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Efficacy and Safety of Lixivaptan in the Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

A Phase 3 interventional study of Lixivaptan and Placebo in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney and ADPKD, sponsored by Palladio Biosciences. Terminated at 43 sites in 8 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-02-06.

Sponsored by Palladio Biosciences · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
The decision is based on a thorough reassessment of the commercial potential of lixivaptan as a potential best-in-class therapy for patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).

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Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
12
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 85 studies in Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant with a site in United States — 14 open to participants now, 25 under way, 1 of them phase 3. Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant · United States.

Enrollment
55th of 63
12 · median 48
Started
2021
with 4 others
Phase 3
13 of 85
none open now
Registered
52nd of 85
by date
Lead sponsor
4 of 85
Palladio Biosciences

Among the 85 studies in Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant with a site in United States, this one is the 55th largest by enrollment of the 63 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 5 that started in 2021, is one of 13 in phase 3, and was the 52nd registered.

Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant

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This study: 18 Years to 60 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This is a Phase 3 trial consisting of a 2-arm, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized phase (Part 1) followed by a single-arm open-label phase (Part 2) to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of lixivaptan in participants with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Part 1 of the trial is designed to demonstrate the efficacy of lixivaptan in slowing the decline in kidney function as measured by the difference in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) between the lixivaptan-treated and placebo-treated participants. Part 2 of the study is designed to provide confirmation of the durability of this effect. Additionally, both parts of the study will contribute to understanding the safety of lixivaptan, particularly any effects on liver chemistry tests.

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Part 1: Approximately 2250 participants with ADPKD will be screened in order to qualify the 1350 individuals who will proceed through the Placebo Run-in Period, the Lixivaptan Titration Period, and then be randomized to receive lixivaptan or placebo in the Double-blind, Randomized Treatment Period. Throughout Part 1 the study drug will look identical regardless of whether it is placebo or lixivaptan.

After meeting entry criteria during screening, participants will enter a 1-week single-blind, Placebo Run-in Period to obtain select baseline measurements. This will be followed by a 5- to 6-week single-blind dose titration period during which lixivaptan administered twice daily (BID) will be titrated to the highest tolerated dose (the Lixivaptan Titration Period). The starting dose (Level 1) will be 50 mg BID) and this will be increased weekly through Levels 2 (100 mg BID), 3 (150mg BID), and 4 (200 mg BID). The minimum dose to enter the next period, the Double-blind, Randomized Treatment Period, is Level 2 (100 mg BID). Those participants successfully titrated and tolerating the drug will then be randomized (each participant has a 2/3 chance of receiving lixivaptan and a 1/3 chance of receiving placebo) to either continue receiving lixivaptan or switch immediately to matching placebo in a double-blind manner. All dosing throughout the study will be 4 capsules BID. Depending on the study period, treatment arm to which the participant is randomized, and current dose level, the set of 4 capsules may be all placebo, all active or a combination of active and placebo. Double-blind treatment will continue for 52 weeks after which study drug will be held, and final assessments obtained off-treatment over 3 visits starting on the 8th day after the last dose of double-blind study drug through the 28th day after the last dose of study drug.

For Part 1 summaries after randomization, the analysis results will be presented by 2 treatment groups: lixivaptan and placebo.

Part 2: All participants entering Part 1, who have not discontinued due to an adverse event or withdrawn consent, will continue into Part 2 of the study, and will proceed through the Lixivaptan Re-titration Period and a Maintenance Treatment Period.

The Lixivaptan Re-titration Period will be a 2- to 4-week period during which dosing with lixivaptan will start at Level 1 (50 mg BID) for all participants and will be increased weekly until the dose level of lixivaptan, or the inferred lixivaptan dose level for participants randomized to placebo treatment, taken at the end of the Double-blind, Randomized Treatment Period in Part 1 is achieved. Lixivaptan treatment will continue for 52 weeks during the Maintenance Treatment Period after which study drug will be held, and final assessments obtained off-treatment over 3 visits starting on the 8th day after the last dose of lixivaptan through the 28th day after the last dose of lixivaptan.

