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EASi-KIDNEY™ (The Studies of Heart & Kidney Protection With BI 690517 in Combination With Empagliflozin)

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
Kidney Disease, Chronic
Interventions
Drug: Placebo matching BI 690517
Registration Number
NCT06531824
Lead Sponsor
Boehringer Ingelheim
Brief Summary

This study is open to adults with chronic kidney disease at risk of progression. People with and without type 2 diabetes can take part in this study. The study is open to people who take other medicines called angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB). People who already take empagliflozin or any other sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) can also join. The study is also open to people who currently do not take any of these treatments. The purpose of this study is to find out whether a medicine called BI 690517 helps people with chronic kidney disease when taken in combination with a study medicine called empagliflozin. Worsening of kidney function increases the risk for kidney failure, cardiovascular disease, and heart disease.

This study has 2 parts. In the first part, participants get empagliflozin or placebo matching BI 690517 for at least 6 weeks. Participants continue taking ACEi or ARB throughout the study if such treatments are indicated. In the second part, participants are divided into 2 groups by chance. One group takes BI 690517 tablets and the other group takes placebo tablets. Placebo tablets look like BI 690517 tablets but do not contain any medicine. Participants take 1 tablet once a day in addition to empagliflozin for the duration of the study.

The doctors document when participants experience worsening of their kidney disease, go to hospital due to heart failure, or die of cardiovascular problems during the study. The time to these events is compared between the 2 treatment groups to see whether the treatment works. The study continues until the required number of events have occurred which is about 3 to 4 years. During this time, participants visit the study site about 4 times within the first 6 months. Then they visit the study site every 6 months. At the visits, doctors regularly check participants' health, take blood and urine samples, measure blood pressure and weight, check kidney function, and take note of any unwanted effects.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
11000
Inclusion Criteria
  • Evidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) at risk of kidney disease progression is defined on the basis of local laboratory results recorded at least 3 months before and at the time of the Screening visit, and requires:

    1. Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) eGFR ≥20 <45 mL/min/1.73m²; or
    2. CKD-EPI eGFR ≥45 <90 mL/min/1.73m² with urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (uACR) ≥200 mg/g (or protein-to-creatinine ratio ≥300 mg/g).
  • Neither requires an Aldosterone Synthase inhibitor (ASi) or Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist (MRA), nor that such treatment is definitely inappropriate.

Key

Exclusion Criteria
  • Blood potassium of >5.2 mmol/L at screening visit
  • Blood Alanine Transaminase (ALT) or Aspartate Transaminase (AST) >3x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) at Screening visit
  • Known liver cirrhosis
  • On dialysis, functioning kidney transplant, or scheduled living donor transplant
  • Treated with new immunosuppression therapy for new (or relapse/flare of pre-existing) kidney disease within the last 60 days
  • Receiving more than one Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) inhibitor (i.e. on dual therapy with two of an Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme inhibitor (ACEi), Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB) or direct renin inhibitor)
  • Currently treated with an Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist (MRA) (e.g. spironolactone, eplerenone, finerenone)
  • Currently treated with systemic mineralocorticoid replacement therapy (e.g. fludrocortisone) Further exclusion criteria apply.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Part 1: Run-in period (all participants)Placebo matching BI 690517Eligible participants will enter a Run-in period during which they will receive placebo matching BI 690517 + empagliflozin.
Part 1: Run-in period (all participants)EmpagliflozinEligible participants will enter a Run-in period during which they will receive placebo matching BI 690517 + empagliflozin.
Part 2: Randomized treatment, follow-up period, treatment groupBI 690517-
Part 2: Randomized treatment, follow-up period, treatment groupEmpagliflozin-
Part 2: Follow-up period, placebo groupPlacebo matching BI 690517-
Part 2: Follow-up period, placebo groupEmpagliflozin-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to first occurrence of the primary composite outcome of: (i) Kidney disease progression*; or (ii) Hospitalization for heart failure; or (iii) Cardiovascular death.up to 4 years

Kidney disease progression is defined as kidney failure or a sustained decline of ≥40% in estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) from randomization

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to first event of kidney disease progression or cardiovascular deathup to 4 years
Time to first event of kidney failure, hospitalization for heart failure or cardiovascular deathup to 4 years
Occurrences of hospitalizations for heart failure (first and any subsequent, combined) or cardiovascular deathup to 4 years
Occurrences of hospitalizations from any cause (first and any subsequent, combined)up to 4 years
Time to death from any causeup to 4 years
Key secondary outcome: Annual rate of change in eGFR from 3 month visit until last scheduled visit (i.e. chronic eGFR slope)up to 4 years
Time to kidney disease progressionup to 4 years

Trial Locations

Locations (104)

Apogee Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Herz- und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bad Oeynhausen

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Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

Southwest Kidney Institute

🇺🇸

Surprise, Arizona, United States

Total Research Group, LLC

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

Kootenai Research Services

🇺🇸

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States

Lake Michigan Nephrology

🇺🇸

Saint Joseph, Michigan, United States

St. Clair Nephrology Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Shelby, Michigan, United States

Seacoast Kidney and Hypertension Specialists

🇺🇸

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

Brookview Hills Research Associates LLC

🇺🇸

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Clinical Renal Associates

🇺🇸

Upland, Pennsylvania, United States

Nephrology Associates, Inc

🇺🇸

East Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Texas Institute for Kidney and Endocrine Disorders

🇺🇸

Lufkin, Texas, United States

Renal Specialists of Houston, PA

🇺🇸

Pasadena, Texas, United States

St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver)

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Herlev and Gentofte Hospital

