New drug atrasentan aims to slow kidney disease in IgA nephropathy patients

NCT ID NCT04573478

First seen Jun 18, 2026 · Last updated Jun 22, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This phase 3 trial tests whether the drug atrasentan can slow kidney function loss in 404 people with IgA nephropathy, a kidney disease that can lead to kidney failure. Participants receive either atrasentan or a placebo, and researchers measure changes in protein in the urine and kidney function over time. The goal is to see if atrasentan can help preserve kidney health and delay the need for more aggressive treatments.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria San Martino

    Genova, Italy

  • Box Hill Hospital

    Box Hill, Australia

  • Brookview Hills Research Associates, LLC

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103, United States

  • CEMIC

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • CH Emile Roux

    Le Puy-en-Velay, France

  • CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University

    Seongnam-si, South Korea

  • CHU Saint Etienne - Hopital Nord

    Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France

  • CHU de Grenoble - Hopital Albert Michallon

    Grenoble, France

  • Capital District Renal Physicians

    Clifton Park, New York, 12065, United States

  • Centre Hospitalier Valenciennes

    Valenciennes, France

  • Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental EPE - Hospital Santa Cruz

    Carnaxide, 2790-134, Portugal

  • Centro Hospitalar do Medio Tejo (CHMT), E.P.E.

    Torres Novas, 2350-399, Portugal

  • Centro Médico Ce.Re.Ca

    San Luis, San Luis Province, D5700CGR, Argentina

  • Centro de Pesquisa Clinica do Brasil

    Brasília, Brazil

  • Centrum Medyczne Medyk - Rzeszow

    Rzeszów, Poland

  • Changhua Christian Medical Foundation

    Changhua, Taiwan

  • Christian Medical College

    Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632004, India

  • Chungnam National University Hospital

    Daejeon, South Korea

  • Clinica de Nefrologia Urologia y Enf. Cardiovasculares

    Santa Fe, Argentina

  • Comprehensive Research Institute

    Alhambra, California, 91754, United States

  • Dokkyo Medical University - Saitama Medical Center

    Saitama, Japan

  • Dongguan Tungwah Hospital

    Dongguan, Dongguan, China

  • El Paso Kidney Specialists

    El Paso, Texas, 79925, United States

  • Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

    New Taipei City, Taiwan

  • Fondazione IRCCS CA Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

    Milan, Lombardy, 20122, Italy

  • Fujian Medical University Union Hospital

    Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China

  • Fujita Health University Hospital

    Toyoake, Japan

  • Fundacion Puigvert

    Barcelona, Spain

  • GA Nephrology Associates

    Lawrenceville, Georgia, 30046, United States

  • Government Medical College

    Kozhikode, Kerala, 673008, India

  • Guys Hospital

    London, United Kingdom

  • H U Dr. Peset

    Valencia, Spain

  • Hallym University Medical Center

    Anyang, South Korea

  • Hopital Necker

    Paris, France

  • Hospital Alma Mater de Antioquia

    Medellín, Antioquia, 050010, Colombia

  • Hospital Britanico de Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre

    Madrid, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena

    Seville, Spain

  • Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP

    São Paulo, Brazil

  • Hospital das Clínicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG

    Belo Horizonte, Brazil

  • Hospital de Sagunto

    Sagunto, Spain

  • Hospital do Rim Fundacao Oswaldo Ramos

    São Paulo, Brazil

  • ICS Maugeri SpA SB

    Pavia, Italy

  • IPS Medicos Internistas de Caldas S.A.S

    Manizales, Caldas Department, 170004, Colombia

  • Instituto Pró-Renal Brasil

    Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

  • Intermed Consultants

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404, United States

  • Jeju National University Hospital

    Jeju City, South Korea

  • Jiangsu Province Hospital

    Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China

  • Juntendo Nerima Hospital

    Tokyo, Japan

  • Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

  • Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital

    Urayasu, Japan

  • Kanazawa University Hospital

    Kanazawa, Japan

  • Kidney Disease Medical Group

    Glendale, California, 91204, United States

  • King's College Hospital

    London, SE5 9R6, United Kingdom

  • Kokura Memorial Hospital (Kokura Kinen Hospital)

    Fukuoka, Japan

  • Korea University Anam Hospital

    Seoul, South Korea

  • Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong

    Seoul, South Korea

  • Lehigh Valley Hospital

    Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18017, United States

  • Leicester General Hospital

    Leicester, LE5 4PW, United Kingdom

  • Liberty Research Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75230, United States

