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Study of Sparsentan Treatment in Pediatrics With Proteinuric Glomerular Diseases

A Phase 2 interventional study of Sparsentan and Sparsentan in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Minimal Change Disease and Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy, sponsored by Travere Therapeutics, Inc.. Recruiting at 47 sites in 8 countries. Open to participants aged 1 Year to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-12.

Sponsored by Travere Therapeutics, Inc. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Aug 2021; still recruiting 5 years 2 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
67
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
1 Year to 17 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

To evaluate the safety, efficacy and tolerability of sparsentan oral suspension and tablets, and assess changes in proteinuria after once-daily dosing over 108 weeks.

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This is a multicenter, open-label, 112-week study of sparsentan in approximately 67 pediatric subjects aged ≥1 year to \<18 years with selected proteinuric glomerular diseases, divided into 3 populations, defined as follows:

  • Population 1: Subjects with selected proteinuric glomerular diseases associated with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and Minimal Change Disease (MCD) histological patterns
  • Population 2: Subjects with kidney biopsy-confirmed immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), immunoglobulin A vasculitis (IgAV), or Alport syndrome (AS)
  • Population 3: Subjects with kidney biopsy-confirmed IgAN

The study will evaluate long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy with pharmacokinetic (PK) evaluations at Day 1 (Baseline), Day 2 (Visit 4), and Week 12 (Visit 9) in Population 1 and Population 2. In Population 3, PK values will be evaluated at Day 1 (Baseline) and at Weeks 4, 8, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, and 96. For Population 1 and Population 2, subjects will be enrolled in 3 cohorts based on age ranges. For Population 3, subjects will be enrolled in one cohort.

Study Enrollment:

  • Population 1: FSGS and/or MCD (30 subjects total)

    1. Cohort 1 (6 subjects): ≥8 years to \<18 years
    2. Cohort 2 (18 subjects): ≥3 years to \<8 years
    3. Cohort 3 (6 subjects): ≥1 year to \<3 years
  • Population 2: IgAN, IgAV, or AS (27 subjects total)

    1. Cohort 1 (9 subjects): ≥8 years to \<18 years
    2. Cohort 2 (12 subjects): ≥5 years to \<8 years
    3. Cohort 3 (6 subjects): ≥2 years to \<5 years
  • Population 3: IgAN (10 subjects total) 1. 10 subjects: ≥8 years to \<18 years
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Conditions studied

  • Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
  • Minimal Change Disease
  • Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy
  • IgA Vasculitis
  • Alport Syndrome

Keywords

  • Alport, AS, FSGS, IgAN, IgAV, MCD, pediatrics, peds
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In context

Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental

105 studies on the registry are indexed under Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental; 33 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 67 is above the median of 30 across 73 interventional studies indexed under Glomerulosclerosis, Focal Segmental.

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Lead sponsor

Travere Therapeutics, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 14 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.

Of its 5 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 4 (80%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Year to 17 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility 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 /assent, and where required, the subject is willing to provide assent before any screening procedures per local requirements.
  • The subject has an estimated (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 -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 and/or other 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 .
  • 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 congenital vascular disease.
  • The subject has jaundice, hepatitis, or known hepatobiliary disease, or and/or aspartate aminotransferase >2 times the 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 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 to any of the 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 , beginning at menarche, who do not agree to use 1 highly reliable (ie, can achieve a failure rate of \<1% per year) method of 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.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(14)

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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.

