Assessment of Safety and Efficacy of SGLT2is Among LN Patients

NCT ID: NCT06113900

Last Updated: 2023-11-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE1/PHASE2

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-12-01

Study Completion Date

2025-01-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of SGLT2is among LN patients.

Detailed Description

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SLE is a chronic debilitating autoimmune disorder that involves multiple organ systems either simultaneously or sequentially with relapsing and remitting course. The word 'Lupus' is a Latin term which means wolf.

Lupus nephritis (LN) is one of the common complications in patients with SLE and influences overall outcome of these patients. About two-thirds of patients with SLE have renal disease at some stage which is a leading cause of mortality in these patients.

Manifestations of LN vary from asymptomatic urinary abnormalities to rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis to end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

Recently, metabolic modulation approach has become a hot spot in the management of SLE. Increased glucose metabolism in immune cells has been reported in patients with SLE.

Repurposing metformin, an old anti diabetic drug, has the potential to reduce the risk of lupus flare in randomized controlled trials. A recent crossover study implied that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma agonists might decrease cardiovascular risk in patients with SLE.

Dapagliflozin, SGLT2i, is a new therapy for type 2 diabetes. The Dapagliflozin mode of action is to reduce glucose reabsorption in the epithelial cells of the proximal renal tubule of the kidney, which results in decreased blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin levels.

Strikingly, four cardiovascular outcome trials demonstrated that treatment with SGLT2is (empagliflozin, canagliflozin and dapagliflozin) in patients with type 2 diabetes had prominent effects on slowing the decline rate of eGFR and decreasing albuminuria, as well as a significant reduction in cardiovascular events.

Furthermore, the nephroprotective efficacy of SGLT2is was extended to non-diabetic CKD, such as IgA nephropathy.

The net gain of SGLT2 inhibition is to reduce renal workload and to modulate weight loss and blood pressure.

The paradigm for CKD and congestive heart failure management has been shifted accordingly

Interestingly, all researchers have reported that SGLT2is could block lipopolysaccharide-induced and NLRP3-mediated inflammatory responses and regulate macrophage polarization via interplay with mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and AMP-activated protein kinase pathway thereby, SGLT2is might further contribute to reducing inflammation, modulating endothelial dysfunction and decelerating atherosclerosis which are all relevant to the pathophysiology of SLE.

Here, the investigators initiated this study aiming to assess the safety and efficacy of dapagliflozin among patients with LN.

Conditions

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Lupus Nephritis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Drug as Dapagliflozin 10 mg orally for 6 months is given

25 lupus nephritis patients will receive SGLT2is as dapagliflozin 10mg beside there usual treatment of lupus for 6 months

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dapagliflozin 10mg Tab orally once daily

Intervention Type DRUG

Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors

On there conventional lupus nephritis treatment

25 lupus nephritis patients didn't receive SGLT2i and continue on their conventional lupus nephritis treatment

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Dapagliflozin 10mg Tab orally once daily

Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Empagliflozin 10 mg tab orally once daily

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients aged more than 18 year.
* Patients with confirmed SLE according to EULAR/ACR classification criteria.
* Patients with LN ( persistent proteinuria \> 2 gm per day or greater than 3+ by dipstick, and/or cellular casts including red cell, hemoglobin, granular, tubular or mixed \& "active urinary sediment" (\>5 RBC/hpf, \>5 WBC/hpf in the absence of infection, or cellular casts limited to RBC or WBC casts )
* Patient with e GFR \> 25 ml/min/1.73m2 by CKD-EPI equation.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with an allergy or intolerance to Dapagliflozin or any prior SGLT2i exposure within 1 month before screening.
* Medical history of chronic disease (Severe respiratory distress, gastrointestinal tract lesions \& chronic liver disease)
* Patients with recurrent genitourinary infections.
* Patient with proteinuria \< 2gm.
* Patient who show response to immune therapy in proteinuria reduction \> 50%.
* Patient with Lupus in induction phase.
* Patient on steroids \> 30 mg daily dose.
* Patients with diabetes mellitus.
* Patients with severe infection requiring antibiotics within 1 month before screening.
* Patients with malignant diseases.
* Pregnant or breast-feeding women.
* Patients with eGFR \< 25 ml/min/1.73m2 or undergoing dialysis therapy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ain Shams University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Marwa Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Waly

Head of Nephrology Department

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Howaida Al-Shennawi, Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Professor of internal medicine and Nephrology

Cherry Kamel, Professor

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Professor of internal medicine and Nephrology

Locations

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Ain Shams University

Alexandria, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

Central Contacts

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Marwa Ahmed Waly, MD

Role: CONTACT

01288264247

Marwa Abdel Samie, Lecturer

Role: CONTACT

01278064363

Facility Contacts

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Howida Al Shennawi, Professor

Role: primary

01223429592

References

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Abdollahi E, Keyhanfar F, Delbandi AA, Falak R, Hajimiresmaiel SJ, Shafiei M. Dapagliflozin exerts anti-inflammatory effects via inhibition of LPS-induced TLR-4 overexpression and NF-kappaB activation in human endothelial cells and differentiated macrophages. Eur J Pharmacol. 2022 Mar 5;918:174715. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174715. Epub 2022 Jan 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35026193 (View on PubMed)

Braunwald E. Gliflozins in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease. N Engl J Med. 2022 May 26;386(21):2024-2034. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra2115011. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35613023 (View on PubMed)

Gounden V, Bhatt H, Jialal I. Renal Function Tests. 2024 Jul 27. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507821/

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29939598 (View on PubMed)

Ma Y, Zhao Q, Peng H, Nalisa DL, Shan P, Jiang H. SGLT2i in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes: Benefits, Risks, and Preventive Strategies. Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2023 May 22;28(5):98. doi: 10.31083/j.fbl2805098.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37258468 (View on PubMed)

Parodis I, Gomez A, Lindblom J, Chow JW, Sjowall C, Sciascia S, Gatto M. B Cell Kinetics upon Therapy Commencement for Active Extrarenal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Relation to Development of Renal Flares: Results from Three Phase III Clinical Trials of Belimumab. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Nov 11;23(22):13941. doi: 10.3390/ijms232213941.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 36430417 (View on PubMed)

Sada K, Kurita N, Noma H, Matsuki T, Quasny H, Levy RA, Jones-Leone AR, Gairy K, Yajima N. MOONLIGHT study: the design of a comparative study of the effectiveness of belimumab in patients with a history of lupus nephritis from the post-Marketed effectiveness of belimumab cOhOrt and JapaN Lupus NatIonwide reGistry (LUNA) coHorT. Lupus Sci Med. 2022 Sep;9(1):e000746. doi: 10.1136/lupus-2022-000746.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37017254 (View on PubMed)

Desai SB, Ahdoot R, Malik F, Obert M, Hanna R. New guidelines and therapeutic updates for the management of lupus nephritis. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2024 May 1;33(3):344-353. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000969. Epub 2024 Feb 9.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38334499 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SGLT2I among LN patients

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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