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Pragmatic Randomised Trial of High Or Standard PHosphAte Targets in End-stage Kidney Disease (PHOSPHATE)

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Hyperphosphatemia
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT03573089
Lead Sponsor
The University of Queensland
Brief Summary

During end-stage kidney disease, clinical guidelines suggest reducing elevated phosphate levels in the blood. However, the effect of lowering blood phosphate levels on important patient-centred outcomes has never been tested. This trial will evaluate whether compared to high levels, lowering blood phosphate levels would reduce death or major events due to heart disease, improve physical health, and be cost-effective.

Detailed Description

Hyperphosphataemia is highly prevalent in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and associated with increased mortality risk. The Clinical Practice Guidelines suggest lowering elevated phosphate levels towards the normal range (level 2C suggestion). However, trial data demonstrating that treatments that lower serum phosphate will improve patient-centred outcomes are lacking.

The primary objective is to test the hypothesis that compared to a liberal serum phosphate concentration target of 2.0 to 2.5 mmol/L, intensive lowering of serum phosphate towards the normal level (≤1.50 mmol/L) with phosphate binders reduces the risk of fatal or non-fatal major cardiovascular events in ESKD patients receiving dialysis. The secondary objectives are to test the hypothesis that intensive lowering of serum phosphate towards the normal level with phosphate binders would improve physical health, fatigue, health-related quality of life, patient satisfaction, and pruritus; and be cost-effective.

In this pragmatic, multinational, randomised controlled large simple trial, a total of 3600 adult ESKD patients receiving dialysis will be randomised either to intensive (≤1.50 mmol/L) or liberalized (2.0-2.5 mmol/L) serum phosphate target. The choice and dose of phosphate binders will be at the treating physician's discretion and local practice to achieve and maintain serum phosphate concentration within the required target range according to randomisation. The primary endpoint is the composite endpoint of cardiovascular death, non-fatal major cardiovascular or peripheral arterial events. The secondary outcome measures will be individual components of the primary composite endpoint, all-cause death, and utility-based quality of life EQ5D-5L.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
3600
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Age ≥45 years, or Age ≥18 years with diabetes,
  2. ESKD on haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, for at least 3 months,
  3. Currently prescribed at least one phosphate-lowering medication at any dose
  4. Able to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Elective kidney transplantation scheduled,
  2. Concomitant major illness / comorbidity that may result in death in the next 6 months in the view of the treating physician,
  3. Participation in an interventional study that is likely to affect serum phosphate concentration.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Intensive phosphate targetIntensive phosphate targetIntensive serum phosphate target of ≤1.50 mmol/L.
Liberal phosphate targetLiberal phosphate targetLiberal serum phosphate target of 2.0 to 2.5 mmol/L.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to a composite endpoint of cardiovascular death or non-fatal major cardiovascular event5 years

Time to a composite endpoint of cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction or coronary revascularization, stroke, or peripheral arterial event.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Utility-based quality of life EQ5D-5L5 years

EQ5D-5L will be used to assess patient self-reported quality of life measures.

Time to individual components of the primary composite endpoint,5 years
Time to all-cause death5 years

Trial Locations

Locations (99)

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

🇦🇺

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Townsville University Hospital

🇦🇺

Townsville, Queensland, Australia

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

🇦🇺

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Fundacao Felice Rosso - Hospital Felicio Rocho

🇧🇷

Barro Preto, Brazil

Hospital Alemao Oswaldo Cruz

🇧🇷

São Paulo, Brazil

Red Deer Hospital;

🇨🇦

Red Deer, Canada

Humber River Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Canada

Michael Garron Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Canada

Trillium Health Partners

🇨🇦

Toronto, Canada

Aura Paris

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Hadassah University

🇮🇱

Jerusalem, Israel

Shaare Zedek Medical Centre

🇮🇱

Jerusalem, Israel

Meir Hospital

🇮🇱

Kfar Saba, Israel

Sheba Hospital

🇮🇱

Ramat Gan, Israel

Ramathibodi Hospital

🇹🇭

Bangkok, Khet Ratchathewi, Thailand

Royal Prince Alfred Hosptial

🇦🇺

Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

Nepean Hospital

🇦🇺

Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia

St George Hospital

🇦🇺

Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia

Royal North Shore Hospital

🇦🇺

Saint Leonards, New South Wales, Australia

Western Sydney Renal Service

🇦🇺

Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Wollongong Hospital

🇦🇺

Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Sunshine Coast University Hospital

🇦🇺

Birtinya, Queensland, Australia

Princess Alexandra Hospital

🇦🇺

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Bundaberg Hospital

🇦🇺

Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia

Cairns Hospital

🇦🇺

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Fraser Coast Renal Service

🇦🇺

Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia

Mackay Hospital

🇦🇺

Mackay, Queensland, Australia

Logan Hospital

🇦🇺

Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia

Gold Coast University Hospital

🇦🇺

Southport, Queensland, Australia

Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplant Service

🇦🇺

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Flinders Medical Centre

🇦🇺

Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia

Austin Health

🇦🇺

Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Royal Melbourne Hospital

🇦🇺

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Latrobe Regional Hospital

🇦🇺

Traralgon, Victoria, Australia

Armadale Hospital

🇦🇺

Armadale, Washington, Australia

Sociedade Hospitalar Angelina Caron

🇧🇷

Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Hospital de Clinicas Porto Alegre

🇧🇷

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

Foothills Hospital/ U of Calgary

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Alberta Health Services

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

St. Paul's Hospital

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver General Hospital

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dalhousie University

🇨🇦

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Queen's University

🇨🇦

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

London Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

London, Ontario, Canada

Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital

🇨🇦

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Orillia Soldier's Memorial Hospital

🇨🇦

Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Lakeridge Health

🇨🇦

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

The Ottawa Hospital

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Scarborough Hospital Network

🇨🇦

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

St Michael's Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

University Health Network - University of Toronto

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

St. Joseph's Healthcare Toronto

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Charles Lemoyne Hospital

🇨🇦

Longueuil, Quebec, Canada

McGill University Health Centre

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hopital Maisonneuve Rosemont

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

CHUM

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Jewish General Hospital

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Sacre Coeur Hospital

🇨🇦

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

CHU de Quebec Universite Laval

🇨🇦

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke

🇨🇦

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Auckland City Hospital

🇳🇿

Auckland, New Zealand

Christchurch Hospital

🇳🇿

Christchurch, New Zealand

Dunedin Hospital

🇳🇿

Dunedin, New Zealand

Waikato DHB

🇳🇿

Hamilton, New Zealand

Hawkes Bay Hospital

🇳🇿

Hastings, New Zealand

Middlemore Hospital

🇳🇿

Otahuhu, New Zealand

Waitematā Hospital

🇳🇿

Takapuna, New Zealand

Northland DHB

🇳🇿

Whangarei, New Zealand

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

South Tyneside And Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Sunderland, Durham, United Kingdom

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

🇬🇧

Glasgow, Kent, United Kingdom

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom

NHS Lanarkshire

🇬🇧

Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

NHS Highland

🇬🇧

Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

West Suffolk Hospital

🇬🇧

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom

Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Birkenhead, Wirral, United Kingdom

Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Exeter, United Kingdom

University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Leicester, United Kingdom

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Manchester, United Kingdom

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Reading, United Kingdom

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

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