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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2025/09/095042
CTRI/2025/09/095042
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Efficacy and safety of tolvaptan in oral furosemide refractory edema in Nephrotic Syndrome : a prospective interventional trial

APC PGIMER1 site in 1 country33 target enrollmentStarted: September 30, 2025Last updated:

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Not yet recruiting
Sponsor
APC PGIMER
Enrollment
33
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Urine output over 48 hours (ml/kg/hr) after adding Tolvaptan

Overview

Brief Summary

In children 5-14 years of age diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome, having moderate to severe oedema, fulfilling the inclusions and exclusion criteria will be enrolled in the study. All the participants will be given 2-4mg/kg/day of furosemide. The children who have weight loss <3% of baseline body weight after 24 hours of oral furosemide will be considered furosemide refractory. In these children tolvaptan will be added with furosemide for next 48 hours. Children will be evaluated  for urine output and percentage weight loss  over 48 hours after adding tolvaptan.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Na
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
5.00 Year(s) to 14.00 Year(s) (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • children with nephrotic syndrome with moderate to severe oedema.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Hypovolemia, CSVT, sodium less than 125 or more than 140, eGFR less than 60, SGOT and SGPT more than 2 times upper normal limit, other diuretics.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Urine output over 48 hours (ml/kg/hr) after adding Tolvaptan

Time Frame: 48 hours after intervention

Secondary Outcomes

  • Percentage weight loss over the first 48 hours of combination therapy(48 hours)
  • Urine and serum osmolality before and every 24 hours of therapy(48 hours)
  • Serum copeptin levels before and after the tolvaptan therapy(48 hours)

Investigators

Sponsor
APC PGIMER
Sponsor Class
Research institution and hospital
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Shailza Mahajan

PGIMER

Study Sites (1)

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