Active Vitamin D And Reduced Dose Prednisolone for Treatment in Minimal Change Nephropathy

NCT ID: NCT03210688

Last Updated: 2025-01-24

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

71 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-05-01

Study Completion Date

2025-01-21

Brief Summary

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Traditionally MCN is treated with a high dose of prednisolone, which induces remission in 60-90% of patients. Prednisolone treatment contains numerous side effects and the current dose is empiric. Given the lack of efficacy evidence and the risk associated with the currently accepted treatment regimen there is a need to characterize the outcome in MCN further, and to establish new, and potentially less toxic treatment regimens.

The aim is to examine if treatment with reduced dose of prednisolone in combination with activated vitamin D is as effective as standard high dose prednisolone in achieving remission and preventing relapse in MCN, and if reduced dose prednisolone is associated with fewer side effects compared to standard dose. Furthermore, the study will examine the influence of prednisolone metabolism on the efficacy and side effects of prednisolone in the treatment of MCN.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Minimal Change Disease Nephrotic Syndrome

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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High dose prednisolone

Prednisolone 1 mg/kg/day

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Prednisolone

Intervention Type DRUG

Tablet prednisolone

Alfacalcidol and low dose prednisolone

Alfacalcidol 0,5 microgram/day and Prednisolone 0,5 mg/kg/day

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Prednisolone

Intervention Type DRUG

Tablet prednisolone

Alfacalcidol

Intervention Type DRUG

Capsule alfacalcidol 0,5 microgram/day

Interventions

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Prednisolone

Tablet prednisolone

Intervention Type DRUG

Alfacalcidol

Capsule alfacalcidol 0,5 microgram/day

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Prednisone

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Biopsy proven minimal change nephropathy
* If earlier minimal change: No relapse in 5 years, and earlier only treated with prednisolone
* Nephrotic syndrome
* Age more than 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

* Cancer except from basal cells carcinoma
* Lymphoproliferative disease
* Pregnancy
* eGFR \< 30 ml/min/1,73m2 (CKD-EPI)
* Allergy
* No danish language
* No ability to give informed prove
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Aarhus

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Per Ivarsen

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Aarhus University Hospital

Locations

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Aarhus University Hospital

Aarhus, , Denmark

Site Status

Regional Hospital Viborg

Viborg, , Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

References

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Azukaitis K, Palmer SC, Strippoli GF, Hodson EM. Interventions for minimal change disease in adults with nephrotic syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Mar 1;3(3):CD001537. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001537.pub5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35230699 (View on PubMed)

Kristensen T, Birn H, Ivarsen P. A randomised controlled unblinded multicentre non-inferiority trial with activated vitamin D and prednisolone treatment in patients with minimal change nephropathy (ADAPTinMCN). Trials. 2021 Jul 12;22(1):442. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05393-4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34247632 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ADAPT in MCN

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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