Since all participants in Part 2 are treated with lixivaptan, the summaries for Part 2 will be presented in the following treatment cohorts and overall (treatment cohorts combined):

  • Part1/Part2 - placebo/lixivaptan: all participants in Part 2 who were randomized into the placebo treatment group in Part 1.
  • Part1/Part2 - lixivaptan/lixivaptan: all participants in Part 2 who were randomized into the lixivaptan treatment group in Part 1.
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Conditions studied

  • Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney
  • ADPKD
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of ADPKD by appropriate imaging or genetic testing.
  • Mayo Clinic MRI imaging classification of 1C, 1D or 1E.
  • ≥25 mL/min/1.73 m2 and ≤90 mL/min/1.73 m\^2.
  • between 18 and 40 kg/m\^2.
  • Control of hypertension consistent with the 2021 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes guidelines without a diuretic and with an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) unless not considered medically appropriate.
  • Willing to practice acceptable methods of (both males who have partners of and females of childbearing potential).
  • Able to provide .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known sensitivity or idiosyncratic reaction to lixivaptan and/or its .
  • Hypovolemia.
  • Abnormal serum sodium concentration at Screening.
  • Subjects who have taken any drug or used an investigational device within 30 days, or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer, prior to Screening.
  • Subjects who are taking, have taken within the past 2 weeks, or are expected to be taking, strong or moderate or CYP2C8 inhibitors or inducers including regular use of grapefruit juice or Seville oranges.
  • Prior use of tolvaptan or lixivaptan within the past 2 months.
  • Prior use of conivaptan, somatostatin analogs (e.g., lanreotide, pasireotide, octreotide, etc.), metformin, nicotinamide, bardoxolone, demeclocycline, or mammalian target of rapamycin kinase inhibitors (e.g., everolimus, sirolimus, etc.), or KetoCitra™ or any beta-hydroxybutyrate containing supplements to treat ADPKD within the past 2 months.
  • Prior use of a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor (e.g., canagliflozin, dapagliflozin, empagliflozin, etc.) within the past 2 months or expected need for initiation of treatment with a SGLT2 inhibitor during the study.
  • Prior use of a hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase (HIF-PH) inhibitor within the past 2 months or expected need for initiation of treatment with a HIF-PH inhibitor during the study.
  • Requirement for ongoing diuretic use.
  • Advanced diabetes (e.g., glycosylated >7.5%, and/or glycosuria by dipstick, significant proteinuria [>300 mcg albumin/mg creatinine]), other significant kidney disease, kidney cancer, transplanted kidney, single kidney, recent kidney surgery within the past 6 months (including cyst drainage or fenestration) or acute kidney injury within past 6 months.
  • incontinence, overactive bladder, or urinary retention (e.g., benign prostatic hyperplasia).
  • Functional Class 3 or 4 heart failure or other significant cardiac or findings that could pose a safety risk to the subject.
  • Positive test results for surface antigen or antibody.
  • History of infection with unless the participant is clinically stable and doing well on a non-CYP interacting anti-retroviral therapy (ART) regimen and who has not required more than 2 changes in their ART regimen since treatment inception.
  • History of clinically significant drug or alcohol abuse in the past 2 years.
  • to or interference with MRI assessments.
  • within the past 5 years except for those not considered to affect participant survival.
  • Medical history or findings that preclude safe participation in the trial or participants who are likely to be non-compliant with trial procedures in the opinion of the Investigator or medical monitor.
  • Clinically significant liver disease or impairment or (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), or total values >1.2 x during Screening. Note: This criterion will preliminarily be reviewed at Visit 2 based on Visit 1a and Visit 1b results (if Visit 1b is required). The criterion must be re-evaluated no later than Visit 3 when results for Visit 2 are available.
  • Simvastatin at a total daily dose >10 mg or amlodipine at a total daily dose >5 mg.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(20)

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GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

CYP3A (CYP3A4) inhibitors and inducers

CYP3A is a group of enzymes, mainly CYP3A4, in the liver and gut that break down many medicines. Some medicines, supplements and foods (grapefruit, St John’s wort) slow them down or speed them up, which changes how much of a study drug stays in the body.

