creatinine ratio ≤ 0.2), and approximately 75% (N = 60) should have non-postural, non-nephrotic proteinuria (defined as spot urine protein-to-creatinine ratio > 0.2 and < 3 on at least 2 of the last 3 clinical assessments). Approximately 40 healthy volunteers will provide urine samples elsewhere, outside the scope of this protocol. Healthy volunteer urine samples need not be first-morning voided specimens, however each specimen will be screened via dipstick for semi-quantitative protein analysis. Only samples with negative or trace protein on dipstick will be included in the study.

Informed consent forms will be included in the kit sent to each eligible Alport subject. Informed consent will take place via telephone, and preferably via video chat/Skype whenever possible.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: July 2013
• Est. primary completion date: May 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 5 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Subjects eligible for inclusion in this study have to fulfill all of the following criteria:

1. Able to understand and comply with the requirements of the study and able to provide written informed consent.

2. Male and female subjects = 5 years of age.

3. Physically able to provide a single first-morning urine sample of at least 30 mL (one ounce).

4. Alport syndrome diagnosis: Clinical and/or histopathologic and/or genetic diagnosis of Alport Syndrome, as per the subject's physician and/or genotyping.

Exclusion Criteria:

Subjects fulfilling any of the following criteria are not eligible for inclusion in this study:

1. Use of investigational drugs at the time of enrollment, or within 30 days or 5 half-lives of enrollment, whichever is longer; or longer if required by local regulations, and for any other limitation of participation in an investigational trial based on local regulations.

2. Chronic kidney disease, defined as a known diagnosis of CKD, and/or receiving chronic phosphate-lowering therapy or erythropoietin therapy.

3. Ongoing chronic hemodialysis therapy and/or renal transplant recipient.

4. Nephrotic-range proteinuria: spot urine protein-to-creatinine ratio = 3 on at least 2 of the last 3 clinical assessments.

Study Design

Observational Model: Family-Based, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alport Syndrome
• Kidney Diseases

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis	Minnesota

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute	Novartis

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Urine levels of biomarkers, corrected for urine creatinine, in Alport subjects stratified by magnitude of proteinura.		This is a cross-sectional study. Subjects will submit a single urine sample (Day 1).	No

External Links

•   ASTOR website