New kidney drug could help kids with protein leak

NCT ID NCT05196035

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether adding finerenone to standard blood pressure medicines can reduce protein in the urine of children with chronic kidney disease. About 219 children aged 6 months to under 18 years will take either finerenone or a placebo for 6 months. The main goal is to see if the drug lowers urine protein levels more than placebo.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Finerenone (Kerendia)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could provide a new treatment option for children with chronic kidney disease to better control protein in the urine and slow kidney damage.
What could go wrong
This is still being tested in a relatively small group of children. It may not work better than existing treatments, and side effects like high potassium or low blood pressure are possible.

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Locations

  • A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino_Regina Margherita - Nefrologia Pediatrica

    COMPLETED

    Torino, 10126, Italy

  • AKH Wien | Kinder & Jugendheilkunde, Kindernephrologie

    COMPLETED

    Vienna, Vorarlberg, 6800, Austria

  • Aarhus Universitetshospital - Børn og Unge

    COMPLETED

    Aarhus N, Central Jutland, 8200, Denmark

  • Alberta Children's Hospital | Nephrology Clinic

    RECRUITING

    Calgary, Alberta, T3B 6A8, Canada

  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - New Delhi

    RECRUITING

    Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, 110029, India

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Meyer IRCCS - Nefrologia e Dialisi

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Florence, 50139, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna IRCCS_Policlinico Sant'Orsola - Pediatria

    COMPLETED

    Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 40138, Italy

  • Baskent Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi

    COMPLETED

    Ankara, 6490, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Birmingham Children's Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6NH, United Kingdom

  • Boston Children's Hospital - Main Campus - Nephrology

    WITHDRAWN

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • CHC Montlégia - Pediatrics

    COMPLETED

    Liège, 4000, Belgium

  • CHU Strasbourg - Hopital Hautepierre

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Strasbourg, Grand Est, 67200, France

  • CHU bordeaux - Hopital Pellegrin

    COMPLETED

    Bordeaux, New Aquitaine, 33076, France

  • CHU de Lyon - Hopital Femme Mère Enfant

    COMPLETED

    Bron, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 69677, France

  • CU Saint-Luc/UZ St-Luc

    COMPLETED

    Bruxelles - Brussel, 1200, Belgium

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Nephrology

    WITHDRAWN

    Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)

    COMPLETED

    Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, 1012, Switzerland

  • Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine | Cardiology

    RECRUITING

    Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada

  • Centro de Rehabilitacion Cardiovascular | San Luis, Argentina

    COMPLETED

    San Luis, San Luis Province, D5700CGR, Argentina

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH) - Kaohsiung Branch

    RECRUITING

    Guishan, Taoyuan, 83301, Taiwan

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou

    RECRUITING

    Taipei, 10507, Taiwan

  • Charité / Pädiatrie

    COMPLETED

    Berlin, 13353, Germany

  • Children's Hospital of Athens Agia Sofia - Pediatric Nephrology Department

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Athens, 11527, Greece

  • Children's Hospital of Athens P&A Kyriakou - Pediatric Nephrology Department

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Athens, 11526, Greece

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Nephrology

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City - Nephrology

    RECRUITING

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

  • Children's National Hospital - Nephrology

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

    RECRUITING

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

  • Clalit Health Services Schneider Children's Medical Center

    COMPLETED

    Petah Tikva, 4920235, Israel

  • Clalit Health | Soroka Medical Center- Nephrology Department

    COMPLETED

    Beersheba, 8410101, Israel

  • Cleveland Clinic | Pediatric Nephrology

    RECRUITING

    Cleveland, Ohio, 14013, United States

  • Clinica de Nefrologia, Urologia y Enfermedades Cardiovascualares | Santa Fe, Argentina

    COMPLETED

    Santa Fe, Santa Fe Province, S3000, Argentina

  • Cukurova Univ. Tip. Fak. Balcali Hastanesi

    RECRUITING

    Adana, 01790, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital

    COMPLETED

    Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel

  • Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont

    COMPLETED

    Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, 4032, Hungary

  • Dzieciecy Szpital Kliniczny im. Jozefa Brudzinskiego

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Warsaw, 02-091, Poland

  • Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services - Nephrology

    RECRUITING

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84113, United States

  • Emory University Hospital/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Nephrology

    WITHDRAWN

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Fakultní nemocnice Motol a Homolka, Pracovište MOTOL

