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NCT number NCT05029310
Other study ID # 148684
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 4
First received
Last updated
Start date September 1, 2021
Est. completion date February 1, 2023

Study information

Verified date March 2023
Source Oslo University Hospital
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Patiromer lowers potassium effectively in patients with hyperkalemia and chronic kidney disease. Patients with a kidney transplant usually have reduced renal function and may also develop hyperkalemia. However, potential interactions between immunosuppressive medications and patiromer have not been evaluated. These interactions could involve change in AUC of immunosuppressive drugs, such as calcineurin inhibitors or mycophenolate, or increased risk of hypomagnesemia, since both tacrolimus and patiromer have this potential side effect. We wish to evaluate potential interactions to ensure safe use of this drug in the transplant population.


Description:

Patients with a kidney transplant may develop hyperkalemia. This could be due to different mechanisms. In some patients it could be due to reduced kidney function. In others, it could be secondary to renal tubular acidosis type 4 caused by necessary medications used after transplantation. The most important medicines contributing to hyperkalemia after kidney transplantation are calcineurin inhibitors which are a compulsory part of the immunosuppressive regimen, ACE inhibitors or ARBs in patients with hypertension, and trimethoprim-sulfa, which is used as infection prophylaxis in all patients during the first 6 months after transplantation. In the weeks after renal transplantation around 5-10% of transplant patients at our institution at some point develop hyperkalemia above the limit where some type of management of hyperkalemia would be indicated. As the drugs mentioned above can rarely or not at all be withdrawn after transplantation, most doctors will either observe the hyperkalemia untreated or try to lower the potassium level. In outpatients with s-potassium of 5 - 6.5, urgent management is usually not necessary. However, some kind of intervention is still indicated, to make sure that the potassium will decrease during the next days. Patiromer could be an interesting alternative in those kidney transplanted patients that are in this category. We are not aware of any published studies describing the use of patiromer in the transplant population. We intend to investigate if there is any pharmacokinetic interaction between patiromer and immunosuppressive drugs affecting the blood concentration of the latter.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 13
Est. completion date February 1, 2023
Est. primary completion date February 1, 2023
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: 1. Renal transplant recipients, at least 3 weeks after transplantation, who receive Tacrolimus as part of their immunosuppressive therapy, with stabile tacrolimus dose and trough tacrolimus concentration. 2. Recipients 18 years of age or older. 3. Hyperkalemia (K>5 and <6,0) 4. Signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Concomitant treatment with: diltiazem, verapamil, fenytoin, carbamazapin, fluconazole, ketoconazole, vorikonazole, erythromycin, clarithromycin, resonium-calcium, and/or sodium zirconium cyclosilicate. 2. Constipation, defined as fewer than three bowel movements per week. 3. Hypomagnesemia less than 0.6 mmol/L. 4. Serum potassium level of greater than 6.0 mEq/L. 5. Increased immunologic risk patient (DSA, ABO-incompatible transplant). 6. Pregnancy or suspected pregnancy (pregnancy is excluded at time of transplantation by measuring HCG, kidney transplanted patients should not become pregnant before at least one year after transplant, and no transplanted patient has ever become pregnant during the first weeks after transplantation. They are all informed regarding different types of contraception). Fertile women will be tested for pregnancy before inclusion. 7. Hypersensitivity/allergy to patiromer. 8. Other serious medical or psychiatric condition likely to interfere with participation.

Study Design


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Intervention

Drug:
Patiromer Oral Product
interaction study

Locations

Country Name City State
Norway Oslo University Hospital Oslo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Oslo University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary study potential interaction between patiromer and tacrolimus Log-transformed AUC0-tau of tacrolimus between patiromer vs. no patiromer two weeks
Secondary Determine effect of patiromer on potassium concentration. Delta-value change of serum potassium from start of treatment to 7 days after start of treatment, and delta-value change of serum potassium from 7 days after start of treatment to 7 days after end of treatment. two weeks
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