Safety of Oral Resin for Treatment of Hyperkalemia in Chinese Patients With Renal Insufficiency (SCRUTINIZE)

A Multicenter, Prospective, Non-interventional Cohort Study to Evaluate the Safety of Oral Resin for Treatment of Hyperkalemia in Chinese Patients With Renal Insufficiency

It is a multicenter, prospective, non-interventional cohort study, in order to evaluate the safety of oral resin for treatment of hyperkalemia in Chinese patients with renal insufficiency.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hyperkalaemia

Detailed Description

Background/Rationale:

Hyperkalaemia (HK) is a common electrolyte disturbance in clinical practice, defined as serum potassium (sK) beyond the normal range. The cut-off value for HK diagnosis is 5.0 mmol/L in most international guidelines[1, 2]. HK changes potassium ion gradient across the cell membrane and affects the excitability and conductivity of cardiomyocytes, leading to various types of arrhythmias, including ventricular arrhythmia, cardiac arrest and sudden death[3]. In the general population, the prevalence of HK is about 2-3%[4-6]. In an epidemiological survey in China, 3.86% of general outpatients experienced HK, and the proportion of patients who experienced HK increased in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), heart failure, diabetes and hypertension [7]. Furthermore，62% hospitalized HK patients accompanied by acute kidney injury (AKI)[8].

Treatment options for HK are well documented, and urgent therapy is indicated for rapid and substantial elevations in sK. However, for patients with modest elevations in sK without cardiac and neuromuscular manifestations, oral resin is in line with clinical practice, both calcium polystyrene sulphonate (CPS) and sodium polystyrene sulfonate (SPS), are applicable to HK caused by acute and chronic renal dysfunction.

CPS/SPS entraps potassium in the distal colon in exchange for calcium/ sodium to potassium. CPS may have an advantage over SPS because it avoids sodium retention. However, few clinical studies have evaluated the safety and efficacy of CPS/SPS in the treatment of HK. This study is expected to enhance and supplement the currently available CPS/SPS safety and effectiveness data in Chinese population in real world practice.

Objectives:

Primary objectives: To describe the safety and tolerability of CPS/SPS for HK management in Chinese patients with renal insufficiency in terms of adverse events (AEs), serious adverse events (SAEs) and discontinuations of CPS/SPS due to adverse events (DAEs).

Secondary objectives:

• To describe the safety and tolerability of CPS/SPS for HK management in Chinese hyperkalaemic patients with renal insufficiency in terms of AEs, SAEs and DAEs judged by the study investigators to be causally related to CPS/SPS.
• To understand the treatment pattern of CPS/SPS in real-world clinical practice for treating HK in Chinese patients with renal insufficiency.
• To describe the sK level of patients with renal insufficiency treated with CPS/SPS during the observational period

Methods:

Study design: The study is a multi-center prospective observational cohort study which will enroll patients who are ongoing and new users for HK management on CPS/SPS at study enrolment in real-world clinical practice. The eligible patients will be identified by physicians in each study site by assessing the patients or reviewing the medical record.

The prescription (including initiation, dose-adjusting or interruption) or discontinuation of CPS/SPS will be determined by physicians as per real-world clinical practice and in accordance with the local label. Any AstraZeneca (AZ) employee, or member of the research operation team will not intervene the decision-making of any physician or patient through any approach, at any time during the study.

Every patient will be followed up according to standard clinical practice for 6 months from enrolment.

At Study Enrolment Day (Day 1) the patients will be classified into 2 groups as new user group and ongoing user group. New users are defined that the patients starting CPS/SPS but without CPS/SPS treatment within 7 days before Day 1. Ongoing users are defined that the patients with CPS/SPS treatment within 7 days before Day 1 and continue CPS/SPS treatment after enrolment. The patients with previous CPS/SPS treatment who will not continue taking CPS/SPS treatment after enrolment will not be included.

Per standard clinical practice, new users of CPS/SPS should visit doctors within 1-3 days after initiation of treatment for potassium re-testing, then new users and ongoing users should visit doctors at Month 1, Month 3 and Month 6 for potassium monitoring or chronic disease consultation.

For new user group

• The "study index CPS/SPS treatment episode" starts at Study Enrolment Day.
• Follow-up visits will be planned on the 3rd day, the 1st month, the 3rd month and the 6th month from Study Enrolment Day.

