Study of the Telitacicept in Pediatric Patients With Frequently Relapsing or Steroid Dependent Nephrotic Syndrome

NCT ID: NCT06125405

Last Updated: 2024-08-21

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-11-28

Study Completion Date

2027-10-24

Brief Summary

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The main objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of telitacicept in pediatric patients with frequently relapsing or steroid dependent nephrotic syndrome within the 52-week follow-up.

Detailed Description

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Nephrotic syndrome(NS) is the most common glomerular disease in children. Approximately 45-50% of patients with nephrotic syndrome exhibit frequent relapses or are dependent on steroid therapy. Frequent relapses or steroid dependence in nephrotic syndrome have been challenging issues for clinicians. Long-term, repeated, and high-dose oral steroid use can lead to side effects such as obesity, delayed development, hypertension, diabetes, glaucoma, osteoporosis, and increased susceptibility to infections. The addition of traditional immunosuppressants such as cyclophosphamide and tacrolimus can cause severe and irreversible side effects. Therefore, exploring new drugs and their application protocols is particularly important. Telitacicept has a unique dual-target mechanism that can inhibit B cell maturation and differentiation at multiple stages, thereby inhibiting B cell activity. Clinical studies have confirmed its significant efficacy in various kidney diseases, such as lupus nephritis, IgA nephropathy, and adult recurrent minimal change nephrotic syndrome; moreover, it has good safety profiles.

Therefore, through this prospective, single-center, open-label clinical trial, we aim to evaluate whether telitacicept provides superior efficacy compared to existing conventional treatment regimens for childhood frequent relapse (FR) or steroid-dependent (SD) nephrotic syndrome (NS), and assess its safety profile. Our goal is to provide an optimized treatment plan for childhood FRNS or SDNS.

Conditions

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Nephrotic Syndrome in Children Telitacicept

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Telitacicept group

Weekly administration (administration time can be within 1 week + 3 days). Body weight and dosage: for subjects with body weight greater than 10kg and less than or equal to 20kg, the dose of Telitacicept is 40mg; for subjects with body weight greater than 20kg and less than or equal to 40kg, the dose of Telitacicept is 80mg; for subjects with body weight greater than 40kg and less than or equal to 60kg, the dose of Telitacicept is 120mg; for subjects with body weight greater than or equal to 60kg, the dose of Telitacicept is 160mg. Treatment duration: 52 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Telitacicept

Intervention Type DRUG

The study duration was 52 weeks, with the experimental group receiving subcutaneous injections of Telitacicept once weekly for a total of 52 weeks.

Interventions

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Telitacicept

The study duration was 52 weeks, with the experimental group receiving subcutaneous injections of Telitacicept once weekly for a total of 52 weeks.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Sensitive but frequent relapses or steroids dependence nephrotic syndrome
* Age: 2 to 18 years old
* Normal renal function: estimated glomerular filtration rate ≥90ml/ min/1.73m2
* Morning urine protein \<1+ or urine protein-creatinine ratio \<0.2g/g (\<20 mg/ mmol) for 3 consecutive days and above when in enroll
* No rituximab was used within 6 months, no tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, cyclosporine A, or cyclophosphamide was used within 3 months, no ACTH was used within 3 months prior to the enrollment

Exclusion Criteria

* Family history of nephrotic syndrome, chronic glomerulonephritis or uremia
* Leukopenia (White Blood Cells ≤ 3.0 \* 10\^9 / L)
* Moderate to severe anemia (hemoglobin \<9.0 g/dL)
* Thrombocytopenia (platelet count \<100\*10\^12/L)
* Positive Hepatitis B virus serological indicators (Hepatitis B surface antigen or / and Hepatitis B virus e antigen or / and Hepatitis B core antibody), Hepatitis C virus-positive or patients with abnormal liver function (2 or more times of alamine aminotransferase or total bilirubin was exceeded the normal value, and continued to rise for 2 weeks)
* There are chronic active infections such as Epstein-Barrvirus, cytomegalovirus or Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and the usage of steroids and immunosuppressive agents may aggravate the state of an illness
* Secondary nephrotic syndrome (such as purpuric nephritis, lupus nephritis, etc.)
* Those who with hematological or endocrine system diseases as well as serious organs illness such as heart, liver or kidney
* Those who with other autoimmune diseases or primary immunodeficiencies or tumors
* Those who have participated in other clinical trials within three months prior to the enrollment
* Those who was not suitable for participating this study judged by investigator
Minimum Eligible Age

2 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mao Jianhua

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jianhua Mao, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Locations

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Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Jianhua Mao, MD

Role: CONTACT

86057186670015

Chunyue Feng

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Jianhua Mao, MD

Role: primary

13616819071

References

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Veltkamp F, Rensma LR, Bouts AHM; LEARNS consortium. Incidence and Relapse of Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome: Meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2021 Jul;148(1):e2020029249. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-029249. Epub 2021 Jun 30.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34193618 (View on PubMed)

Eddy AA, Symons JM. Nephrotic syndrome in childhood. Lancet. 2003 Aug 23;362(9384):629-39. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14184-0.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12944064 (View on PubMed)

Filler G, Young E, Geier P, Carpenter B, Drukker A, Feber J. Is there really an increase in non-minimal change nephrotic syndrome in children? Am J Kidney Dis. 2003 Dec;42(6):1107-13. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2003.08.010.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 14655180 (View on PubMed)

Tarshish P, Tobin JN, Bernstein J, Edelmann CM Jr. Prognostic significance of the early course of minimal change nephrotic syndrome: report of the International Study of Kidney Disease in Children. J Am Soc Nephrol. 1997 May;8(5):769-76. doi: 10.1681/ASN.V85769.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 9176846 (View on PubMed)

Dhillon S. Telitacicept: First Approval. Drugs. 2021 Sep;81(14):1671-1675. doi: 10.1007/s40265-021-01591-1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34463932 (View on PubMed)

Shi F, Xue R, Zhou X, Shen P, Wang S, Yang Y. Telitacicept as a BLyS/APRIL dual inhibitor for autoimmune disease. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol. 2021 Dec;43(6):666-673. doi: 10.1080/08923973.2021.1973493. Epub 2021 Sep 14.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34519594 (View on PubMed)

Cai J, Gao D, Liu D, Liu Z. Telitacicept for autoimmune nephropathy. Front Immunol. 2023 Jun 5;14:1169084. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1169084. eCollection 2023.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37342346 (View on PubMed)

Chen R, Fu R, Lin Z, Huang C, Huang W. The efficacy and safety of telitacicept for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: a real life observational study. Lupus. 2023 Jan;32(1):94-100. doi: 10.1177/09612033221141253. Epub 2022 Nov 23.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 36416639 (View on PubMed)

Lv J, Liu L, Hao C, Li G, Fu P, Xing G, Zheng H, Chen N, Wang C, Luo P, Xie D, Zuo L, Li R, Mao Y, Dong S, Zhang P, Zheng H, Wang Y, Qin W, Wang W, Li L, Jiao W, Fang J, Zhang H. Randomized Phase 2 Trial of Telitacicept in Patients With IgA Nephropathy With Persistent Proteinuria. Kidney Int Rep. 2022 Dec 29;8(3):499-506. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.12.014. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 36938094 (View on PubMed)

Li S, Ding L, Yang YJ, Yang XD. Telitacicept for minimal change disease. Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2023 Jul;39(7):748-749. doi: 10.1002/kjm2.12719. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37440467 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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STERN

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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