    COMPLETED

    Prague, Prague, 150 06, Czechia

  • Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Nefrologia e Dialisi Pediatrica, Trapianti di Rene

    COMPLETED

    Milan, Lombardy, 20122, Italy

  • Gazi Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Ankara, 6560, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust | Great Ormond Street Hospital - Clinical Research Facility

    RECRUITING

    London, Greater London, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom

  • HUS-Yhtymä, Helsingin yliopistollinen sairaala (HUS) - Uusi lastensairaala, nefrologia

    COMPLETED

    Helsinki, Uusimaa, 00290, Finland

  • Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

    COMPLETED

    Ankara, 06230, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Health Corporation of Galilee Medical Center

    COMPLETED

    Nahariya, 2210001, Israel

  • Hopital Arnaud de Villeneuve CHU Montpellier

    COMPLETED

    Montpellier, Occitanie, 34059, France

  • Hopital Robert Debre

    COMPLETED

    Paris, Île-de-France Region, 75019, France

  • Hopital des Enfants HUG

    COMPLETED

    Geneva, 1211, Switzerland

  • Hosp Clínicas Facult. Med. de Ribeirão Preto / USP

    RECRUITING

    Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14051-140, Brazil

  • Hospital General de Ninos Pedro de Elizalde | Nephrology Department

    COMPLETED

    Buenos Aires, C1270, Argentina

  • Hospital General de Ninos Ricardo Gutierrez | Pediatric Nephrology Department

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aire, Ciudad Auton. de Buenos Aires, C1425EFD, Argentina

  • Hospital Infantil Sabará - Instituto PENSI - Pesquisa e Ensino em Saúde Infantil

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 01227-200, Brazil

  • Hospital Infantil de México "Dr. Federico Gómez"

    WITHDRAWN

    México D.F., Mexico City, 6720, Mexico

  • Hospital PUC-Campinas | Centro de Pesquisa Clínica Sao Lucas

    RECRUITING

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 13034-685, Brazil

  • Hospital Pequeno Principe

    RECRUITING

    Curitiba, Paraná, 80250-060, Brazil

  • Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad Ixtapaluca

    WITHDRAWN

    Ixtapaluca, State of Mexico, 56530., Mexico

  • Hospital Sant Joan De Deu Barcelona | Nefrologia pediatrica

    COMPLETED

    Barcelona, 08950, Spain

  • Hospital Santa Maria | Centro de Investigacao Clinica

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Lisbon, 1649-035, Portugal

  • Hospital Selayang

    RECRUITING

    Shah Alam, Selangor, 68100, Malaysia

  • Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar

    RECRUITING

    Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, 70300, Malaysia

  • Hospital Tunku Azizah

    RECRUITING

    Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50300, Malaysia

  • Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron | Nefrologia pediatrica

    COMPLETED

    Barcelona, 08035, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre | Nefrologia pediatrica

    COMPLETED

    Madrid, 28041, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario La Paz | Nefrologia pediatrica

    COMPLETED

    Madrid, 28046, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Regional De Malaga | Nefrologia pediatrica

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Málaga, 29010, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen Del Rocio S.L. | Nefrologia pediatrica

    COMPLETED

    Seville, 41013, Spain

  • Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia

    COMPLETED

    Kelantan, Kelantan, 16150, Malaysia

  • Hospital Universitrio Dr. José Eleuterio González. Servicio de Oncologia

    WITHDRAWN

    Nuevo León, Monterrey, 64460, Mexico

  • Hospital de Pediatría Juan P. Garrahan

    WITHDRAWN

    Buenos Aires, C1249ABN, Argentina

  • Hospital of LT University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics

    COMPLETED

    Kaunas, LT-50161, Lithuania

  • Huderf / Ukzkf

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Bruxelles - Brussel, 1020, Belgium

  • Hôpital des Enfants

    COMPLETED

    Toulouse, Occitanie, 31059, France

  • IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini - Nefrologia e Trapianto Rene

    COMPLETED

    Genoa, Liguria, 16147, Italy

  • Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center Gujarat University of Transplantation Sciences

    WITHDRAWN

    Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380016, India

  • Instituto Nacional de Pediatría

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    México, D.F., Mexico City, 4530, Mexico

  • Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires | Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires - Neurology Department

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aire, Ciudad Auton. de Buenos Aires, C1199ABB, Argentina

