Active clinical trials for "Kidney Diseases"

Membranous nephropathy (MN) - the leading cause of nephrotic syndrome (NS) in adults - is an immune-mediated disease that results from the deposition of immunoglobulins and complement components onto the sub-epithelial layer of the glomerular capillary wall. The availability for clinical use of rituximab, a monoclonal antibody against the B-cell surface antigen CD20, offered the opportunity to test the effects of specific CD20-targeted intervention aimed to prevent B-cell dependent mechanisms resulting in the production of nephritogenic autoantibodies. Rituximab-induced B-cell depletion reduced proteinuria in eight patients with MN while avoiding the adverse effects of steroids and other immunosuppressants. Subsequent studies confirmed that rituximab is remarkably safer than non-specific immunosuppressive agents, including cyclosporine, and achieves remission in approximately two-thirds of patients with MN-associated nephrotic syndrome. After rituximab-induced remission, however, NS may relapse in approximately one third of patients. Thus, novel therapeutic options are needed for a substantial proportion of patients with MN who may fail rituximab therapy. Conceivably, in patients with MN refractory to CD20-targeted therapy, the production of nephritogenic autoantibodies is sustained by mechanisms that do not depend on autoreactive CD20+ B cells. Recently, it was shown that CD19-negative bone marrow plasma cells, which express CD38, are enriched in chronically inflamed tissue and secrete autoantibodies. Treatment of patients with MN with CD38-targeting antibodies may represent a new therapeutic approach. MOR202 is a fully human recombinant monoclonal antibody against CD38 that has demonstrated in-vitro and in-vivo efficacy in experimental models of multiple myeloma. Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis are the principal mechanisms of action for MOR202-induced lysis of myeloma cells. The working hypothesis is that CD38-targeted therapy with MOR202 may abrogate autoantibody-dependent mechanisms in patients with plasma-cell mediated forms of MN who failed previous treatment with rituximab and second-generation anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies such as ofatumumab. With this background, MOR202 therapy may have an indication for patients with MN and NS resistant to CD20 targeted therapy.

This study is conducted to see how the ziltivekimab works in the body of Chinese people with chronic kidney disease and systemic inflammation. Participants will either get ziltivekimab (active medicine) or placebo (a dummy medicine which has no effect on the body. Participants' chance of getting ziltivekimab or placebo is the same. Participants will get their study medicine in a pre-filled syringe. The study doctor or staff will do 3 injections of study medicine during clinical visits. The study is expected to last for about 6 months. Participants will have blood and urine samples taken at all of the clinic visits. Participants will have their heart examined using electrodes (electrocardiogram). Women cannot take part if pregnant, breast-feeding or planning to get pregnant during the study period.

The TEAMMATE Trial will enroll 210 pediatric heart transplant patients from 25 centers at 6 months post-transplant and follow each patient for 2.5 years. Half of the participants will receive everolimus and low-dose tacrolimus and the other half will receive tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil. The trial will determine which treatment is better at reducing the cumulative risk of coronary artery vasculopathy, chronic kidney disease and biopsy proven-acute cellular rejection without an increase in graft loss due to all causes (e.g. infection, PTLD, antibody mediated rejection).

The proposed research is clinical study evaluating the therapeutic benefits of resveratrol on vascular function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The study aims to establish that resveratrol will improve endothelial function and functional performance by reducing oxidative stress and in conjunction with lowering markers of inflammation and oxidative stress.

Multicenter study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and pharmacodynamics (PD) of BION-1301 in healthy volunteers and adults with IgA Nephropathy (IgAN).

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of belimumab and intravenous rituximab co-administration at inducing a complete remission (CR) compared to rituximab alone in participants with primary membranous nephropathy. Background: Primary membranous nephropathy (MN) is among the most common causes of nephrotic syndrome in adults. MN affects individuals of all ages and races. The peak incidence of MN is in the fifth decade of life. Primary MN is recognized to be an autoimmune disease, a disease where the body's own immune system causes damage to kidneys. This damage can cause the loss of too much protein in the urine. Drugs used to treat MN aim to reduce the attack by one's own immune system on the kidneys by blocking inflammation and reducing the immune system's function. These drugs can have serious side effects and often do not cure the disease. There is a need for new treatments for MN that are better at improving the disease while reducing fewer treatment associated side effects. In this study, researchers will evaluate if treatment with a combination of two different drugs, belimumab and rituximab, is effective at blocking the immune attacks on the kidney compared to rituximab alone. Rituximab works by decreasing a type of immune cell, called B cells. B cells are known to have a role in MN. Once these cells are removed, disease may become less active or even inactive. However, after stopping treatment, the body will make new B cells which may cause disease to become active again. Belimumab works by decreasing the new B cells produced by the body and, may even change the type of new B cells subsequently produced. Belimumab is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat systemic lupus erythematosus (also referred to as lupus or SLE). Rituximab is approved by the FDA to treat some types of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and vasculitis. Neither rituximab nor belimumab is approved by the FDA to treat MN. Treatment with a combination of belimumab and rituximab has not been studied in individuals with MN, but has been tested in other autoimmune diseases, including lupus nephritis and Sjögren's syndrome.

The TCM-WINE study is a single-center, prospective, double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial. Based on optimal supportive care, the trial is aiming to assess superiority with regard to renal protection and reduction of severe treatment-related adverse events of Yi-Qi-Qing-Jie formula (YQF) combined therapy compared with immunosuppression monotherapy in high-risk IgAN.

TIGER study (Treatment of IgA nEphropathy according to Renal lesions) is a prospective openly randomized controlled study. The main objective is to evaluate the efficacy of early corticotherapy + Renin Angiotensin System (RAS) blockade or inhibitors of Sodium glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2i) (versus RAS blockade or SGLT2i alone) after two years of evolution in IgAN patients with severe histological lesions.

This is a Phase 3b, multicenter, open-label extension (OLE) study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Nefecon treatment in patients with IgAN who have completed the Phase 3 Study Nef-301 and continue to be treated with a stable dose of RAS inhibitor therapy (ACEIs and/or ARBs). Patients who previously received Nefecon in Study Nef-301 will receive retreatment, whereas patients who previously received placebo in Study Nef-301 will be treatment naïve to Nefecon.

This 2-arm, multi-center, open-label, parallel-group phase II trial will assess the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of the human antibody MOR202 in subjects with anti-PLA2R antibody-positive membranous nephropathy indicated for immunosuppressive therapy