New hope for gout sufferers with kidney problems: safer flare treatment tested
NCT ID NCT04844814
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests if anakinra is better than prednisone for treating gout flares in people with advanced chronic kidney disease or who have had a kidney transplant. Gout causes sudden, severe joint pain. Standard treatments can be risky for these patients. The study measures pain relief after three days of treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 204 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged over 18 years old * Gout confirmed by identification of urate crystals by joint fluid or tophus analysis or by ultrasound of the affected joint and/or * Gout according to Nijmegen criteria (presence of a score ≥ 8/13) depending on the following items: Man (2 pts) Previous crisis (2 pts) Involvement of first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTP1) (2.5 pts) Maximum pain within 24 hours (0.5pt) Redness (1 pt) HTA or cardiovascular disease (1.5 pts) SUL \> 360 μmol/l during the crisis (3.5 pts) * Chronic kidney disease stage 3b/4/5 or renal transplantation * Flare ≤ 5 days * Pain assessed by visual analogical scale \> 4/10 Exclusion Criteria: * Participating in another trial including the administration of a drug * Active infection * History of anakinra or prednisone allergy * Contra-indication of anakinra or prednisone * Neutrophil count \< 1000/mm3 (not due to ethnic cause) * Difficulty understanding French * Illiteracy * Pregnant women or breastfeeding mothers (see PHC article L.1121-5) * Persons deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, persons receiving psychiatric care under Sections L. 3212-1 and L. 3213-1 and persons admitted to a health or social institution for purposes other than research (see CSP Article L.1121-6) * Major persons subject to a measure of legal protection or unseeding to express consent (see PHC Article L.1121-8) * Persons not affiliated to a social security plan or beneficiaries of such a plan (see PHC Article L.1121-8-1)
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rhumathology department
Paris, Île-de-France Region, 75010, France
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