For ongoing user group

• The "study index CPS/SPS treatment episode" started prior Study Enrolment Day.
• Follow-up visits will be planned on the 1st month, the 3rd month and the 6th month from Study Enrolment Day.

Visits of Day 1 (Study Enrolment Day) and Day 3 (only applicable for patients in new user group) are onsite. For visits at Month 1, Month 3 and Month 6, if the patient continues taking CPS/SPS treatment at the visit time points, the visit will be onsite. Otherwise, the visit will be conducted by phone-call. At each visit, safety outcomes, sK measurements data (if available), treatment data of CPS/SPS (as applicable) and other related data (if available) will be collected, as detailed in Section 6.1.2.

Data Source: This study will be based on primary (prospective) data collected from approximately 30 hospitals in China recruiting around 1000 patients. The site investigators will be responsible for ensuring that all the required data are collected and entered into the electronic case report form (eCRF).

Study Population: This study will enroll Chinese patients with renal insufficiency who are new users or ongoing users of CPS/SPS defined above at Study Enrolment Day. Eligible patients can be those with or without hemodialysis treatment.

Exposure: Treatment dose and duration of CPS/SPS is at the discretion of the patient's treating physician.

Outcome (s): Study measures will be collected at Day 1 and at the scheduled study visits.

Primary Endpoints:

• Occurrence of AEs, SAEs and DAEs during the study.

Secondary Endpoints:

• Occurrence of AEs, SAEs and DAEs judged by the investigators to be causally related to CPS/SPS.
• Average CPS/SPS daily dosage, frequency of different CPS/SPS dosages, duration of CPS/SPS treatment, dose changes and reasons for any dose changes.

• Change in sK tested between V1 and V2 (patients in new user group), as well as average (within patient) sK levels during the study. An evaluation of whether or not a patient tends to be normokalemic. Two criteria for normokalemia will be considered:

  • sK between 3.5 to 5.0 mmol/L, inclusive
  • sK between 3.5 to 5.5 mmol/L, inclusive. Sample Size Justification: Assuming the expected ratio of patients on SPS vs. CPS would be around 2:1, then with the total of 1,000 patients, the number of patients on SPS and CPS would be approximately 650 and 350.

Among 350 patients on CPS, new users and ongoing users are expected to be 150 and 200; While among 650 patients on SPS, new users and ongoing users are expected to be 300 and 350 Assuming the AE rate for different types of AE would be ranging from 1% to 12.8% for CPS [9]and 10% to 46.7% for SPS[10], current sample size could provide regarding 95% confidence interval (CI) as [0.1%, 5.7%] to [8.2%, 17.4%] for CPS and [6.6%, 13.4%] to [41.2%, 51.9%] for SPS, estimated using Normal Approximation and Clopper-Pearson's exact method (for AE rate of 1% only), which meets with general clinical requirements.

Sample size estimation under other scenarios as well as detailed description of estimation approach will be provided in section 5.4.

Statistical Analysis:

This study is primarily of descriptive character with no formal hypothesis testing for the objectives. The analyses will, as a rule, consist of estimates (of probabilities, rates, means, etc.), with the corresponding 95% CIs, as well as supportive descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation (SD), median, minimum, maximum, and quartiles.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 887

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Beijing, China
    • Research Site
  • Dalian, China
    • Research Site
  • Dongyang, China
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  • Hangzhou, China
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  • Hefei, China
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  • Jinan, China
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  • Kaifeng, China
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  • Ningbo, China
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  • Qingdao, China
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  • Shijiazhuang, China
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  • Tianjin, China
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  • Xuzhou, China
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  • Yangzhou, China
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  • Zhangjiagang, China
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  • Zhengzhou, China
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  • Beijing
    • Beijing, Beijing, China
      • Peking University People's Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 130 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

