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.
Quick facts
| Phase | Phase 2 |
|---|---|
| Study type | Interventional |
| Ages | 1 Year to 17 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 67 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | Travere Therapeutics, Inc. Industry-sponsored |
| Drugs / interventions | rituximab, ofatumumab, ocrelizumab, cyclophosphamide |
| Locations | 47 sites (Los Angeles, California and 46 other locations) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | August 12, 2021 |
| Main results expected | March 12, 2027 |
| Study ends | April 12, 2027 |
| Registry record updated | May 12, 2026 |
| Trial ID | NCT05003986 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
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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
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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
Study contacts
- Study coordinator: Travere Call Center
- Email: medinfo@travere.com
- Phone: 1-877-659-5518
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
- Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.