Clinical trial Recruiting at 38 sites Phase 2 Interventional Ages 1 Year to 17

Treatment of pediatric kidney diseases with Sparsentan

Official title: A Phase 2, Open-Label, Single-Arm, Cohort Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics of Sparsentan Treatment in Pediatric Subjects With Selected Proteinuric Glomerular Diseases

Run by Travere Therapeutics, Inc. · NCT05003986 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study is testing if a new oral medication called Sparsentan can help children aged 1 to 18 with certain kidney diseases feel better and improve their condition over two years.

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Quick facts

PhasePhase 2
Study typeInterventional
Ages1 Year to 17 Years
SexAll
Enrollment67 (estimated)
SponsorTravere Therapeutics, Inc.
Industry-sponsored
Drugs / interventionsrituximab, ofatumumab, ocrelizumab, cyclophosphamide
Locations47 sites (Los Angeles, California and 46 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedAugust 12, 2021
Main results expectedMarch 12, 2027
Study endsApril 12, 2027
Registry record updatedMay 12, 2026
Trial IDNCT05003986 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates for this study are pediatric patients aged 1 to 18 years with specific kidney diseases confirmed by biopsy and elevated protein levels.

Probably not a fit

Patients with non-proteinuric kidney diseases or those with an eGFR below 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 may not benefit from this study.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This clinical trial evaluates the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of Sparsentan, an oral medication, in pediatric patients aged 1 to 18 years with specific proteinuric glomerular diseases. The study is multicenter and open-label, lasting 112 weeks, and includes three populations based on different kidney conditions such as Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy. Participants will receive once-daily doses of Sparsentan, and their proteinuria levels will be monitored over time to assess treatment effects.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could significantly improve kidney function and quality of life for children suffering from proteinuric glomerular diseases.

How similar studies have gone: While there have been studies on similar conditions, the specific use of Sparsentan in this pediatric population is novel and has not been extensively tested.

Who can join: the full rules

Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria for All Subjects (All Three Populations):

A subject must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for participation in this study:

* The subject or parent/legal guardian (as appropriate) is willing and able to provide signed informed consent/assent, and where required, the subject is willing to provide assent before any screening procedures per local requirements.
* The subject has an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥30 mL/min/1.73 m2 at screening.
* The subject has a mean seated blood pressure between the 5th and 95th percentile for sex and height.

Inclusion Criteria for Population 1:

* The subject is male or female ≥1 year at screening and \<18 years of age at Day 1 (Baseline).
* The subject has a UP/C ≥1.5 g/g (170 mg/mmol) at screening AND one of the following:
* Kidney biopsy-proven FSGS or MCD histological patterns and clinical presentation consistent with primary FSGS or MCD and qualifying proteinuria at screening despite history or ongoing treatment with corticosteroids and/or other immunosuppressive disease-modifying agents.
* Documentation of a genetic mutation in a podocyte protein associated with FSGS or MCD. Subjects with a documented podocytic mutation do not require kidney biopsy.
* Kidney biopsy-proven FSGS histological pattern with medical history and clinical presentation consistent with maladaptive cause of the lesion.

Note: The kidney biopsy may have been performed at any time in the past but must include light microscopy and electron microscopy characteristics and/or immunofluorescence findings consistent with FSGS or MCD.

Inclusion Criteria for Population 2:

* The subject is male or female ≥2 years at screening and \<18 years of age at Day 1 (Baseline).
* The subject has UP/C ≥0.6 g/g (68 mg/mmol) at screening AND one of the following diagnoses:
* Kidney biopsy-confirmed IgAN, IgAV, or AS
* Diagnosis of AS by genetic testing (pathogenic X-linked Collagen, Type IV, Alpha-5 (COL4A5) mutation OR autosomal-recessive mutations in both alleles of Collagen, Type IV, Alpha-3 (COL4A3) and/or Collagen, Type IV, Alpha-4 (COL4A4) OR autosomal-dominant COL4A3 and/or COL4A4 and digenic mutations \[ie, simultaneous mutations in 2 of the COL4A3, COL4A4, and COL4A5 genes\])

Inclusion Criteria for Population 3:

* The subject is male or female ≥8 years at screening and \<18 years of age at Day 1 (Baseline).
* The subject has UP/C ≥1.0 g/g (113 mg/mmol) at screening AND has kidney biopsy-confirmed IgAN
* Subject weighs ≥40 kg
* The subject has been on ACEI and/or ARB therapy for at least 12 weeks prior to screening

Exclusion Criteria for All Subjects (All Three Populations):

A subject who meets any of the following will be excluded from this study:

