Chronotherapy in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease

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• Conditions: Chronic Kidney Diseases; Hypertension

• Registration Number: NCT05353335
• Lead Sponsor: Yale University

Brief Summary

This is a pilot, crossover trial in which the investigator will determine if retiming of one anti-hypertensive medication from morning to evening can effectuate normal blood pressure dipping patterns in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease.

Detailed Description

Normally blood pressure declines by at least 10% from daytime to nighttime. In children with chronic kidney disease (CKD), often this does not happen (termed "non-dipping"). This study is a pilot, randomized cross-over trial. The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether non-dipping can be modified with retiming of anti-hypertensives in children with CKD. This is important because in adults, non-dipping has been associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk and more rapid progression of kidney disease. Thus, identification of how to modify this in children with CKD, may lead to future randomized controlled trials to evaluate whether chronotherapy improves outcomes in this population, which is at high risk for morbidity and mortality in adulthood.

The primary objective of this study is to determine whether retiming of one anti-hypertensive to the evening will increase nocturnal systolic blood pressure change (%) in children with CKD, hypertension and non-dipping.

The secondary objective of this study is to determine whether retiming of one anti-hypertensive to the evening will increase nocturnal diastolic blood pressure change (%) in children with CKD, hypertension and non-dipping. Another secondary objective is to determine if the proportion of subjects classified as having a non-dipping pattern is significantly lower on evening dosing of anti-hypertensives.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-04-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-04-28
• Study First Posted: 2022-04-29
• Study Start: 2025-04
• Status Verified: 2025-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-06-10
• Last Update Posted: 2025-06-13
• Primary Completion: 2026-02
• Study Completion: 2026-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 26

Inclusion Criteria

• Male or female child/adolescent up to 18 years of age with CKD
• estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 30 to 90 ml/min/1.73 m2
• diagnosed with hypertension and on a stable dose of anti-hypertensive medication(s) for at least 3 months
• Non-dipping identified on ABPM

Exclusion Criteria

• history of organ transplantation, oncological disease, or dialysis
• inability to complete 24-hour ABPM or 24-hour urine collection
• Children less than 6 years of age will be excluded, as they often are unable to complete a successful ABPM study (≥ 40 readings, with 1 reading per hour of sleep)
• Currently on diuretic medications.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percent change in nocturnal systolic blood pressure in participants administered anti-hypertensive medications at night on Ambulatory blood pressure monitor(ing) (ABPM).	Baseline and Month 1	Percent change in systolic nocturnal blood pressure will be calculated as : (daytime mean SBP - nighttime mean SBP)/daytime mean SBP x 100 to assess if nocturnal BP dipping can be restored.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percent change in nocturnal diastolic blood pressure in participants administered anti-hypertensive medications at night on ABPM.	Baseline and Month 1	Percent change in systolic nocturnal blood pressure will be calculated as: (daytime mean DBP - nighttime mean DBP)/daytime mean DBP x 100 to assess if nocturnal BP dipping can be restored.
Change in proportion of participants with restoration of dipping while on the intervention, defined as <10% systolic or diastolic nocturnal blood pressure change	Baseline and Month 1	This outcome will assess if the proportion of subjects classified as having a non-dipping pattern is significantly lower on evening dosing of anti-hypertensives. Restoration of dipping would mean that both systolic and diastolic nocturnal blood pressure change are greater than or equal to 10%, after the intervention.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Yale New Haven Children's Hospital/Yale New Haven Health; 🇺🇸 New Haven, Connecticut, United States