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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
400 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2016-12-31
2027-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Laboratory mice have served as invaluable tools to understand human disease development. As mouse genetic tools became readily available, it enabled us to perform time and cell type specific gene manipulation in animals to generate disease models and to understand the contributions of specific pathways. Unfortunately, mouse models do not recapitulate human diabetic kidney disease as animals develop only early DKD lesions; mesangial expansion and mild albuminuria11. Most models do not develop arterial hyalinosis, tubulointerstitial fibrosis and declining glomerular filtration rate (GFR); hallmarks of progressive DKD. There are several fundamental differences in gene expression patterns and physiology of human and murine kidneys. Such differences may explain the lack of translatability between mice and humans of pharmacological approaches aimed at treating DKD. This seems to be a general trend in other disease areas as well (for example Alzheimer's disease), leading to a recent movement toward translational and clinical research with increasing reliance on human samples.
Human genetic studies made paradigm-shifting observations in relatively rare monogenic forms of kidney diseases (including polycystic kidney disease and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis). Diabetic CKD on the other hand follows a complex polygenic pattern. Currently, the most powerful method to define the genetics of complex diseases such as DKD is genome wide association (GWAS), where associations between polymorphisms and the disease state are tested. Prior studies indicate that for complex traits, such as DKD, genetic polymorphisms that are associated with disease state are localized to the non-coding region of the genome12,13. Moreover, the genetic architecture of diabetic kidney disease has not been characterized and several large collaborations are currently addressing this issue14. Thus, the next challenge is to define target genes, target cell types and the mode of dysregulation caused by non-coding snips (SNPs15). Such studies require large collection of human tissue samples from disease relevant organs.
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) remains a clinical diagnosis. Subjects with CKD in the presence of diabetes and albuminuria are considered to have diabetic nephropathy. Such definition is used in clinical practice and in research studies including clinical trials. Studies performed in 1980 provide the basis for the practice16,17. Investigators stage DKD as a progressive disease, beginning with the loss of small amounts of albumin into the urine (30-300mg/day; known as the stage of microalbuminuria, high albuminuria, occult or incipient nephropathy), then larger amounts (\>300mg/day; known as macroalbuminuria, very high albuminuria or overt nephropathy), followed by progressive decline in kidney function (eGFR), renal impairment and ultimately ESRD 17-19. This paradigm has proved useful in clinical studies, especially in type 1 diabetes, for identifying cohorts at increased risk of adverse health outcomes. However, boundaries between stages of DKD are artificial and the relationship between urinary albumin excretion and adverse health outcomes is log-linear in clinical practice. Indeed, the American Diabetes Association recently abandoned staging of albuminuria (ACR) for a more-straightforward \[ACR \>30 mg/g, (albuminuria present); ACR \<30 mg/g (albuminuria absent)\] criterion. Moreover, many patients, and especially those with type 2 diabetes, do not follow this classical course in modern clinical practice. For example, many subjects with DKD do not manifest excessive urinary albumin loss20. Indeed, of the 28% of the UKPDS cohort who developed moderate to severe renal impairment, half did not have preceding albuminuria. In the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), of the 11% patients with type 1 diabetes who developed an eGFR\<60 ml/min/1.73m2, 40% never had experienced overt nephropathy21. In addition, most patients with microalbuminuria do not progressively exhibit an increase in urinary albumin excretion as in the classical paradigm with treatment-induced and spontaneous 'remission' of albuminuria widely observed22,23. Consequently, individuals with microalbuminuria may better be regarded as being at increased risk of developing progressive renal disease (as well as cardiovascular disease and other diabetic complications), rather than as actually having DKD per se. While over the last 40 years it became evident that the original description of DKD needs revision, no alternative criteria have emerged given the lack of solid data on the correlation between histopathological (gold standard) DKD diagnosis and clinical manifestations. It is also possible that, with the introduction of better glycemic control and anti-renin (RAAS) blockade, the disease has evolved necessitating new observational cohorts to understand the clinical disease course and manifestations.
Diabetic kidney disease presents with a variable rate of kidney function decline24. Data from large observational cohorts indicate that GFR decline frequently does not follow a linear course. Several groups are working on modeling GFR decline patterns in patients. Such studies contributed to emphasizing patients termed as "rapid progressors". There is no consensus definition for rapid progression. Many studies define rapid progressors as patients with greater than 3 cc/year GFR decrease but alternative cut points such as even 10 cc/year has also been used. Identification and clinical characterization of rapid progressors became the center of several large scale efforts as these are the patients who would likely need intensive clinical management25. Furthermore recent post-hoc analyses of the Diabetic Nephropathy (IDNT and RENAAL) studies indicate that clinical trial outcomes are mostly driven by a small number of subjects with unusually rapidly progressive GFR decline i.e. subjects that display characteristics of rapid progressors. While investigators are still awaiting accurate descriptions, biomarker and clinical descriptive studies have yielded several interesting observations. Albuminuria remains one of the strongest risk factor for "FDA-approved" (hard) renal outcomes; doubling of serum creatinine, dialysis or death. Indeed some of the latest studies indicate that using a 4 or a 6 variable model, that includes albuminuria, age, sex, serum phosphate, serum calcium and serum albumin has C-statistics score of 0.84-0.91 to predict ESRD 26,27. During the last years several new biomarkers have been identified that can potentially identify patients who are at increased risk for rapid loss of kidney function. For example blood and urinary levels of kidney injury molecule (KIM1) shows promise to identify patients who are at risk for kidney function decline. Recently, investigators showed that circulating levels of tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 and 2 levels can identify patients with rapidly declining renal function 28. While these markers are generating increased interest; the critical questions remains; why do some patients follow a rapid decline in kidney function?