Studies list them so they can be avoided or switched; bring a list of everything you take, including supplements.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
12 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Lixivaptan

    Lixivaptan capsules, 100-200 mg twice a day (BID)

    Drug: Lixivaptan

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Matching placebo capsules BID

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • Oral vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist

  • DrugPlacebo

    Matching placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Annualized Change in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) - Part 1

    The annualized change in eGFR will be calculated from the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration eGFR creatinine equation refit without the race variable (CKD-EPIcr_R) equation for serum creatinine from baseline (mean of 3 eGFR determinations obtained during Screening and Placebo Run-in Periods \[Visits 1a/1b (if required), Visit 2, and Visit 3\]) to final assessment (mean of 3 eGFR determinations obtained during Follow-up Period I or, for participants who discontinue treatment prior to Visit 22, during the Follow-up Period 8 to 28 days following study drug treatment discontinuation).

    Time frame: Baseline to the end of Follow-up Period I (up to 71 weeks)

  2. Annualized Change in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) - Part 2

    The annualized change in eGFR will be calculated from the CKD-EPIcr_R equation for serum creatinine from baseline (mean of 3 eGFR determinations obtained during obtained during Follow-up Period I) to final assessment (mean of 3 eGFR determinations obtained during Follow-up Period II or, for participants who discontinue treatment prior to Visit 43, during the Follow-up Period 8 to 28 days following study drug treatment discontinuation).

    Time frame: Baseline to the end of Follow-up Period II (up to 64 weeks)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With Serum Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) Levels >3 × the Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) - Part 1

    Number of participants randomized to lixivaptan with serum ALT levels \>3 × the ULN compared to those randomized to placebo. The normal range of ALT was defined as 0-33 or 0-44 U/L, depending on the lab used.

    Time frame: From the end of the Single-blind Lixivaptan Titration Period to the end of Follow-up Period I (maximum of 102 days)

  2. Number of Participants With Serum ALT Levels >3 × the ULN - Part 2

    Number of participants randomized to lixivaptan with serum ALT levels \>3 × ULN compared to those randomized to placebo. The normal range of ALT was defined as 0-33 or 0-44 U/L, depending on the lab used.

    Time frame: Duration of the Lixivaptan Re-titration Period and the Maintenance Treatment Period (56 weeks) and Follow-up Period II (4 weeks)

  3. eGFR Slope - Part 1

    Annualized rate of change (slope) in eGFR for serum creatinine, based on all eGFR determinations from baseline to all visits with on-treatment eGFR values during the Double-blind, Randomized Treatment Period. The baseline value will be calculated as the mean of 3 eGFR determinations obtained during Screening and Placebo Run-in Periods (Visits 1a/1b \[if required\], Visit 2, and Visit 3).

    Time frame: Baseline to the end of Double-blind Randomized Treatment Period (up to 67 weeks), with changes from baseline calculated every 4 weeks during the Double-blind Randomized Treatment Period

  4. eGFR Slope - Part 2

    Annualized rate of change (slope) in eGFR for serum creatinine, based on all eGFR determinations from baseline to all visits with on-treatment eGFR values during the Maintenance Treatment Period. The baseline value will be calculated as the mean of 3 eGFR determinations obtained during obtained during Follow-up Period I.

    Time frame: Baseline to the end of the Maintenance Treatment Period (up to 60 weeks), with changes from baseline calculated every 4 weeks during the Maintenance Treatment Period

  5. Height-adjusted Total Kidney Volume (htTKV) - Part 1

    Annualized percent change in htTKV, determined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), from baseline (obtained at Screening \[Visit 1a\]) to the end of Follow-up Period I.

    Time frame: Baseline to the end of Follow-up Period I (up to 71 weeks)

  6. Height-adjusted Total Kidney Volume (htTKV) - Part 2

    Annualized percent change in htTKV, determined by MRI from baseline (obtained at Visit 25/Week 56) to the end of Follow-up Period II.

