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Pentoxifylline (PTX) is a medication that has been on the market since 1984 for use in disease in the blood vessels of the legs. There is some preliminary information that it may protect the kidneys from damage due to diabetes and other diseases. "Pentoxifylline in Diabetic Kidney Disease" is a study to bee conducted in 40 VA hospitals across the nation to determine definitively whether or not PTX can prevent worsening of kidney disease and delay death in patients with diabetic kidney disease.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 4

2510 Participants Needed

Powerful new drugs that can prevent or delay end stage kidney disease (ESKD) - so called sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) - are now available for patients with type 2 diabetes. Whether these drugs have similar effects in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) remains unknown because of the few studies in this population, due to concerns about the increase in risk of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA, a serious, potentially fatal acute complication of diabetes due to the accumulation of substances called ketone bodies) observed with SGLT2i therapy in T1D. One of the few T1D studies conducted to date showed that implementing an enhanced DKA prevention plan can reduce the risk of DKA associated with the SGLT2i sotagliflozin (SOTA) to very low levels. In the present study, a similar DKA prevention program will be used to carry-out a 3-year trial to test the kidney benefit of SOTA in 150 persons with T1D and moderate to advanced DKD. After a 2-month period, during which diabetes care will be standardized and education on monitoring and minimizing DKA implemented, eligible study subjects will be randomly assigned (50/50) to take one tablet of SOTA (200 mg) or a similarly looking inactive tablet (placebo) every day for 3 years followed by 2-months without treatment. Neither the participants nor the study staff will know whether a person was assigned to taking SOTA or the inactive tablet. Kidney function at the end of the study will be compared between the two treatment groups to see whether SOTA prevented kidney function loss in those treated with this drug as compared to those who took the inactive tablet. The DKA prevention program will include participant education, close follow-up with study staff, continuous glucose monitoring, and systematic ketone body self-monitoring with a meter provided by the study. If successful, this study will provide efficacy and safety data that could be used to seek FDA approval of SOTA for the prevention of kidney function decline in patients with T1D and DKD.
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Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3

150 Participants Needed

Diabetic kidney disease remains the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), rising in frequency in parallel with the epidemic of diabetes worldwide. The estimated lifetime risk of kidney disease in persons with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been reported to be as high as 50-70%, although risk may be lower in excellent care environments. Two previous studies have suggested that a generic drug used to lower fats in blood (fenofibrate) may protect the kidney from damage due to diabetes. These data, however, were obtained among people with type 2 diabetes with clinical characteristics optimized for cardiovascular studies. Thus, a clinical trial specifically designed to evaluate the effects on the kidney is required to firmly show that this drug can prevent kidney damage in T1D. The goals of the present pilot study are to demonstrate the feasibility of such trial, gather essential information for designing and planning this study, and generate preliminary data. To this end, 40 participants with T1D and early-to-moderate diabetic kidney disease (DKD), at high risk of ESKD, will be enrolled at two clinical sites and assigned in a 1:1 ratio to treatment with fenofibrate or placebo for 18 months. Kidney function will be measured at the beginning and at the end of the study to evaluate the effect of fenofibrate.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

40 Participants Needed

This trial is testing Canagliflozin, a medication that helps remove sugar from the body through urine, on adults with Type 2 diabetes and early kidney disease. The goal is to see if it can protect their kidney function by lowering blood sugar levels.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 4

20 Participants Needed

Canagliflozin is an oral drug which is currently approved for use in patients with type 2 diabetes by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Canagliflozin acts by increasing salt and sugar loss in the urine, and has shown to protect heart, kidney, and blood vessel function in patients with type 2 diabetes. However, it is unknown how canagliflozin protects the kidneys from disease. Therefore, this study plans to learn more about how canagliflozin works to protect against diabetic kidney disease in adults with type 2 diabetes. This study will use state-of-the-art kidney imaging, kidney biopsies and detailed testing of kidney function to determine the mechanisms of protection afforded by canagliflozin.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