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Confirmed Diabetic Nephropathy
Patients undergoing a clinically indicated kidney biopsy with a history of diabetes who satisfy pre-specified criteria for diabetic nephropathy.
There is no intervention
There are no interventions
Confirmed Non-diabetic Nephropathy
Patients undergoing a clinically indicated kidney biopsy with a history of diabetes who fail pre-specified criteria for diabetic nephropathy.
There is no intervention
There are no interventions
Interventions
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There is no intervention
There are no interventions
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Willingness to comply with study requirements, including intention to fully participate in protocol-specified follow-up at a clinical study site
* Able to provide informed consent
* Adult participants
* Planned medically indicated kidney biopsy, prescribed by a practicing nephrologist
Exclusion Criteria
* History of receiving dialysis for more than 30 days prior to biopsy
* Institutionalized
* Solid organ or bone marrow transplant recipient at time of first kidney biopsy
* Less than 3-year life expectancy
* History of active alcohol and/or substance abuse that in the investigator's assessment would impair the subject's ability to comply with the protocol
* Unable to provide informed consent
* Evidence of active cancer requiring treatment, other than non-melanoma skin cancer
18 Years
100 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL
OTHER
University of North Carolina
OTHER
Northwestern University
OTHER
University of New Mexico
OTHER
Stanford University
OTHER
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
OTHER
Ohio State University
OTHER
Yale University
OTHER
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
OTHER
Oregon Health and Science University
OTHER
Lehigh Valley Health Network
OTHER
University of Arkansas
OTHER
University of Southern California
OTHER
University of Virginia
OTHER
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
INDUSTRY
Boehringer Ingelheim
INDUSTRY
GlaxoSmithKline
INDUSTRY
Gilead Sciences
INDUSTRY
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
OTHER
Novo Nordisk A/S
INDUSTRY
University of Pennsylvania
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Katalin Susztak, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Pennsylvania
Locations
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, United States
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, United States
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York, United States
Columbia University
New York, New York, United States
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
The Bronx, New York, United States
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, United States
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United States
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Countries
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Townsend RR, Guarnieri P, Argyropoulos C, Blady S, Boustany-Kari CM, Devalaraja-Narashimha K, Morton L, Mottl AK, Patel U, Palmer M, Ross MJ, Sarov-Blat L, Steinbugler K, Susztak K; TRIDENT Study Investigators. Rationale and design of the Transformative Research in Diabetic Nephropathy (TRIDENT) Study. Kidney Int. 2020 Jan;97(1):10-13. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2019.09.020. No abstract available.
Abedini A, Zhu YO, Chatterjee S, Halasz G, Devalaraja-Narashimha K, Shrestha R, S Balzer M, Park J, Zhou T, Ma Z, Sullivan KM, Hu H, Sheng X, Liu H, Wei Y, Boustany-Kari CM, Patel U, Almaani S, Palmer M, Townsend R, Blady S, Hogan J, Morton L, Susztak K; TRIDENT Study Investigators. Urinary Single-Cell Profiling Captures the Cellular Diversity of the Kidney. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Mar;32(3):614-627. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020050757. Epub 2021 Feb 2.
Palmer MB, Abedini A, Jackson C, Blady S, Chatterjee S, Sullivan KM, Townsend RR, Brodbeck J, Almaani S, Srivastava A, Avasare R, Ross MJ, Mottl AK, Argyropoulos C, Hogan J, Susztak K. The Role of Glomerular Epithelial Injury in Kidney Function Decline in Patients With Diabetic Kidney Disease in the TRIDENT Cohort. Kidney Int Rep. 2021 Feb 3;6(4):1066-1080. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.01.025. eCollection 2021 Apr.
Hogan JJ, Owen JG, Blady SJ, Almaani S, Avasare RS, Bansal S, Lenz O, Luciano RL, Parikh SV, Ross MJ, Sharma D, Szerlip H, Wadhwani S, Townsend RR, Palmer MB, Susztak K, Mottl AK; TRIDENT Study Investigators. The Feasibility and Safety of Obtaining Research Kidney Biopsy Cores in Patients with Diabetes: An Interim Analysis of the TRIDENT Study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Jul 1;15(7):1024-1026. doi: 10.2215/CJN.13061019. Epub 2020 Apr 27. No abstract available.
Other Identifiers
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824503
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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