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Tolvaptan Phase 3 Efficacy and Safety Study in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Polycystic Kidney Disease, Autosomal Dominant
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT00428948
Lead Sponsor
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
Brief Summary

This study's purpose is to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of tolvaptan versus placebo in patients with ADPKD.

Detailed Description

This study evaluated whether or not tolvaptan is potentially beneficial, while maintaining an adequate safety profile, by reducing the rate of total kidney volume increase, while impacting the onset, severity, and progression of other important consequences of ADPKD.

During the 3-week titration phase, tolvaptan or placebo was titrated in weekly intervals from lowest to highest tolerated levels given in split-dose regimens of 45/15 mg, 60/30 mg and 90/30 mg orally upon awakening and approximately 9 hours later. As soon as a subject could not tolerate a given dose, the titration phase was over and the maintenance phase began at the dose level tolerated. The maintenance phase lasted to Month 36. Subjects were able to titrate down at any point during the study. Subjects were able to titrate up during the maintenance phase with Medical Monitor approval.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1445
Inclusion Criteria
  • Legal adult age and able to give Informed Consent.
  • Adult subjects with a diagnosis of ADPKD. A diagnosis of ADPKD (age 18 or 20-50) required several cysts in each kidney (3 if by sonography, 5 if by CT or MRI) in those with a family history of ADPKD and 10 cysts (by any radiologic method) in each kidney and exclusion of other cystic kidney diseases if there was no family history.
  • Willingness to comply with reproductive precautions, if female.
  • Estimated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min. Estimated from serum creatinine during screening using Cockcroft-Gault with correction for gender and race, where possible.
  • Rapidly progressive kidney growth (total volume ≥ 750 cc) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at randomization.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Prior exposure to tolvaptan or other experimental PKD therapies.
  • Currently taking medication for purpose of affecting PKD cysts.
  • Women who are breast feeding and females of childbearing potential who are not using acceptable contraceptive methods.
  • In the opinion of the study investigator or sponsor may present a safety risk or confound study objectives.
  • Patients who are unlikely to adequately comply with study procedures.
  • Patients having contraindications to MRI.
  • Patients taking medications or having any illnesses likely to affect ADPKD outcomes.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
TolvaptanTolvaptanParticipants received the highest tolerated split-dose regimen (upon awakening and 9 hours later) of tolvaptan 45/15 mg, 60/30 mg, or 90/30 mg orally for 36 months.
PlaceboPlaceboParticipants received placebo (upon awakening and 9 hours later) orally for 36 months.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage Change Per Year in Total Kidney Volume From Baseline to Month 36Baseline to Month 36

Kidney volume was assessed in T1-weighted magnetic resonance images collected at each study site and sent to a central reviewing facility. At the central reviewing facility, blinded radiologists used proprietary software to measure the volume of both kidneys.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of ADPKD Clinical Progression Events Per 100 Follow-up Years From Baseline to Month 36Baseline to Month 36

These ADPKD events in the key secondary Outcome Measure were selected on the basis of their potential relationship to progressing cystogenesis. Reducing the rate of cyst development and expansion would likely slow the progression of ADPKD. The 4 events were: (1) Onset or progression of hypertension (someone is hypertensive if they have \> 139 mmHg systolic blood pressure \[BP\], \> 89 mmHg diastolic BP, or if they are taking antihypertensive medication at any BP level); (2) severe renal pain requiring medical intervention; (3) worsening albuminuria (by category, see below); and (4) worsening renal function, defined as a 25% decrease in 1/serum creatinine from Baseline. Albuminuria was assessed using spot urine albumin/creatinine ratio measurements (all measurements in mg/mmol). Categories included normal (\< 2.8 female or \< 2.0 male), microalbuminuria (2.8-28 female or 2.0-20 male), and overt proteinuria (\> 28 female or \> 20 male.

Change in Renal Function Per Year From Week 3 to Month 36Week 3 to Month 36

Renal function was assessed using serum creatinine measurements and was estimated using 1/serum creatinine. The formula for 1/serum creatinine is: 1/Pcr, where Pcr = serum creatinine concentration (mg/dL). The change in renal function per year was based on the slope of change, obtained by regressing renal function data against time by subject.

Area Under the Concentration-time Curve of Change in Renal Pain From Baseline to Month 36At screening, Baseline, Day 1, every 4 months up to month 36/early tremination (ET), follow-up visit 1 and 2

Change from baseline in renal pain was assessed by a 0 to 10 pain scale as average area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) between baseline and the last trial visit or the last visit prior to initiating medical (eg, narcotic or anti-nociceptives \[eg, tricyclic antidepressants\]) or surgical therapy for pain. In the pain scale, score 0 represented no pain at all and score 10 represented the worst pain. A negative change score indicates less pain. AUC of renal pain was derived from renal pain scores within treatment period and was calculated using the trapezoidal rule, by dividing the number of days between the first and last assessment.

