Treatment of IgA Nephropathy According to Renal Lesions

NCT ID: NCT03188887

Last Updated: 2025-11-20

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

62 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-02-20

Study Completion Date

2024-01-12

Brief Summary

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TIGER study (Treatment of IgA nEphropathy according to Renal lesions) is a prospective openly randomized controlled study.

The main objective is to evaluate the efficacy of early corticotherapy + Renin Angiotensin System (RAS) blockade or inhibitors of Sodium glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2i) (versus RAS blockade or SGLT2i alone) after two years of evolution in IgAN patients with severe histological lesions.

Detailed Description

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Currently, IgAN treatment recommendations are only based on clinico-biological parameters. Steroids therapy appears to have a major role in IgAN treatment, but previous studies evaluating steroids lacked of optimal control group and reproducible evaluation criteria. No prospective study with optimal nephroprotection had included renal pathology in patients selection criteria, although histological evaluation improves patients prognosis prediction. Until now, the lack of a reliable histological classification has precluded the use of histological lesions to evaluate IgAN prognosis and treatment. Given the recently identified major prognostic role of histological lesions in IgAN, we propose to introduce renal pathology to guide the treatment of IgAN in a multicenter study, using currently validated evaluation criteria of chronic kidney disease progression.

Conditions

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IgA Nephropathy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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CONTROL

Treatment with Renin Angiotensin system (RAS) blockade or SGLT2i.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Renin Angiotensin system (RAS) blockade or Inhibitors of sodium glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2i)

Intervention Type DRUG

treatment with Renin angiotensin system (RAS) blockade or SGLT2i

EXPERIMENTAL

Corticotherapy + RAS blockade or SGLT2i treatment. Drug injection (intravenous) + tablets

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

corticotherapy

Intervention Type DRUG

3 IV pulses steroids followed by oral steroids for 4 months

Renin Angiotensin system (RAS) blockade or Inhibitors of sodium glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2i)

Intervention Type DRUG

treatment with Renin angiotensin system (RAS) blockade or SGLT2i

Interventions

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corticotherapy

3 IV pulses steroids followed by oral steroids for 4 months

Intervention Type DRUG

Renin Angiotensin system (RAS) blockade or Inhibitors of sodium glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2i)

treatment with Renin angiotensin system (RAS) blockade or SGLT2i

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age \>= 18 years
2. Patient with IgAN
3. Renal biopsy \< 45 days before inclusion visit
4. PCR ratio \>0.75 g/g (within 30 days before or after the renal biopsy)
5. Renal biopsy with at least 8 glomeruli, disclosing at least 2 criteria among:

* mesangial proliferation (according to Oxford criteria)
* endocapillary proliferation (according to Oxford criteria)
* tubulointerstitial fibrosis (according to Oxford criteria) \>25% of the biopsy
* segmental glomerulosclerosis (according to Oxford criteria)
* at least 1 cellular/fibrocellular crescents (C1 according to Oxford criteria)
6. Patient with Social Security Insurance or CMU
7. Patient having signed an informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. \>30% increase of serum creatinine after starting nephroprotection therapy (≥ 15 days and ≤ 6 weeks) only for patient under nephroprotection \<45 days of the inclusion visit
2. \>50% cellular/fibrocellular crescents, or \>50% tubulointerstitial fibrosis or \>50% globally sclerotic glomeruli
3. Nephrotic syndrome with minimal change disease and IgA deposits
4. eGFR \<20 ml/min/1,73m2 (CKD-EPI formula) within 30 days before or after the renal biopsy
5. Uncontrolled blood pressure (Systolic blood pressure \>180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure \> 110 mmHg)
6. Previous corticosteroids treatment (\>20 mg/d during more than 15 days, within the last 3 months before the renal biopsy)
7. Pregnancy or breast feeding or women without sufficient contraception
8. Secondary known forms of IgAN
9. Henoch-Schoenlein purpura
10. Additional other chronic renal disease
11. Contraindication for immunosuppressive therapy, including active intestinal bleeding, active gastric or duodenal ulcer; active infection; any malignancy in a last years before the inclusion; severe psychiatric disease; living vaccines; anti-inflammatory dosages of acetylsalicylic acid
12. Contraindication for RAS orSGLT2i blockade therapy
13. Known allergy or intolerance to corticoids or lactose
14. Organ transplant patient
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Dominique JOLY, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Eric ALAMARTINE

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHU SAINT-ETIENNE

Khalil El Karoui

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Henri Mondor University Hospital

Locations

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Hôpital Necker Enfants-malades

Paris, Paris, France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Shi S, Roberts ISD, Wang Z, Jiang L, Tang C, Wang J, Lv J, Wong MG, Barbour SJ, Perkovic V, Cattran D, Zhang H; TESTING Study Pathology Group. Predictive Value of the Oxford Classification for the Effect of Glucocorticoid Therapy in IgA Nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Jul 8. doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000796. Online ahead of print. No abstract available.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40627446 (View on PubMed)

El Karoui K, Fervenza FC, De Vriese AS. Treatment of IgA Nephropathy: A Rapidly Evolving Field. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 Jan 1;35(1):103-116. doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000000000242. Epub 2023 Sep 29.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37772889 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2016-004507-31

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

P140931

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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