Replication of the DAPA-CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) Trial in Healthcare Claims Data

July 25, 2023 updated by: Shirley Vichy Wang, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Investigators are building an empirical evidence base for real world data through large-scale replication of randomized controlled trials. The investigators' goal is to understand for what types of clinical questions real world data analyses can be conducted with confidence and how to implement such studies.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

This is a non-randomized, non-interventional study that is part of the RCT DUPLICATE initiative (www.rctduplicate.org) of the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. It is intended to replicate, as closely as possible in healthcare insurance claims data, the trial listed below/above. Although many features of the trial cannot be directly replicated in healthcare claims, key design features, including outcomes, exposures, and inclusion/exclusion criteria, were selected to proxy those features from the trial. Randomization is also not replicable in healthcare claims data but was proxied through a statistical balancing of measured covariates through standard practice. Investigators assume that the RCT provides the reference standard treatment effect estimate and that failure to replicate RCT findings is indicative of the inadequacy of the healthcare claims data for replication for a range of possible reasons and does not provide information on the validity of the original RCT finding.

Study Type

Study Type

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Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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87727

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02120
        • Brigham and Women's Hospital

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This study will involve a new user, parallel group, retrospective cohort study design comparing dapagliflozin to sitagliptin. Although the trial compared dapagliflozin to placebo, for the current emulation we used an active comparator, sitagliptin, which is a dipeptidyl peptidase - (DPP-4) inhibitor. This is because both dapagliflozin and sitagliptin are guideline recommended as second to third line therapies used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes at the same stage of the disease and sitagliptin is not expected to have an effect on the primary outcome.

Description

Please see https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WD618wrywYjEaXzfLTcuK-VCcnb6b-gV for full code and algorithm definitions.

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years of age [Day 0, Day 0]
  • eGFR ≥25 and ≤75 mL/min/1.73 m2 (CKD-EPI formula) at visit 1 (- All Time, Day 0]
  • Evidence of increased albuminuria for 3 months or more before visit 1 and UACR ≥200 and ≤5000 mg/g at visit 1(- All Time, Day 0]
  • Stable, and for the patient maximum tolerated labelled daily dose, treatment with ACEi or ARB for at least 4 weeks before visit 1, if not medically contraindicated (-All Time, Day -45]

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Type I diabetes mellitus (-All Time, Day 0]
  • Autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, lupus nephritis or Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) - associated vasculitis (-All Time, Day 0]
  • Receiving cytotoxic therapy, immunosuppressive therapy or other immunotherapy for primary or secondary renal disease within 6 months prior to enrollment [Day -180, Day 0]
  • NYHA class IV congestive heart failure at the time of enrollment [Day -180, Day 0]
  • MI, unstable angina, stroke, transient ischemic attack within 8 weeks prior to enrollment [ Day -56, Day 0]
  • Coronary revascularization (percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting) or valvular repair/replacement within 8 weeks prior to enrollment [Day -56, Day 0]
  • Any condition outside the renal and cardiovascular study area with a life expectancy of <2 years based on investigator's clinical judgement [Day 0, Day 0]
  • Hepatic impairment [aspartate transaminase or alanine transaminase >3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) or total bilirubin >2 times the ULN at the time of enrollment] (- All Time, Day 0]
  • History of organ transplantation (- All Time, Day 0]
  • Receiving therapy with SGLT2 inhibitor within 8 weeks prior to enrollment or previous intolerance of an SGLT2 inhibitor [Day -56, Day -1]
  • Exclude patients that have AKI, CKD V, ESRD and are on HD/PD during the baseline period [Day -14, Day 0] for AKI and [Day -180, Day 0] for CKD, ESRD, or Hemodialysis/Peritoneal Dialysis

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Group / Cohort

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Sitagliptin
Reference group
Drug: Sitagliptin
Sitagliptin dispensing claim is used as the reference group.
Dapagliflozin
Exposure group
Drug: Dapagliflozin
Dapagliflozin dispensing claim is used as the exposure group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Relative hazard of the composite of end-stage renal disease or all-cause mortality
Time Frame: To study completion or censoring, up to 32 months
Claims-based algorithm: see attached protocol for full definition
To study completion or censoring, up to 32 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Relative hazard of end-stage renal disease
Time Frame: To study completion or censoring event, up to 32 months
Claims-based algorithm: see attached protocol for full definition
To study completion or censoring event, up to 32 months
Relative hazard of all-cause mortality
Time Frame: To study completion or censoring event, up to 32 months
Claims-based algorithm: see attached protocol for full definition
To study completion or censoring event, up to 32 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Principal Investigator: Shirley Wang, PhD, ScM, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
December 13, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
June 11, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
June 11, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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May 4, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 6, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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May 12, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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July 28, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 25, 2023

Last Verified

Last Verified

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July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • 2018P002966-DUP-DAPA-CKD

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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