Change in Mean Arterial Blood Pressure Per Year in Non-hypertensive Participants From Baseline to Month 36Baseline to Month 36

For participants who were non-hypertensive (systolic BP ≤ 139 mmHg and diastolic BP ≤ 89 mmHg without taking antihypertensive medications) at baseline, mean arterial blood pressure was measured at scheduled clinic visits up to the point of exposure to antihypertensive therapy for any reason. The change in mean arterial blood pressure per year was based on the slope of blood pressure, obtained by regressing blood pressure against time by subject.

Number of Hypertensive Events Per 100 Follow-up Years in Non-hypertensive Participants From Baseline to Month 36Baseline to Month 36

A hypertensive event was defined as a change from non-hypertensive (systolic BP ≤ 139 mmHg and diastolic BP ≤ 89 mmHg without taking antihypertensive medications) status to 1 of 3 conditions: (1) High pre-hypertensive (systolic BP \[sBP\] \> 129 mmHg and/or diastolic BP \[dBP\] \> 84 mmHg), (2) hypertensive (sBP \> 139 mmHg and/or dBP \> 89 mmHg), or (3) requiring antihypertensive therapy.

Percentage of Participants With a Clinically Sustained Decrease of Blood Pressure Leading to a Sustained Reduction in Antihypertensive Therapy From Baseline to Month 36Baseline to Month 36

Trial Locations

Locations (133)

Apex Research of Riverside

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Riverside, California, United States

Emory University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

VU Medisch Centrum

🇳🇱

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Akademicki Szpital Kliniczny im J Mikulicza Radeckiego

🇵🇱

Wroclaw, Poland

Teikyo University Hospital

🇯🇵

Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Samodzielny Publiczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej, Szpital Uniwersytecki w Krakowie

🇵🇱

Krakow, Poland

Międzyleski Szpital Specjalistyczny w Warszawie

🇵🇱

Warsaw, Poland

Institutul Clinic Fundeni

🇷🇴

Bucharest, Romania

Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital

🇯🇵

Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Oddział Nefrologiczny Stacja Dializ

🇵🇱

Ciechanow, Poland

Toranomon Hospital

🇯🇵

Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

The Jikei University Hospital

🇯🇵

Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

Nippon Medical School Hospital

🇯🇵

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Spitalul Clinic "C.I.Parhon"

🇷🇴

Iasi, Romania

Akademickie Centrum Kliniczne AMG

🇵🇱

Gdansk, Poland

Szpital Praski p.w. Przemienienia Panskiego, Samodzielny Publiczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej

🇵🇱

Warszawa, Poland

Szpital Praski, Samodzielny Publiczny ZOZ

🇵🇱

Warszawa, Poland

Coastal Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Coastal Nephrology Associates Research Center, LLC

🇺🇸

Port Charlotte, Florida, United States

Mayo Medical Center

🇺🇸

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Erie County Medical Center

🇺🇸

Buffalo, New York, United States

Northwestern University

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

John Hopkins School of Medicine

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

University of North Carolina, UNC, Kidney Center

🇺🇸

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

East Carolina University

🇺🇸

Greenville, North Carolina, United States

Nephrology Associates of Westchester

🇺🇸

Hawthorne, New York, United States

Kidney and Hypertension Center

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Charleston Nephrology Associates

🇺🇸

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Hôpital de la Conception

🇫🇷

Marseille, France

Sanatorio Allende

🇦🇷

Cordoba, Argentina

Hospital Privado-Centro Medico de Cordoba

🇦🇷

Cordoba, Argentina

Instituto de Nefrología, Nefrology SA

🇦🇷

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hospital Municipal de Vicente Lopez, Dr Bernardo Houssay

🇦🇷

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Princess Alexandra Hospital

🇦🇺

Brisbane, Australia

UZ Gent

🇧🇪

Gent, Belgium

Royal Adelaide Hospital

🇦🇺

Adelaide, Australia

Queen Elizebeth Hospital

🇦🇺

Adelaide, Australia

Hospital du Sacre- Coeur de Montreal

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Herlev Amtssygehus

🇩🇰

Herlev, Denmark

CHU-Hopital Pellegrin

🇫🇷

Bordeaux, France

Hopital Bichat-Claude Bernard

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo

🇮🇹

Bergamo, Italy

Universitätsklinikum Freiburg

🇩🇪

Freiburg, Germany

Kitasato University Hospital

🇯🇵

Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Tokyo Medical & Dental University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine

