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- Clinical Trial NCT06155604
SGLT2 Inhibitor in Lupus Nephritis Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
A Randomized Controlled Trial on SGLT2 Inhibitor in Lupus Nephritis Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Lupus nephritis (LN) is a common manifestation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and is an important cause of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although the standard-of-care treatments for active severe LN are effective, a substantial proportion of LN patients still develop CKD and eventually end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).
Cardiovascular complications are common and is a leading cause of death in SLE and LN patients. It is well recognized that LN patients had multiple risk factors for cardiovascular complications such as diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidaemia and vascular inflammation. Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor are initially developed as an oral anti-diabetic agent and has shown to be effective in glycaemic control, has benefits in lipid metabolism, cardiovascular and renal outcomes, and also well tolerated by patients. Various trials have also demonstrated the benefits of SGLT2 inhibitor in the reduction of CKD, ESKD, and renal or cardiovascular death. However, the effect of SGLT2 inhibitor in LN remains unclear.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of SGLT2 on renal outcomes in LN patients with CKD, as well as the side effects, metabolic profiles, immunological functions and disease stability.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Lupus nephritis (LN) is a common manifestation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and is an important cause of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The standard-of-care treatments for active severe LN are high-dose corticosteroids in combination with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) or cyclophosphamide (CYC), followed by low-dose corticosteroids with either MMF or azathioprine (AZA) as maintenance therapy. While these immunosuppressive treatments are effective in mitigating active nephritis and preventing relapses in most patients, a substantial proportion of LN patients still develop CKD and eventually end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). CKD and ESKD are often a result of cumulative kidney damage due to a severe episode of LN or repeated renal flares. Indeed, preserving renal function in LN is important because renal failure confer a 26-fold risk of mortality compared to age- and sex-matched general population. The current mainstay of treatment for stable LN with CKD is renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blockade, and yet a considerable number of patients still show progressive CKD and eventually ESKD despite these reno-protective measures. Therefore, novel therapeutic approaches are needed to optimize the renal outcomes of LN patients with CKD.
Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor are initially developed as an oral anti-diabetic agent and has rapidly gained popularity in diabetes mellitus (DM) management due to its efficacy in glycaemic control, benefits in cardiovascular and renal outcomes and also generally favourable tolerability. In Type 2 DM patients, the EMPA-REG OUTCOME, CANVAS and CREDENCE trials have all demonstrated the benefits of SGLT2 inhibitor in various renal and cardiovascular endpoints including the reduction of incident nephropathy, development of CKD and ESKD, and renal or cardiovascular death. These landmark trials have established SGLT2 inhibitor a first-line treatment for diabetic kidney disease. Importantly, the DAPA-CKD study further showed that dapagliflozin treatment in CKD patients was associated with lower risk of sustained decline in eGFR of at least 50%, ESKD, or death from renal or cardiovascular causes, irrespectively of the presence of absence of DM. The benefits of SGLT2 inhibitor have also been shown in some glomerular diseases such as IgA nephropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. The use of SGLT2 inhibitors was associated with reduction in proteinuria, which is a robust predictor for renal progression in various glomerular pathologies. The effect of SGLT2 inhibitor in LN, however, remains elusive because all previous RCTs have excluded patients with SLE or LN.
Cardiovascular complications common and a leading cause of death in SLE and LN patients. It is well recognized that LN patients had multiple risk factors for cardiovascular complications such as DM, dyslipidaemia and vascular inflammation. Indeed, SLE and LN patients showed increased propensity for DM because of the prevalent use of corticosteroids and increased insulin resistance related to chronic inflammation. Previous studies suggested that SGLT2 inhibition can effectively improve glycaemic profiles in type 2 DM patients, and also prevent the development of new onset DM in CKD patients. Other studies have also indicated the beneficial effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on lipid metabolism via reduction in visceral fat accumulation, regulation of serum lipoprotein levels, decrease in lipid oxidation and shifting of substrate utilization. The investigators postulate that SGLT2 inhibitors in LN patients with CKD can attenuate the glycaemic and lipid profiles, and hence reduce long-term cardiovascular complications and hence long-term clinical outcomes.
Long-term clinical outcomes of LN patients are also heavily affected by renal relapse, as this will cause attribution of nephron mass and hence progressive renal failure. Recurrent renal flares will also require repeated administration of intensive immunosuppression, leading to increased cumulative treatment toxicities. Therefore, therapies other than maintenance immunosuppression that can enhance disease stability would be clinically useful. Disease stability in LN is related to immunological abnormality, efficacy of maintenance therapy and also drug compliance. In this context, the B cell repertoire plays pivotal roles in the pathogenesis of SLE and LN including the production of pathogenic autoantibodies, presentation of autoantigens and secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Previous studies have reported increased circulating memory B cells and reduced naïve B cells in SLE patients. The expansion of memory B cells increases the propensity for disease relapse because these B cell subtypes are less vulnerable to conventional cell cycle-dependent immunosuppressive drugs and can be easily reactivated upon stimulation. Investigators' previous studies also demonstrated that LN patients with multiple relapses showed significantly higher memory-to-naïve B cell ratio compared to those without relapse. Furthermore, dysregulation of B cell signatures (miR-148a, BACH1, BACH2) in memory B cell is related to disease relapse in LN patients. miRNA-148a plays a significant role in B cell development, and its upregulation has been observed in B cells, T cells and tissue lesions in patients and mice with SLE. Other researchers have reported that increased miRNA-148a expression can inhibit Gadd45a, Bim and PTEN and prevent apoptosis of immature B lymphocytes, resulting in enhanced B cell auto-reactivity. BACH1 and BACH2 are important transcription factors in B cells that are regulated by miRNA-148a, and they exert inhibitory effects on B cell differentiation and homeostasis. Other investigators have reported decreased BACH2 expression in B cells isolated from SLE patients, and transfection of BACH2 into B lymphocytes from lupus patients suppressed their proliferation and promoted apoptosis. A recent GWAS analysis also identified BACH2 as a novel susceptibility locus in Chinese SLE patients. The effect of SGLT2 inhibitor on immune system and disease activity in SLE and LN patients, however, remains unknown. The investigators' bioinformatic analyses using public domain data showed that there was significant correlation between circulating memory B cells and SGLT2 expression LN patients. Based on these observations and the investigators' pilot bioinformatics data, the investigators hypothesize that SGLT2 inhibition may also modulate disease stability in LN patients via its effect on memory B cells and related cellular signatures.