    Time frame: Baseline to the end of Follow-up Period II (up to 60 weeks)

  7. Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 1

    Number of participants with TEAEs during the Lixivaptan Titration Period.

    Time frame: Up to 6 weeks

  8. Number of Participants With TEAEs After Randomization in Part 1

    Number of participants with TEAEs by treatment group after Randomization (Double-blind Randomized Treatment Period and Follow-up Period I)

    Time frame: From Randomization to study completion (up to 102 days)

  9. Number of Participants With TEAEs in Part 2

    Number of participants with TEAEs by treatment cohort during Part 2 (Lixivaptan Re-titration Period, Maintenance Treatment Period, and Follow-up Period II).

    Time frame: Up to 60 weeks

  10. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Clinical Laboratory Findings During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 1

    Number of participants with clinical laboratory findings (clinical chemistry, hematology and urinalysis) recorded during the Lixivaptan Titration Period and considered to be potentially clinically important.

    Time frame: Up to 6 weeks

  11. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Clinical Laboratory Findings After Randomization in Part 1

    Number of participants with clinical laboratory findings (clinical chemistry, hematology and urinalysis) recorded after Randomization (Double-blind Randomized Treatment Period and Follow-up Period I) and considered to be potentially clinically important, by treatment group.

    Time frame: From Randomization to last clinical laboratory evaluation (up to 102 days)

  12. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Clinical Laboratory Findings in Part 2

    Number of participants with clinical laboratory findings (clinical chemistry, hematology and urinalysis) recorded during Part 2 (Lixivaptan Re-titration Period, Maintenance Treatment Period, and Follow-up Period II) and considered to be potentially clinically important, by treatment cohort.

    Time frame: Up to 60 weeks

  13. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Vital Signs Findings During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 1

    Number of participants with vital signs findings (heart rate, diastolic and systolic blood pressure, weight) recorded during the Lixivaptan Titration Period and considered to be potentially clinically important.

    Time frame: Up to 6 weeks

  14. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Vital Signs Findings After Randomization in Part 1

    Number of participants with vital signs findings (heart rate, diastolic and systolic blood pressure, weight) recorded after Randomization (Double-blind Randomized Treatment Period and Follow-up Period I) and considered to be potentially clinically important, by treatment group.

    Time frame: From Randomization to last measurement of vital signs (up to 102 days)

  15. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Vital Signs Findings in Part 2

    Number of participants with vital signs findings (heart rate, diastolic and systolic blood pressure, weight) recorded during Part 2 (Lixivaptan Re-titration Period, Maintenance Treatment Period, and Follow-up Period II) and considered to be potentially clinically important, by treatment cohort.

    Time frame: Up to 60 weeks

  16. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Significant 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) Findings During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 1

    Number of participants with ECG findings recorded during the Lixivaptan Titration Period and considered to be potentially clinically important (defined as a QT interval corrected for heart rate according to Fridericia's formula \[QTcF\] ≥ 450 msec).

    Time frame: Up to 6 weeks

  17. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Significant 12-lead ECG Findings After Randomization in Part 1

    Number of participants with ECG findings recorded after Randomization (Double-blind Randomized Treatment Period and Follow-up Period I) and considered to be potentially clinically important (defined as a QTcF ≥ 450 msec), by treatment group.

    Time frame: From Randomization to last ECG (up to 102 days)

  18. Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Significant 12-lead ECG Findings in Part 2

    Number of participants with ECG findings recorded during Part 2 (Lixivaptan Re-titration Period, Maintenance Treatment Period, and Follow-up Period II) and considered to be potentially clinically important (defined as a QTcF ≥ 450 msec), by treatment cohort.

