Use of Low Dose Pioglitazone to Treat Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease — PIOPKD  

Polycystic Kidney Disease Clinical Trial

Official title: Use of Low Dose Pioglitazone to Treat Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Funding Source - FDA OOPD Pioglitazone is currently used in clinical practice to treat diabetes and this study will examine the potential use of a low dose of the same drug for the treatment of polycystic kidney disease. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the diabetes drug pioglitazone (Actos) is a safe and effective treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease when treated in its early stages. Pioglitazone is approved by the FDA for the treatment of diabetes. Pre-clinical models of polycystic kidney disease have shown that low dose treatment with pioglitazone decreases the growth of the cysts. The studies also suggest that effective pioglitazone dosing for polycystic kidney disease may be lower than that used to treat diabetes. The purpose of this study is to see if pioglitazone might slow cyst disease in humans.

Clinical Trial Description

Patients will be randomize to placebo or 15 mg pioglitazone for 12 months, and then be crossed over to the other arm. Patients will undergo MRI of the liver and kidney and MRspectroscopy of the lumbar spine (if they choose as this is ancillary study) three times during the study. Assessments will be every 3 months and include blood work, blood pressure, and body water assessments. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Kidney Diseases
• Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Polycystic Kidney Diseases
• Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant

• NCT number: NCT02697617
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Indiana University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: January 26, 2016
• Completion date: January 2020