  • Instituto Veracruzano en Investigación Clinica SC

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Mexico City, Mexico City, 11850, Mexico

  • Instituto da Crianca e do Adolescente

    RECRUITING

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403 000, Brazil

  • Instytut "Pomnik - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka"

    COMPLETED

    Warsaw, 04-730, Poland

  • Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki

    COMPLETED

    Lodz, 93-338, Poland

  • Ippokratio General Hospital Of Thessaloniki-Pediatric Nephrology Unit, 3rd Department of Paediatrics

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Thessaloniki, 54642, Greece

  • Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

    COMPLETED

    Istanbul, 34093, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Istanbul Universitesi Cerrahpasa - Cocuk Nefrolojisi

    RECRUITING

    Istanbul, 34098, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Kaohsiung City, 813414, Taiwan

  • Karolinska University Hospital

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Stockholm, Stockholm County, 141 86, Sweden

  • Kepler Universitätsklinikum Campus IV

    COMPLETED

    Innsbruck, Tyrol, 6020, Austria

  • Kindernierenzentrum Bonn

    COMPLETED

    Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, 53127, Germany

  • Klaipeda Children's Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Klaipėda, LT-92140, Lithuania

  • Korea University Guro Hospital

    COMPLETED

    Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 08308, South Korea

  • Kyungpook National University Hospital

    COMPLETED

    Daegu, 41944, South Korea

  • Lucille Packard Children's Hospital Stanford - Pediatric Nephrology

    RECRUITING

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • MHAT prof. Stoyan Kirkovitch AD

    WITHDRAWN

    Stara Zagora, Stara Zagora Province, 6003, Bulgaria

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | Royal Manchester Children's Hospital - Clinical Research Facility

    RECRUITING

    Manchester, Greater Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom

  • Marmara University Medical Faculty | Pediatric Nephrology

    COMPLETED

    Istanbul, 34899, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Mavani Kidney Care

    RECRUITING

    Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380052, India

  • McMaster University Medical Centre | McMaster Children's Hospital | Cardiology

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada

  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Hanover, Lower Saxony, 30625, Germany

  • Medizinische Univ Graz | Kinder & Jugendheilkunde

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Graz, Styria, 8036, Austria

  • Memorial Transplant Institute - Pediatric Nephrology

    RECRUITING

    Hollywood, Florida, 33021, United States

  • Monash Children's Hospital

    COMPLETED

    Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia

  • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde | Royal Hospital for Children - Glasgow Clinical Research Facility

    RECRUITING

    Glasgow, Scotland, G51 4TF, United Kingdom

  • NRS Medical college

    COMPLETED

    Kolkata, West Bengal, 700014, India

  • National Cheng Kung University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Tainan, 704, Taiwan

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    COMPLETED

    Taipei, 100229, Taiwan

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital - Nephrology

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | Queens Medical Centre - Childrens Clinical Research Facility

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom

  • OBSOLETE_Uppsala University Hospital

    TERMINATED

    Uppsala, Uppsala County, 751 85, Sweden

  • OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital - Neurology

    RECRUITING

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Odense Universitetshospital - HC Andersen Børne og Ungehospital

    COMPLETED

    Odense, Region Syddanmark, 5000, Denmark

  • Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù - Nefrologia

    COMPLETED

    Rome, Lazio, 00165, Italy

  • Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem Klinikai Kozpont

    COMPLETED

    Pécs, Baranya, 7623, Hungary

  • Phoenix Children's Hospital | Main - Transplant Department

    TERMINATED

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85016, United States

  • Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

    WITHDRAWN

    Chandigarh, 160012, India

  • Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, 50612, South Korea

  • Queensland Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia

  • Rigshospitalet - Børn og Unge

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Copenhagen, Capital Region, 2100, Denmark

  • Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

    TERMINATED

    Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia

  • SHATPD "Prof. Ivan Mitev"

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Sofia, Sofia City Province, 1606, Bulgaria

  • Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte

    RECRUITING

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 30150-221, Brazil

  • Seattle Children's Hospital - Nephrology

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

  • Semmelweis University

    COMPLETED

    Budapest, 1083, Hungary

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    COMPLETED

    Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 03080, South Korea

  • Sitio Alfredo Chew Wong | Aguascalientes, Mexico

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Aguascalientes, Agguascalientes, 20124, Mexico