40 Participants Needed

This is a randomized, double-blind (DB), placebo controlled, crossover study with a two-period, two-sequence (2x2) design evaluating the efficacy and safety of 25 mg QD lorundrostat (an aldosterone synthase inhibitor \[ASI\]) in addition to a SGLT2i for the treatment of hypertension in subjects with CKD and albuminuria while receiving stable treatment with an Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) or an Angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB). Subjects will be at least 18 years old with hypertension, and mild to severe CKD with albuminuria at the Screening Visit.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

60 Participants Needed

This trial is testing a pill called atrasentan that may help people with certain kidney diseases by reducing harmful protein levels in their urine. It targets patients whose kidney function is getting worse despite standard treatments. The goal is to see if this medication can protect their kidneys.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

103 Participants Needed

The primary objective of this study is to determine the effects of semaglutide on kidney oxygenation and function in type 1 diabetes. The secondary objective is to determine the glycemic effects and safety of semaglutide in type 1 diabetes.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

60 Participants Needed

The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that sotagliflozin (SGLT1/2 inhibitor) and ambrisentan (ERA) combination therapy augments nephroprotection and mitigates fluid retention and ketogenesis in people with T1D through complementary and synergistic mechanisms of actions.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:18 - 65

36 Participants Needed

PRECIDENTD is a randomized, open label, pragmatic clinical trial designed to compare rates of the total number of cardiovascular, kidney, and death events among two alternative treatments for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and either established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) or at high risk for ASCVD. To accomplish this objective, we will randomly assign 6,000 patients with established T2D and ASCVD or high-risk for ASCVD in a 1:1 allocation to sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA). Participants will be followed for the occurrence of the trial primary endpoint of the total (first and recurrent) number of episodes of myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, arterial revascularization, hospitalization for heart failure, development of end-stage kidney disease, kidney transplantation, and mortality, counting all events from randomization until end of study.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 4
Age:40 - 80

6000 Participants Needed

The overarching goal of this proposal is to test the feasibility of a basic needs navigation intervention on improving clinical outcomes, self-care behaviors and quality of life in low-income African Americans with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) experiencing multidimensional adversity. The study objective will be achieved with the following aims: Aim 1: To determine the feasibility of a basic needs navigation intervention as measured by recruitment, session attendance and retention in low-income Africans Americans with DKD experiencing multidimensional adversity. Aim 2: To determine the frequency and compounding nature of different basic needs in Africans Americans with DKD experiencing multidimensional adversity to help refine the basic needs navigation intervention. Aim 3: To evaluate the change and variability in the clinical outcomes (hemoglobin A1c, blood pressure, lipids) at 6 months of follow-up to plan for larger trial.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased

50 Participants Needed

This trial is testing if using donor stem cells is safe and tolerable for people with chronic kidney disease. The stem cells might help repair their damaged kidneys. Stem cell therapy has shown potential in treating kidney diseases and aiding in kidney regeneration.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1
Age:30 - 80

10 Participants Needed

The goal of this pragmatic trial is to provide Real World Evidence (RWE) on the impact of the result of a polygenic risk prediction test of cardiorenal complications of T2D, so that more patients at high risk of these complications achieve over an 18 months period, recommended therapeutic targets. This will be demonstrated as a significant improvement in a composite value including HbA1c or systolic blood pressure (SBP) or albuminuria (UACR), or glomerular filtration rate (GFR) lowering. Researchers will compare the recommended therapeutic targets of uninformed and informed patients to see if the knowledge of the risk by the patients and their treating physicians improves achievement of these targets. Participants will: Have a saliva sampling to determine the genetic risk. Visit the clinic once every 3 months for checkups and tests Answer two questionnaires on quality of life.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased

2714 Participants Needed

This trial is testing whether NMN, a compound that may improve cell function, can help older adults with type 2 diabetes and high urine protein levels. The goal is to see if NMN can reduce kidney damage by improving cell energy production. Participants will receive NMN to compare the effects.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:60+

