Personalized medicine for kidney disease: can genes predict who will respond?
NCT ID NCT07416942
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to find genetic and protein markers that can predict whether patients with membranous nephropathy, a kidney disease, will respond to the drug rituximab. Researchers will analyze stored blood and tissue samples from 120 patients and healthy volunteers. The goal is to develop a personalized approach to treatment, avoiding ineffective therapies and their side effects.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors choose the right treatment for membranous nephropathy patients, improving outcomes and reducing side effects.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study on stored samples, not a treatment trial. The findings may not lead to immediate clinical changes or may not be confirmed in future studies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2029
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.
Who is studied
Patient biological samples. The study will use samples collected from patients of the PROMENADE Study (NCT06242327) with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of MN, and who were treated with RTX. The samples, collected before and after RTX treatment, include DNA (n=300), sera (n=120), and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) (n=65), and are stored at the biobank of one of the IRFMN's site, the Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo e Cele Daccò. Healthy volunteers: for comparison reasons, 60 volunteers, matched for age and sex, will also be analyzed.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
Patients Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients * Biopsy-proven primary membranous nephropathy (MN) * Written informed consent for storage of biological samples in the local biobank Exclusion Criteria: * Absence of signed written informed consent for the storage of samples in the biobank Healthy subjects Inclusion Criteria: * Adult male and female * Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * History of renal diseases, autoimmune disorders, diabetes mellitus, current allergies * Subjects who have taken antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, or antihistamines within the past 7 days
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinical Research Centre for Rare Diseases Aldo e Cele Daccò
Ranica, BG, 24020, Italy
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