    Time frame: Up to 60 weeks

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Results

Posted Feb 6, 2023

Participant flow

Pre-randomization Single-blind Period
Participant flow — Pre-randomization Single-blind Period
MilestoneAll Subjects Pre-randomizationLixivaptanPlacebo
Started1200
Treated in placebo run-in1200
Treated in lixivaptan titration period800
Completed500
Not completed700
Randomized Double-blind Period
Participant flow — Randomized Double-blind Period
MilestoneAll Subjects Pre-randomizationLixivaptanPlacebo
Started041
Randomized041
Completed041
Not completed000
Follow-up Period I
Participant flow — Follow-up Period I
MilestoneAll Subjects Pre-randomizationLixivaptanPlacebo
Started031
Completed031
Not completed000
Re-titration Period
Participant flow — Re-titration Period
MilestoneAll Subjects Pre-randomizationLixivaptanPlacebo
Started000
Completed000
Not completed000
Maintenance Treatment Period
Participant flow — Maintenance Treatment Period
MilestoneAll Subjects Pre-randomizationLixivaptanPlacebo
Started000
Completed000
Not completed000
Follow-up Period II
Participant flow — Follow-up Period II
MilestoneAll Subjects Pre-randomizationLixivaptanPlacebo
Started000
Completed000
Not completed000

Outcome measures

PrimaryAnnualized Change in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) - Part 1

The annualized change in eGFR will be calculated from the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration eGFR creatinine equation refit without the race variable (CKD-EPIcr_R) equation for serum creatinine from baseline (mean of 3 eGFR determinations obtained during Screening and Placebo Run-in Periods \[Visits 1a/1b (if required), Visit 2, and Visit 3\]) to final assessment (mean of 3 eGFR determinations obtained during Follow-up Period I or, for participants who discontinue treatment prior to Visit 22, during the Follow-up Period 8 to 28 days following study drug treatment discontinuation).

Time frame:
Baseline to the end of Follow-up Period I (up to 71 weeks)

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

PrimaryAnnualized Change in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) - Part 2

The annualized change in eGFR will be calculated from the CKD-EPIcr_R equation for serum creatinine from baseline (mean of 3 eGFR determinations obtained during obtained during Follow-up Period I) to final assessment (mean of 3 eGFR determinations obtained during Follow-up Period II or, for participants who discontinue treatment prior to Visit 43, during the Follow-up Period 8 to 28 days following study drug treatment discontinuation).

Time frame:
Baseline to the end of Follow-up Period II (up to 64 weeks)

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryNumber of Participants With Serum Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) Levels >3 × the Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) - Part 1

Number of participants randomized to lixivaptan with serum ALT levels \>3 × the ULN compared to those randomized to placebo. The normal range of ALT was defined as 0-33 or 0-44 U/L, depending on the lab used.

Time frame:
From the end of the Single-blind Lixivaptan Titration Period to the end of Follow-up Period I (maximum of 102 days)
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Serum Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) Levels >3 × the Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) - Part 1
ParticipantsLixivaptanPlacebo
Number of Participants With Serum Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) Levels >3 × the Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) - Part 101
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Serum ALT Levels >3 × the ULN - Part 2

Number of participants randomized to lixivaptan with serum ALT levels \>3 × ULN compared to those randomized to placebo. The normal range of ALT was defined as 0-33 or 0-44 U/L, depending on the lab used.

Time frame:
Duration of the Lixivaptan Re-titration Period and the Maintenance Treatment Period (56 weeks) and Follow-up Period II (4 weeks)

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryeGFR Slope - Part 1

Annualized rate of change (slope) in eGFR for serum creatinine, based on all eGFR determinations from baseline to all visits with on-treatment eGFR values during the Double-blind, Randomized Treatment Period. The baseline value will be calculated as the mean of 3 eGFR determinations obtained during Screening and Placebo Run-in Periods (Visits 1a/1b \[if required\], Visit 2, and Visit 3).

Time frame:
Baseline to the end of Double-blind Randomized Treatment Period (up to 67 weeks), with changes from baseline calculated every 4 weeks during the Double-blind Randomized Treatment Period

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryeGFR Slope - Part 2

Annualized rate of change (slope) in eGFR for serum creatinine, based on all eGFR determinations from baseline to all visits with on-treatment eGFR values during the Maintenance Treatment Period. The baseline value will be calculated as the mean of 3 eGFR determinations obtained during obtained during Follow-up Period I.