🇩🇰

Herlev, Denmark

Rigshospitalet, København

🇩🇰

København, Denmark

Zealand University Hospita; Roskilde

🇩🇰

Roskilde, Denmark

Universitätsklinikum Aachen, AöR

🇩🇪

Aachen, Germany

Nephrologische Gemeinschaftspraxis Bad Nenndorf

🇩🇪

Bad Nenndorf, Germany

Praxis für Nierenkrankheiten und Dialyse Helle Mitte

🇩🇪

Berlin, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Bonn AöR

🇩🇪

Bonn, Germany

Städtisches Klinikum Braunschweig gGmbH

🇩🇪

Braunschweig, Germany

Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH

🇩🇪

Dortmund, Germany

Dialysezentrum Elsenfeld

🇩🇪

Elsenfeld, Germany

Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus

🇩🇪

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt

🇩🇪

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

ClinPhenomics CVC GmbH

🇩🇪

Frankfurt, Germany

Nierenzentrum Freiburg

🇩🇪

Freiburg, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH

🇩🇪

Gießen, Germany

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

🇩🇪

Hannover, Germany

Zentrum Für Nieren Hochdruck und Stoffwechselerkrankungen

🇩🇪

Hannover, Germany

BAG für Nephrologie und Dialyse

🇩🇪

Heilbronn, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel

🇩🇪

Kiel, Germany

Klinikum Konstanz

🇩🇪

Konstanz, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg AöR

🇩🇪

Magdeburg, Germany

Klinikum der Universität München - Campus Innenstadt

🇩🇪

München, Germany

Dialysezentrum Neckarsulm

🇩🇪

Neckarsulm, Germany

Dialysezentrum Rotenburg

🇩🇪

Rotenburg, Germany

MVZ Dialysezentrum Schweinfurt

🇩🇪

Schweinfurt, Germany

Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus GmbH

🇩🇪

Stuttgart, Germany

Nephrologisches Zentrum Villingen-Schwenningen

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Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

Nierenzentrum Wiesbaden

🇩🇪

Wiesbaden, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Würzburg AÖR

🇩🇪

Würzburg, Germany

St John's Medical College

🇮🇳

Bangalore, India

Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research

🇮🇳

Chandigarh, India

Osmania Medical College & Hospital

🇮🇳

Hyderabad, India

Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket

🇮🇳

New Delhi, India

Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences

🇮🇳

Patna, India

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

🇮🇳

Raipur, India

Ospedale Civile Ss. Antonio e Biagio

🇮🇹

Alessandria, Italy

Asti-Ospedale Cardinal Massaia

🇮🇹

Asti, Italy

ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII

🇮🇹

Bergamo, Italy

Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi

🇮🇹

Bologna, Italy

A.S.O.S. Croce e Carle

🇮🇹

Cuneo, Italy

Firenze-Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio

🇮🇹

Firenze, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi

🇮🇹

Firenze, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera San Martino

🇮🇹

Genova, Italy

Asst Santi Paolo E Carlo

🇮🇹

Milano, Italy

Ospedale Maggiore della Carità

🇮🇹

Novara, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Unversitaria di Parma

🇮🇹

Parma, Italy

Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

🇮🇹

Pavia, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana

🇮🇹

Pisa, Italy

Prato-Ospedale Santo Stefano

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Prato, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea-Università di Roma La Sapienza

🇮🇹

Roma, Italy

IRCCS Ospedale "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza"

🇮🇹

San Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia), Italy

Azienda Sociosanitaria Ligure 2

🇮🇹

Savona, Italy

Todi-Nuovo Ospedale Media Valle del Tevere

🇮🇹

Todi, Italy

Ospedale Castelli - Verbania

🇮🇹

Verbania, Italy

Hospital Selayang

🇲🇾

Batu Caves, Malaysia

Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail

🇲🇾

Batu Pahat, Malaysia

Hospital Pulau Pinang-Pulau Pinang-21953

🇲🇾

Georgetown, Malaysia

Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun

🇲🇾

Ipoh, Malaysia

Hospital Sultanah Aminah

🇲🇾

Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Hospital Kajang

🇲🇾

Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah

🇲🇾

Klang, Malaysia

Hospital Queen Elizabeth

🇲🇾

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Hospital Kuala Lumpur

🇲🇾

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

University of Malaya Medical Centre

🇲🇾

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hospital Tuanku Ampuan Najihah

🇲🇾

Kuala Pilah, Malaysia

Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan

🇲🇾

Kuantan, Malaysia

Hospital Umum Sarawak

🇲🇾

Kuching, Malaysia

Hospital Kulim

🇲🇾

Kulim, Malaysia

Hospital Melaka

🇲🇾

Melaka, Malaysia

Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah

🇲🇾

Muar, Malaysia

Hospital Seberang Jaya

🇲🇾

Perai, Malaysia

Hospital Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah

🇲🇾

Serdang, Malaysia

Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar

🇲🇾

Seremban, Malaysia

Hospital Taiping

🇲🇾

Taiping, Malaysia

Hospital Teluk Intan

🇲🇾

Teluk Intan, Malaysia

Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah

🇲🇾

Temerloh, Malaysia

Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital

🇨🇳

New Taipei City, Taiwan

Taipei Medical University Hospital

🇨🇳

Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital

🇨🇳

Taipei, Taiwan

South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust

🇬🇧

Belfast, United Kingdom

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trusts

🇬🇧

Brighton, United Kingdom

Southmead Hospital

🇬🇧

Bristol, United Kingdom

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom

Broomfield Hospital

🇬🇧

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Clevedon Medical Centre

🇬🇧

Clevedon, United Kingdom

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Dorset, United Kingdom

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

🇬🇧

Gloucester, United Kingdom

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Churchill Hospital

🇬🇧

Oxford, United Kingdom

Pickering Medical Practice

🇬🇧

Pickering, United Kingdom

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