* The subject weighs \<7.3 kg at screening.
* The subject has FSGS or MCD histological pattern secondary to viral infections, drug toxicities, or malignancies.
* The subject has immunoglobulin A (IgA) glomerular deposits not in the context of primary IgAN or IgAV (ie, secondary to another condition; eg, systemic lupus erythematosus and liver cirrhosis).
* The subject has had an acute onset or presentation of glomerular disease or a diagnostic biopsy or a relapse of glomerular disease requiring new or different class of immunosuppressive treatment (including, but not limited to, systemic corticosteroids, calcineurin inhibitors and mycophenolate mofetil, abatacept, cyclophosphamide, rituximab, ofatumumab, and ocrelizumab) within 6 months before screening.
* Subjects taking chronic immunosuppressive medications (including systemic steroids) not on a stable dose for ≥1 month before screening.
* The subject requires any of the prohibited concomitant medications as defined in the study protocol.
* The subject has undergone any organ transplantation, with the exception of corneal transplants.
* The subject has a documented history of congenital or acquired heart failure (modified Ross heart failure classification for children Class II to Class IV) and/or previous hospitalization for heart failure or unexplained dyspnea, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, ascites, and/or peripheral edema.
* The subject has hemodynamically significant cardiac valvular disease.
* The subject has clinically significant congenital vascular disease.
* The subject has jaundice, hepatitis, or known hepatobiliary disease, or alanine aminotransferase and/or aspartate aminotransferase \>2 times the upper limit of the normal range at screening.
* The subject has a history of malignancy within the past 2 years.
* The subject has a screening hematocrit \<27% (0.27 L/L) or a hemoglobin value \<9 g/dL (90 g/L).
* The subject has a screening potassium value \>5.5 milliequivalent (mEq)/L (5.5 mmol/L).
* The subject has any abnormal clinical laboratory screening values that are considered by the Investigator to be clinically significant.
* The subject has a history of allergic response to any angiotensin II antagonist or endothelin receptor antagonist, including sparsentan, or has a hypersensitivity to any of the excipients in the study medication.
* The female subject is pregnant, plans to become pregnant during the course of the study, or is breastfeeding.
* Female subjects of childbearing potential, beginning at menarche, who do not agree to use 1 highly reliable (ie, can achieve a failure rate of \<1% per year) method of contraception from 7 days before the first dose of the study medication until 28 days after the last dose of study medication. Examples of highly reliable contraception methods include stable oral, implanted, transdermal, or injected contraceptive hormones associated with the inhibition of ovulation or an intrauterine device. One additional barrier method must also be used during vaginal sexual activity, such as a diaphragm, diaphragm with spermicide (preferred), or male partner's use of male condom or male condom with spermicide (preferred), from Day 1/Randomization until 28 days after the last dose of study medication. Female subjects of childbearing potential are defined as those who are fertile after menarche, unless permanently sterile; permanent sterilization methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, and bilateral oophorectomy. All female subjects of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test result at screening (Visit 1) and a negative urine pregnancy test result, with positive results confirmed by serum, at every study visit from Day 1 (Visit 3) and after.

Note: Before menarche, pregnancy testing and contraceptive use are not required. However, subjects and their parents/legal guardians must be advised that, immediately upon menarche, subjects will be required to begin pregnancy testing and initiate contraceptive use. This requirement cannot be waived.

* The subject has participated in a study of another study medication within 28 days before screening or plans to participate in such a study during the course of this study.
* The subject has had prior exposure to sparsentan.
* The subject or parent/legal guardian (as appropriate), in the opinion of the Investigator, are unable to adhere to the requirements of the study including but not limited to, a history of noncompliance and/or any other reason that causes the Investigator to believe the subject would not be a good candidate for the study.
* For Population 3 - the subject is unable to swallow the study medication tablets whole.

Where it's running

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Los Angeles, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Nemours Children's Hospital
    Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
    Miami, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • Nicklaus Children's Hospital
    Miami, Florida, United States
    Recruiting
  • C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Minnesota, Masonic Children's Hospital
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
    Recruiting
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  • Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
    Kansas City, Missouri, United States
    Recruiting
  • Hackensack University Medical Center
    Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
    Recruiting
  • Jersey Shore University Medical Center
    Neptune City, New Jersey, United States
    Recruiting
  • Cohen Children's Medical Center
    New Hyde Park, New York, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • Duke Molecular Physiology Institute
    Durham, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • Nationwide Children's Hospital
    Columbus, Ohio, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC)
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
    Recruiting
  • Texas Children's Hospital
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • Seattle Children's Hospital
    Seattle, Washington, United States
    Recruiting
  • Uniklinik Köln, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
    Cologne, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
    Hamburg, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg - Angelika Lautenschläger - Kinderklinik
    Heidelberg, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Policlinico Bari Ospedale Pediatrico Giovanni XXIII
    Bari, Italy
    Recruiting
  • IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini
    Genova, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
    Milan, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Azienda Ospedale Università di Padova
    Padova, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
    Roma, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Emma Kinderziekenhuis
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Recruiting
  • Uniwersytecki Szpital Dziecięcy w Krakowie
    Krakow, Poland
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón
    Barcelona, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
    Madrid, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario La Paz
    Madrid, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
    Seville, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Drottning Silvias Barn- och Ungdomssjukhus
    Gothenburg, Sweden
    Recruiting
  • Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Huddinge
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Recruiting
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
    Bristol, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Royal Hospital for Children
    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
    Liverpool, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
    London, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
    Manchester, United Kingdom
    Recruiting
  • University of Iowa, Stead Family Children's Hospital
    Iowa City, Iowa, United States
    Withdrawn
  • Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    Withdrawn
  • Fink Children's Ambulatory Care Center
    New York, New York, United States
    Withdrawn
  • Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital
    Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
    Completed
  • St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
    Withdrawn
  • UT Health - John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Withdrawn
  • Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
    Nijmegen, Netherlands
    Withdrawn
  • Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki
    Lodz, Poland
    Withdrawn
  • Instytut Pomnik - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
    Warsaw, Poland
    Withdrawn

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How to take part

  1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
  2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
  3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.
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