Time frame:
Baseline to the end of the Maintenance Treatment Period (up to 60 weeks), with changes from baseline calculated every 4 weeks during the Maintenance Treatment Period

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryHeight-adjusted Total Kidney Volume (htTKV) - Part 1

Annualized percent change in htTKV, determined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), from baseline (obtained at Screening \[Visit 1a\]) to the end of Follow-up Period I.

Time frame:
Baseline to the end of Follow-up Period I (up to 71 weeks)

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryHeight-adjusted Total Kidney Volume (htTKV) - Part 2

Annualized percent change in htTKV, determined by MRI from baseline (obtained at Visit 25/Week 56) to the end of Follow-up Period II.

Time frame:
Baseline to the end of Follow-up Period II (up to 60 weeks)

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryNumber of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 1

Number of participants with TEAEs during the Lixivaptan Titration Period.

Time frame:
Up to 6 weeks
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 1
ParticipantsLixivaptan Titration Period Participants
Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 13
SecondaryNumber of Participants With TEAEs After Randomization in Part 1

Number of participants with TEAEs by treatment group after Randomization (Double-blind Randomized Treatment Period and Follow-up Period I)

Time frame:
From Randomization to study completion (up to 102 days)
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With TEAEs After Randomization in Part 1
ParticipantsLixivaptanPlacebo
Number of Participants With TEAEs After Randomization in Part 111
SecondaryNumber of Participants With TEAEs in Part 2

Number of participants with TEAEs by treatment cohort during Part 2 (Lixivaptan Re-titration Period, Maintenance Treatment Period, and Follow-up Period II).

Time frame:
Up to 60 weeks

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryNumber of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Clinical Laboratory Findings During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 1

Number of participants with clinical laboratory findings (clinical chemistry, hematology and urinalysis) recorded during the Lixivaptan Titration Period and considered to be potentially clinically important.

Time frame:
Up to 6 weeks
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Clinical Laboratory Findings During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 1
ParticipantsLixivaptan Titration Period Participants
Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Clinical Laboratory Findings During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 10
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Clinical Laboratory Findings After Randomization in Part 1

Number of participants with clinical laboratory findings (clinical chemistry, hematology and urinalysis) recorded after Randomization (Double-blind Randomized Treatment Period and Follow-up Period I) and considered to be potentially clinically important, by treatment group.

Time frame:
From Randomization to last clinical laboratory evaluation (up to 102 days)
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Clinical Laboratory Findings After Randomization in Part 1
ParticipantsLixivaptanPlacebo
Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Clinical Laboratory Findings After Randomization in Part 100
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Clinical Laboratory Findings in Part 2

Number of participants with clinical laboratory findings (clinical chemistry, hematology and urinalysis) recorded during Part 2 (Lixivaptan Re-titration Period, Maintenance Treatment Period, and Follow-up Period II) and considered to be potentially clinically important, by treatment cohort.

Time frame:
Up to 60 weeks

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryNumber of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Vital Signs Findings During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 1

Number of participants with vital signs findings (heart rate, diastolic and systolic blood pressure, weight) recorded during the Lixivaptan Titration Period and considered to be potentially clinically important.

Time frame:
Up to 6 weeks
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Vital Signs Findings During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 1
ParticipantsLixivaptan Titration Period Participants
Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Vital Signs Findings During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 10
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Vital Signs Findings After Randomization in Part 1

Number of participants with vital signs findings (heart rate, diastolic and systolic blood pressure, weight) recorded after Randomization (Double-blind Randomized Treatment Period and Follow-up Period I) and considered to be potentially clinically important, by treatment group.

