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RecruitingNCT06322056EXCELSIOR-CKDUpdated Dec 16, 2024

Exploring Approaches With Lower Targets of Blood Pressure and Lipid for Improving Renal Outcome in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

An interventional study of Intensive control of SBP and intensive control of LDL-C and Intensive control of SBP and standard control of LDL-C in Chronic Kidney Diseases, Hypertension and Dyslipidemias, sponsored by Yonsei University. Recruiting at 1 site in Korea, Republic of. Open to participants aged 19 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-16.

Sponsored by Yonsei University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started May 2024; still recruiting 2 years 4 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
642
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
19 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to prevent kidney disease progression in adults with advanced chronic kidney disease (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] between 15-45 mL/min/1.73 m2) using intensive blood pressure control and intensive lipid management with 2X2 factorial design.

Read the detailed description

The EXploring approaChEs with Lower targets of blood preSsure and lIpid for impOving Renal outcome in advanced Chronic Kidney Disease (EXCELSIOR-CKD) strived to enroll about 642 participants aged ≥19 years with eGFR 15-45 mL/min/1.73 m2, systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥130 mmHg, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) ≥100 mg/dL.

The EXCELSIOR-CKD study is a 2X2 factorial design with factors consisting of: intensive versus standard SBP control (120 vs 140 mmHg), and intensive versus standard LDL-C control (70 vs 100 mg/dL).

The primary hypothesis was that kidney disease progression event rates would be lower in the intensive arms. Participants would be recruited at 13 clinics over approximately a 2-year period, and are planned to be followed for 3 years.

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Conditions studied

  • Chronic Kidney Diseases
  • Hypertension
  • Dyslipidemias
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In context

Kidney Diseases

3,840 studies on the registry are indexed under Kidney Diseases; 500 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 642 is above the median of 70 across 2,640 interventional studies indexed under Kidney Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Yonsei University is the lead sponsor of 1,387 studies on the registry; 232 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
19 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Fulfillment of all of followings

    1. At least 19 years old
    2. Evidence of CKD defined at least 3 months before and at the time of screening visit with CKD-EPI eGFR ≥15 to \<45 mL/min/1.73 m2
    3. SBP of

      • 130-180 mmHg on 0 or 1 medication
      • 130-170 mmHg on upto 2 medications
      • 130-160 mmHg on more than 3 medications
    4. LDL-C ≥100 mg/dL

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any of followings

    1. Resistant hypertension or poorly controlled hypertension

      • Failure to achieve SBP of \<140 mmHg despite using 4 or more antihypertensive medications including diuretics
    2. Known secondary cause of hypertension
    3. History of renal devervation procedure
    4. Glomerulonephritis requiring immunosuppresive agents
    5. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease receiving tolvaptan
    6. CKD-EPI \< 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 or receiving kidney replacement therapy
    7. Familial hypercholesterolemia
    8. Cardiovascular event or precedure (as defined as myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary revascularization, or stroke) within last 3 months or planning to cardiovascular procedure upcoming 3 months at the time of screening visit
    9. Symptomatic heart failure within 6 months of left ventricular ejection fraction \<45%
    10. A medical condition likely to limit survival to less thant 3 years
    11. Diagnosis of malignancy within the last 5 years or undergoing chemotherepy or radiotherapy
    12. Any organ transplant
    13. Advanced cirrhosis (Child-Pugh class B or C) or abnormal liver function test (alanine transaminase or aspartate transaminase ≥1.5 X upper normal limit)
    14. Evidence of active inflammatory muscle disease (polymyositis or dermatomyositis) or creatine kinase elevation (≥3 X upper normal limit)
    15. History of adverse reaction to HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors or ezetimibe
    16. Using any drugs as followings:

      • Nicotinic acid
      • Macrolide antibiotics
      • Systemic imidazole or triazole antifungal agent
      • Protease inhibitor
      • Nefazodone
      • Immunosuppressive agents (glucocorticoid [equivalent to prednisone 10 mg/day over 4 weeks], cyclosporin, mycofenolate, azathioprine, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, or rituximab)
    17. Pregnancy or trying to become pregnant
    18. Diabetes mellitus, type I
    19. Diabetes mellitus, type II with HbA1c ≥10.0%
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Factorial assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
642 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Intensive SBP control and Intensive LDL-C control