🇯🇵

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center

🇯🇵

Kyoto, Japan

Spitalul Clinic de Nefrologie Dr. Carol Davila

🇷🇴

Bucharest, Romania

UMCG Groningen

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Groningen, Netherlands

SOP ZOZ Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny

🇵🇱

Lodz, Poland

Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny nr 4 w Lublinie

🇵🇱

Lublin, Poland

Belfast City Hospital

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Belfast, United Kingdom

Sussex Renal Unit Royal Sussex County Hospital

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Brighton, United Kingdom

Uhcw Mhs Trust

🇬🇧

Coventry, United Kingdom

Raigmore Hospital

🇬🇧

Inverness, United Kingdom

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

🇬🇧

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Royal Infirmary

🇬🇧

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Morriston Hospital

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Swansea, United Kingdom

Saitama Medical Center

🇯🇵

Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan

Jichi Medical School Hospital

🇯🇵

Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Kyoto University Hospital

🇯🇵

Kyoto, Japan

Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital

🇯🇵

Niigata, Japan

City Mariinskiy Hospital

🇷🇺

St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Leningrad Regional Clinical Hospital

🇷🇺

St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation

Melbourne Renal Research Group

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Melbourne, Australia

Royal Perth Hospital

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Perth, Australia

Royal North Shore Hospital

🇦🇺

Sydney, Australia

Westmead Hospital

🇦🇺

Sydney, Australia

The Rogosin Institute

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Nephrology Associates, P.C.

🇺🇸

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

University of South Alabama

🇺🇸

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Stanford University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Stanford, California, United States

Yale University School of Medicine

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Tufts- New England Medical Center

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

🇺🇸

Denver, Colorado, United States

Columbia University Medical Center

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Northwest Renal Clinic, Inc.

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Hosptial Universitario Austral

🇦🇷

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Royal Melbourne Hospital

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Melbourne, Australia

Queen Elizabeth II Health Science Center, Division of Nephrology

🇨🇦

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

UZ Brussel

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Brussel, Belgium

CHU - Hôpital Nord

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Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France

Odense Universitetshospital

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Odense, Denmark

Royal Victoria Hospital

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

CHU - Hôpital Lapeyronie

🇫🇷

Montpellier, France

Hôpital Edouard Herriot

🇫🇷

Lyon Cedex 3, France

CHU - Hôpital Clémenceau

🇫🇷

Caen Cedex, France

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire

🇫🇷

Reims cedex, France

Universitätskliniken Heidelberg

🇩🇪

Heidelberg, Germany

Klinik für Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten

🇩🇪

Essen, Germany

Hopital Rangueil

🇫🇷

Toulouse Cedex 09, France

Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus

🇩🇪

Dresden, Germany

Nephrologische Gemeinschaftspraxis/Dialysezentrum

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Düsseldorf, Germany

Università Vita e Salute, Ospedale San Raffaele

🇮🇹

Milano, Italy

UH Erlangen/Nürnberg

🇩🇪

Nuernberg, Germany

Policlinico

🇮🇹

Napoli, Italy

Policlinico di Modena

🇮🇹

Modena, Italy

IRCCS Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

🇮🇹

Pavia, Italy

Fujita Health University Hospital

🇯🇵

Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Hokkaido University Hospital

🇯🇵

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Kyusyu University Hospital

🇯🇵

Fukuoka, Japan

Tokai University Hospital

🇯🇵

Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Tohoku University Hospital

🇯🇵

Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Osaka University Hospital

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Suita, Osaka, Japan

Osaka City University Hospital

🇯🇵

Osaka-City, Osaka, Japan

Shuwa General Hospital

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Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan

Kyorin University Hospital

🇯🇵

Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, University Hospital

🇯🇵

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Chiba University Hospital

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Chiba, Japan

National Hospital Organization Chiba-East Hospital

🇯🇵

Chiba, Japan

Kumamoto Univeristy Hospital

🇯🇵

Kumamoto, Japan

Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny nr 1, Akademickie Centrum Kliniczne AMG

🇵🇱

Gdansk, Poland

Saitama Medical Center Jichi Medical University

🇯🇵

Saitama, Japan

Hiroshima University Hospital

🇯🇵

Hiroshima, Japan

Ohno Memorial Hospital

🇯🇵

Osaka, Japan

Klinika Chorób Wewnętrznych i Nefrologii

🇵🇱

Warsaw, Poland

Kemerovo Medical Academy, Regional Clinical Hospital

🇷🇺

Kemerovo, Russian Federation

City Clinical Hospital #52

🇷🇺

Moscow, Russian Federation

Oueen Elizabeth Hospital

🇬🇧

Birmingham, United Kingdom

King's College Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Royal Free and University College Medical School

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

St. George's Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya

🇯🇵

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Renal Associates of Baton Rough, L.L.C.

🇺🇸

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Tomsk Regional Clinical Hospital

🇷🇺

Tomsk, Russian Federation

Fukushima Medical University Hospital

🇯🇵

Fukushima, Japan

Ucl-St Luc

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

University of Virginia, Nephrology Clinical Research Center

🇺🇸

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

University of Kansas Medical Center

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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