140 Participants Needed

This is an adaptive prospective, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety, efficacy, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of WAL0921 in subjects with glomerular kidney disease and proteinuria, including diabetic nephropathy and rare glomerular kidney diseases (primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis \[FSGS\], treatment-resistant minimal change disease \[TR MCD\], primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy \[IgAN\], and primary membranous nephropathy \[PMN\]). Subjects in this study will be randomized to receive the investigational drug WAL0921 or placebo as an intravenous infusion once every 2 weeks for 7 total infusions. All subjects will be followed for 24 weeks after their last infusion.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

96 Participants Needed

This is an open label, two to three center study to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of 1 dose level of 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (2-HPβCD) given intravenously in adult patients with type 2 diabetes with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and proteinuria.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

8 Participants Needed

This trial tests a device that automatically adjusts insulin levels and a medication called metformin in young people with type 1 diabetes. The goal is to see if this combination can better manage blood sugar and improve heart and kidney health. The use of metformin along with insulin therapy has been suggested as a means of improving diabetes control and alleviating weight gain in type 1 diabetes.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1
Age:12 - 25

60 Participants Needed

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of supplemental REACT injections in participants with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who have previously received REACT treatment.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Age:30 - 80

10 Participants Needed

This proposal will use kidney SPECT/CT of Tc-99m-tilmanocept to evaluate the mesangial changes seen in diabetics across the spectrum of kidney disease as well as persons with hypertensive kidney disease, the next most common cause of kidney disease in patients with diabetes. We aim to demonstrate that these different disease types and stages can be differentiated with Tc-99m-tilmanocept SPECT/CT and can thus be used for future trials evaluating early diagnosis and treatment of diabetic nephropathy.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting

120 Participants Needed

In this pilot clinical trial, the investigators will recruit and randomize 120 patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease (CKD/DM) stages 3 to 5 to a patient-centered and flexible Plant-Focused Nutrition in Diabetes (PLAFOND) diet with \>2/3 plant-based sources, which will be compared with a standard-of-care CKD diet, which is usually a low-potassium and low-salt diet, over a 6-month period. Through this study, the investigators will determine whether the plant-focused diet intervention is feasible for patient adherence, whether this diet is safe by avoiding malnutrition, frailty, and high potassium or glucose blood levels, and whether patient reported outcomes are favorably impacted.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Enrolling By Invitation
Trial Phase:Unphased

120 Participants Needed

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Skeletal muscle dysfunction (sarcopenia) is an under-recognized target organ complication of CKD with substantial adverse clinical consequences of disability, hospitalization, and death. Sarcopenia in this proposal is defined by impaired metabolism and physical function associated with decreased skeletal muscle mass or function. Skeletal muscle tissue relies on mitochondria to efficiently utilize oxygen to generate ATP. Impaired mitochondrial energetics is a central mechanism of sarcopenia in CKD. The investigators propose a series of studies designed to shed light on the pathophysiology of sarcopenia in persons with CKD not treated with dialysis. Investigators will conduct a randomized-controlled intervention trial of combined resistance training and aerobic exercise vs. health education to assess changes in skeletal muscle mitochondrial function, metabolism and physical function. Investigators hypothesize that exercise improves mitochondrial function and physical function in persons with CKD. If successful, these experiments will identify novel pathophysiologic mechanisms for CKD-associated sarcopenia. The proposed study will provide useful insight into benefits associated with exercise among patients with CKD and investigate mechanisms associated with improved metabolism, muscle function and physical function in population.
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Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:30 - 75

32 Participants Needed

This trial is testing a new drug called RTA 901 to see if it can help people with nerve pain caused by diabetes. The drug likely works by calming down the nerves that are causing the pain. The study will compare different doses of the drug to find out which dose works best.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