This study will enroll eligible Chinese patients who are new and ongoing users on CPS/SPS at Study Enrollment from approximately 30 sites in China recruiting 1000 patients. New users are defined that the patients without CPS/SPS treatment within 7 days before Study Enrollment Day takeCPS/SPS treatment on Study Enrollment Day. Ongoing users are defined that the patients with CPS/SPS treatment within 7 days before Study Enrollment Day continue CPS/SPS treatment after enrollment. The patients with previous CPS/SPS treatment who will not continue taking CPS/SPStreatment after enrollment will not be included. Eligible patients will be those who meet all inclusion criteria but not any exclusion criteria. Eligible patients can be patients with or without hemodialysis treatment.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age ≥ 18 year-old
• Provision of patient informed consent prior to any study procedure
• Patients diagnosed as CKD or AKI
• HK (sK+ > 5.0 mmol/L) diagnosed by physicians within 1 year before Day 1
• Currently taking CPS/SPS, or have been prescribed and agree to start taking CPS/SPS since Day 1.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being unable to comply with study-specified procedures
• Has ever participated in current study before, or participating in any interventional study at Day 1 or within the last 3 months before Day 1.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Occurrence of AEs	Number and percentage of AEs	From enrollment to the 6th month after enrollment
Occurrence of SAEs	Number and percentage of SAEs	From enrollment to the 6th month after enrollment
Occurrence of DAEs	Number and percentage of DAEs	From enrollment to the 6th month after enrollment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Occurrence of AEs judged by the investigators to be causally related to CPS/SPS	Number and percentage of AEs judged by the investigators to be causally related to CPS/SPS	From enrollment to the 6th month after Enrollment
Occurrence of SAEs judged by the investigators to be causally related to CPS/SPS	Number and percentage of SAEs judged by the investigators to be causally related to CPS/SPS	From enrollment to the 6th month after Enrollment
Occurrence of DAEs judged by the investigators to be causally related to CPS/SPS	Number and percentage of DAEs judged by the investigators to be causally related to CPS/SPS	From enrollment to the 6th month after Enrollment
Average CPS/SPS daily dosage	Average CPS/SPS daily dosage	From enrollment to the 6th month after enrollment
Frequency of different CPS/SPS dosages	Frequency of different CPS/SPS dosages	From enrollment to the 6th month after enrollment
Duration of CPS/SPS treatment	Duration of CPS/SPS treatment	From enrollment to the 6th month after enrollment
CPS/SPS dose changes	CPS/SPS dose changes	From enrollment to the 6th month after enrollment
Reasons for any CPS/SPS dose changes	Reasons for any CPS/SPS dose changes	From enrollment to the 6th month after enrollment
Change in sK tested between V1 and V2 (patients in new user group), as well as average (within patient) sK levels	Change in sK tested between V1 and V2 (patients in new user group), as well as average (within patient) sK levels during the study. An evaluation of whether or not a patient tends to be normokalemic. Two criteria for normokalemia will be considered: sK between 3.5 to 5.0 mmol/L, inclusive; sK between 3.5 to 5.5 mmol/L, inclusive.	From enrollment to the 6th month after enrollment

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: AstraZeneca
• Investigators: Study Chair: Li Zuo, Peking University People's Hospital

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• D9483R00002_Redacted_CSR synopsis.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 22, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 29, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): December 29, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 23, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 14, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): July 18, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 3, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 2, 2024
• Last Verified: November 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Urogenital Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Kidney Diseases; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Metabolic Diseases; Water-Electrolyte Imbalance; Renal Insufficiency; Hyperkalemia
• Other Study ID Numbers: D9483R00002

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: Qualified researchers can request access to anonymized individual patient-level data from AstraZeneca group of companies sponsored clinical trials via the request portal. All request will be evaluated as per the AZ disclosure commitment: https://astrazenecagrouptrials.pharmacm.com/ST/Submission/Disclosure. Yes, indicates that AZ are accepting requests for IPD, but this does not mean all requests will be shared.
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: AstraZeneca will meet or exceed data availability as per the commitments made to the EFPIA Pharma Data Sharing Principles. For details of our timelines, please rerefer to our disclosure commitment at https://astrazenecagrouptrials.pharmacm.com/ST/Submission/Disclosure.
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: When a request has been approved AstraZeneca will provide access to the deidentified individual patient-level data in an approved sponsored tool . Signed Data Sharing Agreement (non-negotiable contract for data accessors) must be in place before accessing requested information. Additionally, all users will need to accept the terms and conditions of the SAS MSE to gain access. For additional details, please review the Disclosure Statements at https://astrazenecagrouptrials.pharmacm.com/ST/Submission/Disclosure.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No