  • Lister Hospital

    Hertford, United Kingdom

  • London Health Sciences Centre

    London, Ontario, Canada

  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

    Hanover, Germany

  • Melbourne Renal Research Group

    Reservoir, Victoria, 3073, Australia

  • Middlemore Clinical Trials

    Papatoetoe, New Zealand

  • Miedzyleski Szpital Specjalistyczny

    Warsaw, Poland

  • Monash Medical Centre

    Clayton, Australia

  • Mountain Kidney and Hypertension Associates

    Asheville, North Carolina, 28801, United States

  • Myongji Hospital

    Gyeonggi-do, 10475, South Korea

  • NANI Research, LLC

    Hinsdale, Illinois, 60521, United States

  • NANI Research, LLC

    Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46804, United States

  • Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University

    Guangzhou, China

  • Nara University

    Kashihara, Japan

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei, Taiwan

  • National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch

    Hsinchu, Taiwan

  • Nepean Hospital

    Kingswood, Australia

  • Nephrologisches Zentrum Hoyerswerda

    Hoyerswerda, Germany

  • Nephrologisches Zentrum Villingen-Schwenningen

    Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

  • Nephrology Associates Of Northern Virginia

    Fairfax, Virginia, 22033, United States

  • Niigata University

    Niigata, Japan

  • Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College & Hospital

    Kolkata, West Bengal, 700014, India

  • North Bristol HNS Trust, Clinical Research Centre

    Bristol, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom

  • Okayama University Hospital

    Okayama, Japan

  • Osaka General Medical Center

    Osaka, Japan

  • Osmania General Hospital

    Hyderabad, Telangana, 500012, India

  • Peking University First Hospital

    Beijing, 100034, China

  • Peking University People's Hospital

    Beijing, 100044, China

  • Peking University Shenzhen Hospital

    Shenzhen, 518036, China

  • Pelican Point Dialysis - DaVita Clinical Research

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89129, United States

  • People's Hospital of Sichuan Province

    Chengdu, Sichuan, 610072, China

  • Praxis Pesquisa Médica

    Santo André, Brazil

  • Princess Margaret Hospital

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  • Renal Research

    Gosford, Australia

  • Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

  • Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital

    Brisbane, Australia

  • Royal London Hospital

    London, United Kingdom

  • Royal North Shore Hospital

    St Leonards, New South Wales, 2065, Australia

  • Sahyadri Super Speciality Hospital

    Pune, Maharashtra, 411004, India

  • Salford Royal

    Salford, United Kingdom

  • Samodzielny Publiczny ZOZ Centralny Szpital Kliniczny Uniwersytetu Medycznego

    Lodz, Poland

  • Santa Casa de Misericordia de Porto Alegre

    Porto Alegre, Brazil

  • Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli

    Naples, Italy

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Hospital

    Seoul, South Korea

  • Shandong University - Qilu Hospital

    Jinan, China

  • Showa University Hospital

    Shinagawa-ku, Japan

  • St. Josefs-Hospital

    Cloppenburg, Germany

  • St. Marianna University (SMU) School of Medicine

    Kawasaki, Japan

  • Stanford University

    Stanford, California, 93405, United States

  • Stephen S. Chow Medicine Professionals

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Sunshine Hospital

    Saint Albans, Victoria, 3021, Australia

  • Swedish Health Services

    Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

  • Taipei Medical University

    New Taipei City, Taiwan

  • The Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University

    Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, China

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Shatin, Hong Kong

  • The First A ffliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College, Inner Mangolia University of Science and Technology

    Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomou, 014010, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital Xinjiang Medical University

    Ürümqi, Xinjiang Uygur, 830054, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University

    Fuzhou, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

    Nanchang, China

  • The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University

    Hefei, 230601, China

  • The Second Hospital of Jilin University

    Changchun, China

  • The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

    Changsha, China

  • The University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  • Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States

  • Universitaetsklinikum Jena

    Jena, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Wuerzburg

    Würzburg, Germany

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • University of Florida

    Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States

  • University of Louisville Physicians- Kidney Disease Program

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Waikato Hospital

    Hamilton, New Zealand

  • West China Hospital, Sichuan University

    Chengdu, China

  • Yan Chai Hospital

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  • Yashoda Hospital

    Secunderabad, Telangana, 500003, India

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

atrasentan

What this could lead to

If successful, atrasentan could become a new treatment to slow kidney damage and delay the need for dialysis or transplant in people with IgA nephropathy.

What could go wrong

This is a late-stage trial, but the drug may not prove effective or could cause side effects like fluid overload. Results are not yet available.

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

chronic renal failure syndrome glomerulonephritis IgA glomerulonephritis kidney disorder urinary system disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.