384 Participants Needed

This is a prospective randomized control trial. Participants enrolled into the study will be randomized into one of three groups, two of which are treatment groups and the third is a control group. A time course of measurements before and after spinal cord stimulation (SCS) treatment (where applicable) will assess pain, DPN severity, small fiber nerve activity, and metabolic health markers.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased

60 Participants Needed

The purpose of this post-market study is to evaluate the real-world experience of Nevro's Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) therapy in patients with chronic, intractable leg pain due to painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN). This is a multicenter, prospective, observational global study, that will partner diabetes management teams with pain physicians to provide an interdisciplinary treatment regimen for PDN patients. Outcomes will be assessed via standardized assessments.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased

497 Participants Needed

This trial tests a daily pill called NRD135S.E1 for people with painful nerve damage from diabetes. The study will see if taking this pill for a few months can safely reduce their pain. Researchers aim to understand how well the drug works and if it is safe to use.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

122 Participants Needed

This trial tests several treatments for nerve pain in diabetic patients to identify effective therapies for reducing this type of pain.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting

122 Participants Needed

This trial is testing a new drug called LX9211 to see if it can reduce nerve pain in people with diabetes. The drug works by blocking pain signals in the nerves. Researchers want to find out if it is more effective than other treatments. A similar drug was previously tested for similar conditions but its development was halted due to safety concerns.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting

416 Participants Needed

This trial is testing different treatments for chronic pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis, chronic low back pain, and diabetic nerve pain. It aims to find effective ways to reduce their chronic pain.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

10000 Participants Needed

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of Suzetrigine (SUZ) in participants with pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3

1100 Participants Needed

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how safe and how well a treatment works compared to placebo for people with nerve pain that begins in their feet and moves up the leg to just below the knee. Participation may last up to 30 weeks including screening.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

450 Participants Needed

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Diabetic Nephropathy clinical trials pay?

Each trial will compensate patients a different amount, but $50-100 for each visit is a fairly common range for Phase 2–4 trials (Phase 1 trials often pay substantially more). Further, most trials will cover the costs of a travel to-and-from the clinic.

How do Diabetic Nephropathy clinical trials work?

After a researcher reviews your profile, they may choose to invite you in to a screening appointment, where they'll determine if you meet 100% of the eligibility requirements. If you do, you'll be sorted into one of the treatment groups, and receive your study drug. For some trials, there is a chance you'll receive a placebo. Across Diabetic Nephropathy trials 30% of clinical trials have a placebo. Typically, you'll be required to check-in with the clinic every month or so. The average trial length for Diabetic Nephropathy is 12 months.

How do I participate in a study as a "healthy volunteer"?

Not all studies recruit healthy volunteers: usually, Phase 1 studies do. Participating as a healthy volunteer means you will go to a research facility several times over a few days or weeks to receive a dose of either the test treatment or a "placebo," which is a harmless substance that helps researchers compare results. You will have routine tests during these visits, and you'll be compensated for your time and travel, with the number of appointments and details varying by study.

What does the "phase" of a clinical trial mean?

The phase of a trial reveals what stage the drug is in to get approval for a specific condition. Phase 1 trials are the trials to collect safety data in humans. Phase 2 trials are those where the drug has some data showing safety in humans, but where further human data is needed on drug effectiveness. Phase 3 trials are in the final step before approval. The drug already has data showing both safety and effectiveness. As a general rule, Phase 3 trials are more promising than Phase 2, and Phase 2 trials are more promising than phase 1.

Do I need to be insured to participate in a Diabetic Nephropathy medical study?

Clinical trials are almost always free to participants, and so do not require insurance. The only exception here are trials focused on cancer, because only a small part of the typical treatment plan is actually experimental. For these cancer trials, participants typically need insurance to cover all the non-experimental components.

What are the newest Diabetic Nephropathy clinical trials?

Most recently, we added Ambrisentan + Sotagliflozin for Type 1 Diabetes Kidney Protection, Pregabalin + Duloxetine for Peripheral Neuropathy and 2-HPβCD for Diabetic Kidney Disease to the Power online platform.

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