    Targeting SBP \<120 mmHg and targeting LDL-C \<70 mg/dL

    Drug: Intensive control of SBP and intensive control of LDL-C

  • Active comparator
    Intensive SBP control and Standard LDL-C control

    Targeting SBP \<120 mmHg and targeting LDL-C \<100 mg/dL

    Drug: Intensive control of SBP and standard control of LDL-C

  • Active comparator
    Standard SBP control and Intensive LDL-C control

    Targeting SBP \<140 mmHg and targeting LDL-C \<70 mg/dL

    Drug: Standard control of SBP and intensive control of LDL-C

  • Active comparator
    Standard SBP control and Standard LDL-C control

    Targeting SBP \<140 mmHg and targeting LDL-C \<100 mg/dL

    Drug: Standard control of SBP and standard control of LDL-C

Interventions

  • DrugIntensive control of SBP and intensive control of LDL-C

    Eligible participants would be assigned to a SBP target of less than 120 mmHg and a LDL-C target of less than 70 mg/dL.

  • DrugIntensive control of SBP and standard control of LDL-C

    Eligible participants would be assigned to a SBP target of less than 120 mmHg and a LDL-C target of less than 100 mg/dL.

  • DrugStandard control of SBP and intensive control of LDL-C

    Eligible participants would be assigned to a SBP target of less than 140 mmHg and a LDL-C target of less than 70 mg/dL.

  • DrugStandard control of SBP and standard control of LDL-C

    Eligible participants would be assigned to a SBP target of less than 140 mmHg and a LDL-C target of less than 100 mg/dL.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Renal composite outcome

    Renal composite outcome would be defined as one of followings: 1. A sustained decline in eGFR of 40%, 2. Initiation of kidney replacement therapy (dialysis or kidney transplantation), 3. A sustained eGFR \<10 mL/min/1.73 m2, or 4. Death from renal causes

    Time frame: up to 3 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Individual components of renal composite outcome

    1. A sustained decline in eGFR of 40% 2. Initiation of kidney replacement therapy (dialysis or kidney transplantation), 3. A sustained eGFR \<10 mL/min/1.73 m2 4. Death from renal causes 5. Rate of change of eGFR during chronic phase I (12 week to 3 year) 6. Rate of change of eGFR during chronic phase II (24 week to 3 year) 7. Rate of change of eGFR during study period (0 week to 3 year) 8. Cardiovascular composite outcome (defined as one of followings): 1. Death from cardiovascular causes, 2. Non-fatal myocardial infarction, 3. Non-fatal stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic), 4. Hospitalization for heart failure, or 5. Revascularization (coronary, carotid, or peripheral artery)

    Time frame: up to 3 years

  2. eGFR slopes

    1. A sustained decline in eGFR of 40% 2. Initiation of kidney replacement therapy (dialysis or kidney transplantation), 3. A sustained eGFR \<10 mL/min/1.73 m2 4. Death from renal causes 5. Rate of change of eGFR during chronic phase I (12 week to 3 year) 6. Rate of change of eGFR during chronic phase II (24 week to 3 year) 7. Rate of change of eGFR during study period (0 week to 3 year) 8. Cardiovascular composite outcome (defined as one of followings): 1. Death from cardiovascular causes, 2. Non-fatal myocardial infarction, 3. Non-fatal stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic), 4. Hospitalization for heart failure, or 5. Revascularization (coronary, carotid, or peripheral artery)

    Time frame: up to 3 years

  3. Cardiovascular composite outcome

    1. A sustained decline in eGFR of 40% 2. Initiation of kidney replacement therapy (dialysis or kidney transplantation), 3. A sustained eGFR \<10 mL/min/1.73 m2 4. Death from renal causes 5. Rate of change of eGFR during chronic phase I (12 week to 3 year) 6. Rate of change of eGFR during chronic phase II (24 week to 3 year) 7. Rate of change of eGFR during study period (0 week to 3 year) 8. Cardiovascular composite outcome (defined as one of followings): 1. Death from cardiovascular causes, 2. Non-fatal myocardial infarction, 3. Non-fatal stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic), 4. Hospitalization for heart failure, or 5. Revascularization (coronary, carotid, or peripheral artery)

    Time frame: up to 3 years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Severance Hospital
    Seoul, 03722, Korea, Republic of
    • Seung Hyeok Han, MD, Ph.D · Contact · hansh@yuhs.ac · 82-2-2228-1984
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 16, 2024, 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
NCT06322056
Lead sponsor
Yonsei University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 20, 2024
Start date
May 13, 2024
Primary completion
May 31, 2029 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 31, 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 16, 2024

Study contacts

Seung Hyeok Han
Contact
hansh@yuhs.ac
82-2-2228-1984

Oversight

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