Time frame:
From Randomization to last measurement of vital signs (up to 102 days)
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Vital Signs Findings After Randomization in Part 1
ParticipantsLixivaptanPlacebo
Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Vital Signs Findings After Randomization in Part 100
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Potentially Clinically Important Vital Signs Findings in Part 2

Number of participants with vital signs findings (heart rate, diastolic and systolic blood pressure, weight) recorded during Part 2 (Lixivaptan Re-titration Period, Maintenance Treatment Period, and Follow-up Period II) and considered to be potentially clinically important, by treatment cohort.

Time frame:
Up to 60 weeks

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryNumber of Participants With Potentially Clinically Significant 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) Findings During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 1

Number of participants with ECG findings recorded during the Lixivaptan Titration Period and considered to be potentially clinically important (defined as a QT interval corrected for heart rate according to Fridericia's formula \[QTcF\] ≥ 450 msec).

Time frame:
Up to 6 weeks
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Significant 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) Findings During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 1
ParticipantsLixivaptan Titration Period Participants
Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Significant 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) Findings During the Lixivaptan Titration Period in Part 10
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Potentially Clinically Significant 12-lead ECG Findings After Randomization in Part 1

Number of participants with ECG findings recorded after Randomization (Double-blind Randomized Treatment Period and Follow-up Period I) and considered to be potentially clinically important (defined as a QTcF ≥ 450 msec), by treatment group.

Time frame:
From Randomization to last ECG (up to 102 days)
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Significant 12-lead ECG Findings After Randomization in Part 1
ParticipantsLixivaptanPlacebo
Number of Participants With Potentially Clinically Significant 12-lead ECG Findings After Randomization in Part 100
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Potentially Clinically Significant 12-lead ECG Findings in Part 2

Number of participants with ECG findings recorded during Part 2 (Lixivaptan Re-titration Period, Maintenance Treatment Period, and Follow-up Period II) and considered to be potentially clinically important (defined as a QTcF ≥ 450 msec), by treatment cohort.

Time frame:
Up to 60 weeks

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse events were recorded from when participants had taken their first dose of lixivaptan in the Lixivaptan Titration Period until the end of the study (maximum duration: 123 days). Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Lixivaptan Titration Period0/8 (0%)0/8 (0%)3/8 (37.5%)
Lixivaptan (Randomized Treatment Period)0/4 (0%)0/4 (0%)1/4 (25%)
Placebo (Randomized Treatment Period)0/1 (0%)0/1 (0%)1/1 (100%)
Most frequent other events
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Most frequent other events
EventLixivaptan Titration PeriodLixivaptan (Randomized Treatment Period)Placebo (Randomized Treatment Period)
Transaminases increasedInvestigations0/80/41/1
HypertensionVascular disorders2/80/40/1
Dry eyeEye disorders0/81/40/1
Acute kidney injuryRenal and urinary disorders0/81/40/1
HypotensionVascular disorders0/81/40/1
Abdominal distensionGastrointestinal disorders1/80/40/1
DiarrhoeaGastrointestinal disorders1/80/40/1
NasopharyngitisInfections and infestations1/80/40/1
Influenza A virus test positiveInvestigations1/80/40/1
PolydipsiaMetabolism and nutrition disorders1/80/40/1

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(Years)All Enrolled Participants
Mean44.9 ± 8.40
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)All Enrolled Participants
Female5
Male7
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)All Enrolled Participants
Hispanic or Latino1
Not Hispanic or Latino11
Unknown or Not Reported0
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)All Enrolled Participants
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American1
White9
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)All Enrolled Participants
United States10
Bulgaria2
Body Mass Index
Body Mass Index(kg/m^2)All Enrolled Participants
Mean28.47 ± 6.795
Family History of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Family History of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease(Participants)All Enrolled Participants
Yes10
No2
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Study locations