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Immunosuppression

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Excipients

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

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.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
67 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Population 1: FSGS and/or MCD

    Subjects with selected proteinuric glomerular diseases associated with FSGS and MCD histological patterns

    Drug: Sparsentan

  • Experimental
    Population 2: IgAN, IgAV, or AS

    Subjects with kidney biopsy-confirmed immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), immunoglobulin A vasculitis (IgAV), or Alport syndrome (AS)

    Drug: Sparsentan

  • Experimental
    Population 3: IgAN

    Subjects with kidney biopsy-confirmed IgAN

    Drug: Sparsentan

Interventions

  • Population 1: 800 mg Sparsentan (oral suspension)

    Also known as: RE-021

  • Population 2: 400 mg Sparsentan (oral suspension)

    Also known as: RE-021

  • Population 3: 400 mg Sparsentan (tablets)

    Also known as: RE-021

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs), serious adverse events (SAEs), AEs leading to treatment discontinuation, and adverse events of interest (AEOIs)

    The incidence of TEAEs, SAEs, AEs leading to treatment discontinuation, and AEOIs

    Time frame: After the last patient has undergone the week 108 visit (Visit 15).

  2. Urine protein/creatinine ratio (UP/C) at week 108

    Change from baseline in UP/C over 108 weeks

    Time frame: After the last patient has undergone the Week 108 visit (Visit 15)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Observed plasma Pharmacokinetic (PK) concentrations

    Observed plasma PK concentrations at scheduled timepoints and visits

    Time frame: At scheduled Day 1, Day 2 and Week 12 visits for Population 1 and 2. At scheduled Day 1 and Week 4, 8, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, and 96 visits for Population 3.

  2. Steady-state PK parameters area under the plasma concentration-time curve during a dosing interval ([AUCτ])

    Steady-state PK parameters \[AUCτ\]

    Time frame: Week 108

  3. Steady-state PK parameters [Cmax_ss]

    Maximum steady-state plasma drug concentration \[Cmax\_ss\]

    Time frame: Week 108

  4. Steady-state PK parameters [Cmin_ss]

    Minimum steady-state plasma drug concentration \[Cmin\_ss\]

    Time frame: Week 108

  5. Urine albumin/creatinine ratio (UA/C) over 108 weeks

    Change from baseline in UA/C over 108 weeks

    Time frame: Week 108

  6. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) over 108 weeks

    Change from baseline in eGFR over 108 weeks

    Time frame: Week 108

  7. Proportion of subjects achieving complete remission of proteinuria

    The proportion of subjects achieving complete remission of proteinuria, defined as UP/C \<0.3 g/g over 108 weeks

    Time frame: Week 108

  8. Proportion of subjects with FSGS and/or MCD histological patterns achieving partial remission

    The proportion of subjects with FSGS and/or MCD histological patterns achieving partial remission defined as UP/C ≤1.5 g/g and \>40% reduction in UP/C over 108 weeks

    Time frame: Week 108

  9. Proportion of subjects who discontinue study medication due to inability to tolerate the oral suspension

    The proportion of subjects who discontinue study medication due to inability to tolerate the smell, taste, aftertaste, volume of administration, or method of administration of oral suspension in Population 1 and Population 2

    Time frame: Week 108

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Study locations

38 of 47 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Rheault MN. Treatment Approaches for Alport Syndrome. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2026 Jan 1;37(1):172-179. doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000897. Epub 2025 Sep 12. PubMed 40938675 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Requests for clinical trial data, including language stating its intended use, should be directed to datarequest@travere.com. If approved, the requested information will be provided to the requestor after signing a data access agreement. Requests can be made following completion of the study and full publication of the study data in a peer reviewed journal for up to 36 months following its publication. Travere reserves the right to decline or recommend modifications to a request if it does not comply with the data sharing policy or if it is determined that the request is made by a biased source.

Time frame: Requests can be made following completion of the study and full publication of the study data in a peer reviewed journal for up to 36 months following its publication.

Access criteria: Requires submission and approval of intended use and a data sharing agreement.

Data sharing details ↗ · travere.com

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 12, 2026, 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
NCT05003986
Lead sponsor
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 13, 2021
Start date
Aug 12, 2021
Primary completion
Mar 12, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 12, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
May 12, 2026

Study contacts

Travere Call Center
Contact
medinfo@travere.com
1-877-659-5518
Radko Komers, MD, PhD
study director · Travere Therapeutics, Inc.

Oversight

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