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A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of WS016 in Patients With Hyperkalemia.

Phase 2
Recruiting
Conditions
Hyperkalemia
Interventions
Drug: WS016 3g
Drug: Matching Placebo
Drug: WS016 12g
Drug: WS016 6g
Registration Number
NCT06277128
Lead Sponsor
Waterstone Pharmaceutical (Wuhan) Co., LTD.
Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy of different doses of WS016(3g, 6g and 12g) orally administered three times a day for 48 hours (acute treatment phase) vs placebo in the treatment of hyperkalemia, and to evaluate the efficacy of WS016(3g, 6g and 12g) orally administered once daily for 12 days ( maintenance treatment phase) vs placebo in maintaining normokalemia in participants have returned to normokalemia after the acute treatment phase.

Detailed Description

The study plan includes approximately 140 participants who will be randomly assigned to the WS016 and placebo treatment groups. Participants will begin a 48-hour acute treatment phase with three times-daily oral administrations. After the 48-hour acute treatment, participants have returned to normokalemia will be randomly assigned again to enter a 12-day maintenance treatment phase with once-daily oral administration.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
140
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Aged ≥18 years old, male or female;
  2. The average blood potassium value measured by i-STAT for 2 consecutive times at screening is >5.0 mmol/L and ≤6.5 mmol/L (with an interval of 60±10 minutes between the 2 measurements);
  3. Participants must provide informed consent for this trial, be able to maintain good communication with the investigator and comply with various requirements of the clinical trial (planned visits, laboratory tests, and other trial procedures, etc.).
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Pseudohyperkalemia, such as blood samples hemolysis caused by improper blood collection methods (e.g., tight tourniquet, excessive local massage, repeated clenching of the hand and release), participants with severe leukocytosis (>50×10^9/L) or thrombocytosis (>500×10^9/L);
  2. Participants with hyperkalemia who require emergency treatment according to investigators assessment: e.g., with significant abnormalities on electrocardiogram (ECG) (e.g., flattened or absent P wave, widened QRS complex), or neuromuscular system symptoms;
  3. Participants with symptomatic or uncontrolled atrial fibrillation, or asymptomatic persistent ventricular tachycardia (participants with controlled atrial fibrillation after drug treatment may be allowed to participate after assessment by the investigator);
  4. Type 1 diabetes mellitus, or participants who developed diabetic ketoacidosis within 1 month before screening;
  5. Participants with severe swallowing dysfunction, moderate to severe gastrointestinal dysfunction, or major gastrointestinal surgery (e.g., bariatric surgery or colectomy);
  6. Participants who are receiving maintenance hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis;
  7. Participants who received sodium polystyrene sulfonate, calcium polystyrene sulfonate, patiromer sorbitex calcium, or sodium zirconium cyclosilicate within 3 days before the first administration of the study drug;
  8. Participants who have undergone coronary artery bypass grafting, percutaneous interventional therapy (such as heart, cerebrovascular, aortic) or major surgeries including thoracic and cardiac surgery within 3 months prior to screening or are expected to undergo these procedures during the study period;
  9. Participants who were hospitalized due to acute exacerbation of heart failure within 3 months before screening.
  10. Participants who have undergone or are expected to undergo heart or kidney transplantation during the study period;
  11. Participants with malignancies who are receiving antineoplastic treatment, or have uncontrolled systemic diseases or mental illnesses, and are evaluated by the investigators not suitable for participation in this study;
  12. Participants with a life expectancy of less than 3 months;
  13. Participants who test positive for HIV antibodies, syphilis antibodies, hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies, or hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) with serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) -DNA ≥2000 IU/mL (only in HBeAg-positive patients) at screening;
  14. Pregnant or breastfeeding women, or female participants who have had unprotected sexual intercourse within the past two weeks, or female participants who test positive for pregnancy; participants (or their partners) who have plans to conceive or donate sperm/ovum during the entire study period and 6 months after study completion, and are unwilling to use one or more contraceptive measures during the study period and 6 months after study completion.
  15. Participants with any factors that are evaluated by the investigator, may affect the participant's ability to provide informed consent or comply with the study protocol, or may affect the trial results or participant safety.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
WS016 3gWS016 3g-
Matching PlaceboMatching Placebo-
WS016 12gWS016 12g-
WS016 6gWS016 6g-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Exponential rate of change in serum potassium(S-K) levels during the acute treatment phaseThrough the initial 48-hour acute treatment phase (from baseline to hour 48)
Exponential rate of change in S-K levels during the maintenance treatment phaseThrough 12 days of maintenance treatment phase (from Day 3 to Day 15)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Mean change in S-K levels during the acute treatment phaseThrough the initial 48-hour acute treatment phase

The mean change in S-K levels during the acute treatment phase compared to baseline

Proportion of patients remaining normokalemicDay 15

The percentage of participants whose S-K levels remain within the normal range (3.5-5.0 mmol/L) at the end of the maintenance treatment phase

Time to normalization in S-K levelsThrough the initial 48-hour acute treatment phase

The time(hours) it takes for participants' S-K levels to return to normal during the acute treatment phase

Proportion of participants recover from hyperkalemiaThrough the initial 48-hour acute treatment phase

The percentage of participants whose S-K levels return to normal during the acute treatment phase

Mean change in S-K levels during the maintenance treatment phaseThrough 12 days of maintenance treatment phase (from Day 3 to Day 15)

The mean change in S-K levels during the maintenance treatment phase compared to baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (26)

Shanghai Tongji Hospital

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Peking University People's Hospital

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Beijing, Beijing, China

Peking University Shougang Hospital

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Beijing, Beijing, China

Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University

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Xiamen, Fujian, China

The Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University

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Baoding, Hebei, China

Hebei Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital

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Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University

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Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

The First Hospital of Qiqihar

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Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China

The First People's Hospital of Nanyang City

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Nanyang, Henan, China

Puyang Oilfield General Hospital

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Puyang, Henan, China

Shiyan Taihe Hospital

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Shiyan, Hubei, China

Wuhan No.4 Hospital

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Wuhan, Hubei, China

Zhuzhou Central Hospital

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Zhuzhou, Hunan, China

Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University

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Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China

Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University

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Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University

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Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

The Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University

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Nantong, Jiangsu, China

Shenyang Central Hospital, affiliated to Shenyang Medical College

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Shenyang, Liaoning, China

General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University

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Yinchuan, Ningxia, China

The First People's Hospital of Tancheng County

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Linyi, Shandong, China

Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (Qingdao)

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Qingdao, Shandong, China

Minhang District Central Hospital

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Shanghai First People's Hospital

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Shanghai No.5 Hospital

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin Medical University

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Tianjin, Tianjin, China

Tianjin People's Hospital

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Tianjin, Tianjin, China

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