43 sites
  • Nephrology Associates, PC - Greystone
    Hoover, Alabama 35242, United States
  • Nephrology Consultants, LLC
    Huntsville, Alabama 35805-4104, United States
  • Arizona Kidney Disease & Hypertension Center - Scottsdale / Pima
    Scottsdale, Arizona 85258, United States
  • JEM Research Institute
    Atlantis, Florida 33462, United States
  • Elixia at Florida Kidney Physicians - Southeast
    Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308, United States
  • Qway Research
    Hialeah, Florida 33010, United States
  • South Florida Nephrology Associates PA
    Lauderdale Lakes, Florida 33313-1600, United States
  • Total Research Group, LLC
    Miami, Florida 33126, United States
  • Innovation Medical Research Center, Inc
    Palmetto Bay, Florida 33157, United States
  • Florida Kidney Physicians - Tampa
    Tampa, Florida 33615, United States
  • Clinical Site Partners, LLC
    Winter Park, Florida 32789, United States
  • Tufts Medical Center, Inc,
    Boston, Massachusetts 02111, United States
  • St Clair Nephrology Research, LLC
    Roseville, Michigan 48066, United States
  • Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
  • Clinical Research Consultants, LLC
    Kansas City, Missouri 64111, United States
  • Angel City Research, Inc
    Morrisville, North Carolina 27560, United States
  • Northeast Clinical Research Center, LLC
    Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18107, United States
  • Brown Medicine - Brown Physicians Patient Center
    Riverside, Rhode Island 02915-2235, United States
  • Knoxville Kidney Center LLC
    Knoxville, Tennessee 37923, United States
  • Prolato Clinical Research Center (PCRC)
    Houston, Texas 77054-2854, United States
  • Clinical Advancement Center, PLLC
    San Antonio, Texas 78212, United States
  • Utah Kidney Research Institute
    Salt Lake City, Utah 84115, United States
  • Nephrology Associates of Northern Virginia, Inc
    Fairfax, Virginia 22033, United States
  • Renal Research - Gosford
    Gosford, New South Wales 2250, Australia
  • University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment
    Pleven, 5809, Bulgaria
  • University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment - Kaspela
    Plovdiv, 4001, Bulgaria
  • Medical Center "Hipokrat - N"
    Plovdiv, 4003, Bulgaria
  • Kidney Center - Medical Center
    Varna, 9000, Bulgaria
  • Multi-Profile Hospital for Active Treatment Sveta Anna - Varna
    Varna, 9002, Bulgaria
  • Bajai Szent Rokus Korhaz
    Baja, 6500, Hungary
  • Semmelweis Egyetem
    Budapest, 1083, Hungary
  • Debreceni Egyetem
    Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
  • Bugat Pal Korhaz
    Gyöngyös, 3200, Hungary
  • University of Pecs
    Pécs, 7622, Hungary
  • SCM Spolka z o.o
    Kraków, 31-559, Poland
  • Provita Centrum Medyczne sp. z o.o.
    Warsaw, 02-647, Poland
  • Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge (HUB)
    Barcelona, 8097, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
    Madrid, 28040, Spain
  • T.R. Ministry of Health Ankara Training and Research Hospital (Internal Disease, Division of Nephrology)
    Ankara, 6340, Turkey
  • Bezmialem Vakif Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi
    Fatih, 34093, Turkey
  • Istanbul Universitesi - Cerrahpasa Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi (IUCTFH)
    Fatih, 34098, Turkey
  • Erciyes Universitesi Tip Fakultesi (Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine) (Internal Medicine; Nephrology)
    Kayseri, 38039, Turkey
  • Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
    Salford, M6 8HD, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Oct 2021 to primary completion in Aug 2022, 9 months.

Results were first posted in Feb 2023, 6 months after primary completion.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Aug 19, 2019
First posted
Aug 21, 2019
StartActual
Oct 28, 2021
Primary completionActual
Aug 3, 2022
CompletionActual
Aug 3, 2022
Results first posted
Feb 6, 2023
Last update
Feb 6, 2023
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 6, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04064346
Lead sponsor
Palladio Biosciences
Collaborators
Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 21, 2019
Start date
Oct 28, 2021
Primary completion
Aug 3, 2022
Completion
Aug 3, 2022
Results posted
Feb 6, 2023
Last update
Feb 6, 2023

Study contacts

Vicente Torres, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Mayo Clinic

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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