  • Skånes Universitetssjukhus - Lund - Barnnefroenheten

    COMPLETED

    Lund, Skåne County, 221 85, Sweden

  • St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences

    COMPLETED

    Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560034, India

  • Sunway Medical Centre

    RECRUITING

    Subang Jaya, Selangor, 47500, Malaysia

  • Szegedi Tudományegyetem Szent-Györgyi Albert Klinikai Központ

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Szeged, Csongrád-Csanád, 6720, Hungary

  • T.C. Saglik Bakanligi Ankara Bilkent Sehir Hastanesi Noroloji ve Ortopedi Hastanesi Noroloji Bolumu

    COMPLETED

    Ankara, 6800, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Taipei Veterans General Hospital

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Taipei, 11217, Taiwan

  • Tampere University Hospital, Tampereen yliopistollinen sairaala (TAYS) - Lasten lääketutkimuskeskus PeeTU

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Tampere, Pirkanmaa, 33521, Finland

  • The Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center Building - Nephrology

    RECRUITING

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • The Children's Hospital at Westmead

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Westmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia

  • The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada

  • Turun yliopistollinen keskussairaala

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Turku, Southwest Finland, 20520, Finland

  • UC San Diego - Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (ACTRI) - Linda Vista Clinic

    RECRUITING

    San Diego, California, 92023, United States

  • UMHAT Sveti Georgi

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Plovdiv, Plovdiv Province, 4002, Bulgaria

  • UZ Gasthuisberg - Pediatric Nephrology

    COMPLETED

    Leuven, 3000, Belgium

  • UZ Gent

    COMPLETED

    Ghent, 9000, Belgium

  • Unidade Local de Saúde de Braga E.P.E. - Centro Clínico Académico de Braga - Serviço de Pediatria

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Braga, 4710-243, Portugal

  • Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, E.P.E. - Hospital Pediátrico - Serviço de Pediatria Ambulatória - Nefrologia

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Coimbra, 3000, Portugal

  • Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António, E.P.E

    COMPLETED

    Porto, 4050-651, Portugal

  • Uniklinikum Salzburg - Landeskrankenhaus

    COMPLETED

    Vienna, State of Vienna, 1090, Austria

  • Univ of Texas Health Science Center | Nephrology Res Dept

    WITHDRAWN

    San Antonio, Texas, 78207, United States

  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

    COMPLETED

    Groningen, 9713 GZ, Netherlands

  • Universitair Medisch Centrum St. Radboud

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Nijmegen, Gelderland, 6525 GA, Netherlands

  • University General Hospital Of Ioannina-Child Health Sector

    COMPLETED

    Ioannina, 45500, Greece

  • University General Hospital of Heraklion

    COMPLETED

    Heraklion, 71110, Greece

  • University Medical Center Utrecht

    COMPLETED

    Utrecht, 3584 CX, Netherlands

  • University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center - Nephrology

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • Universitäts-Kinderspital UKBB

    COMPLETED

    Basel, Canton of Basel-City, 4031, Switzerland

  • Universitätsklinikum Erlangen AöR

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Erlangen, Bavaria, 91054, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Essen

    COMPLETED

    Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 45147, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf (UKE)

    COMPLETED

    Hamburg, 20246, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

    COMPLETED

    Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, 69115, Germany

  • Universitätsklinikum Münster

    COMPLETED

    Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, 48149, Germany

  • Uniwersytecki Dzieciecy Szpital Kliniczny im. L. Zamenhofa

    COMPLETED

    Bialystok, 15-274, Poland

  • Uniwersytecki Szpital Dzieciecy w Krakowie

    WITHDRAWN

    Krakow, 30-663, Poland

  • Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny UM we Wroclawiu

    WITHDRAWN

    Wroclaw, 50-556, Poland

  • Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne

    COMPLETED

    Gdansk, 80-952, Poland

  • Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos Children's Hospital Paediatrics Centre

    COMPLETED

    Vilnius, LT-08406, Lithuania

  • Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze

    COMPLETED

    Prague, Prague, 128 08, Czechia

  • Wilf Children's Hospital Shaare Zedek Medical Center

    COMPLETED

    Jerusalem, 9103102, Israel

  • Wits Vaccines & Infectious Diseases Analytics (VIDA) Research Unit

    RECRUITING

    Soweto, Gauteng, 1862, South Africa

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