Given these backgrounds, the investigators propose an open-label RCT to investigate the effect of SGLT2 on renal outcomes, metabolic profiles and immunological parameters in LN patients with CKD.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Phase 2
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Desmond Yap, MD (HK)
- Phone Number: 85222554385
- Email: desmondy@hku.hk
Study Locations
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Queen Mary Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with biopsy-proven Class III or IV or V LN according to the ISN/RPS 2003 classification
- Patients with CKD (eGFR 15-60mL/min)
- Patients in quiescent disease (defined as SLEDAI score <4 with no points in the renal domain)
- Patients on a stable dose of prednisolone (PRED 5-7.5 mg/D) alone or in combination with MMF (<=1.5 g/D) or AZA (<=150 mg/D) in the past 3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with biopsy-proven glomerulonephritis other than LN or hereditary kidney diseases
- Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM)
- Patients with stage 5 CKD or ESKD on renal replacement therapy
- Patients with frequent urinary tract infections
- Patients with history of ketoacidosis
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Treatment group
standard maintenance therapy plus dapagliflozin 10 mg daily
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Dapagliflozin 10mg daily
Other Names:
Prednisolone 5-7.5 mg daily alone or in combination with Mycophenolate mofetil (<=1.5 g/D) or Azathioprine (<=150 mg/D)
Other Names:
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Other: Control group
standard maintenance therapy only
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Prednisolone 5-7.5 mg daily alone or in combination with Mycophenolate mofetil (<=1.5 g/D) or Azathioprine (<=150 mg/D)
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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eGFR reduction
Time Frame: 24 months
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Incidence of eGFR reduction by 30% or more at 24 months
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24 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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eGFR
Time Frame: 24 months
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Changes in eGFR over time
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24 months
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Urine protein-to-creatinine (UPC) ratio
Time Frame: 24 months
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Changes in urine protein-to-creatinine (UPC) ratio over time
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24 months
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End-stage kidney disease (ESKD)
Time Frame: 24 months
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Incidence rates of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD)
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24 months
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Fasting glucose
Time Frame: 24 months
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Changes in fasting glucose over time
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24 months
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Hba1c
Time Frame: 24 months
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Changes in Hba1c over time
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24 months
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Lipids
Time Frame: 24 months
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Changes in lipids over time
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24 months
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Anti-dsDNA
Time Frame: 24 months
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Changes in anti-dsDNA over time (measured by ELIZA)
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24 months
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C3
Time Frame: 24 months
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Changes in C3 over time (measured by nephelometry)
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24 months
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Memory B cells
Time Frame: 24 months
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Changes in memory B cells over time (measured by flow cytometry)
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24 months
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miR-148a
Time Frame: 24 months
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Changes in miR-148a over time (measured by qPCR using blood samples)
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24 months
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BACH1
Time Frame: 24 months
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Changes in BACH1 over time (measured by qPCR using blood samples)
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24 months
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BACH2
Time Frame: 24 months
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Changes in BACH2 over time (measured by qPCR using blood samples)
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24 months
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PAX5
Time Frame: 24 months
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Changes in PAX5 over time (measured by qPCR using blood samples)
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24 months
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Clinical relapses
Time Frame: 24 months
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Occurrence of clinical relapses (renal and extra-renal relapses)
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24 months
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Urinary tract infection
Time Frame: 24 months
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Incidence rates of urinary tract infection
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24 months
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Ketoacidosis
Time Frame: 24 months
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Incidence rates of ketoacidosis
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24 months
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genital infection
Time Frame: 24 months
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Incidence rates of genital infection
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24 months
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Acute kidney injury
Time Frame: 24 months
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Incidence rates of acute kidney injury
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24 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Desmond Yap, MD (HK), The University of Hong Kong
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Estimated)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimated)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimated)
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Pathologic Processes
- Immune System Diseases
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Urologic Diseases
- Disease Attributes
- Renal Insufficiency
- Connective Tissue Diseases
- Glomerulonephritis
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- Chronic Disease
- Female Urogenital Diseases
- Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
- Urogenital Diseases
- Male Urogenital Diseases
- Kidney Diseases
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
- Nephritis
- Lupus Nephritis
- Hypoglycemic Agents
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors
- Dapagliflozin
Other Study ID Numbers
- LN-SGLT2i
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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