Cystinuria drug trial pulled before it even started
NCT ID NCT04147871
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study was designed to test whether ADV7103, a combination of potassium citrate and potassium bicarbonate, could help people with cystinuria by making their urine less acidic. The goal was to see if it could raise urine pH to 7.0 or higher, which might reduce kidney stone formation. However, the trial was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no data were collected.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ADV7103 (a mix of potassium citrate and potassium bicarbonate)
- What this could lead to
- If it had worked, this could have pointed toward a better way to manage cystinuria by controlling urine acidity to prevent kidney stones.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was withdrawn before enrolling anyone, so no results are available. Even if run, it was an early-stage study with a short 7-day treatment period, so long-term benefits and safety would remain uncertain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2024
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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6 months to 70 years
- 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: * 1\. Patient who has a diagnosis of cystinuria based on medical diagnosis (at least one previous orcurrent episode of calculus of cystine, and/or one previous or current episode of cystine crystalluria) or on genetic diagnosis (only for patients enrolled in B13CS study). 2\. Patient treated with an alkalising treatment at a well-adapted dose (defined as a daily dose deemed by the investigator aiming to maintain overtime urinary pH value ≥ 7.0 and/or compatible with an acceptable safety profile and/or patient's constraints or compliance). 3\. Patient who, when treated with a second line therapy (chelator agent), presents a disease status enabling interruption of the chelator agent during the course of the B12CS-B13CS research. 4\. Patient male or female, including child aged between 6 months and 17 years old and adult aged ≥ 18 years old up to 70 years old. 5\. For female patient of childbearing potential (defined by CTFG as fertile, following menarche until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile\*) a highly effective birth control method should be used until the end of study plus 36 hours after the last dose of IMP. 6\. Patient and/or parents or legal representative(s) who is(are) willing and able to participate in the study, to understand and to comply with study procedures for the entire length of the study. 7\. Patient or parents or legal representative(s) who has/have provided a signed written informed consent. 8\. Patient of ≤17 years of age for whom the assent has been collected or has been tried to be collected. 9\. Patient who is affiliated to a social health insurance system and/or in compliance with the recommendations of the national law in force relating to biomedical research. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Patient treated with the second line therapy and who cannot stop cystine chelating agents (sulfhydryl compounds) during the B12CS-B13CS study. 2\. Patient who presents kalaemia \> 5.0 mmol/L. 3. Patient who presents a moderate or severe renal impairment (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 45 mL/min/1.73 m2 according to Schwartz formula for the children and both MDRDs and CKD-EPI for adults). 4\. Patient who presents - barring the study disease - any previous or concurrent medical condition or any laboratory or clinical findings or any other condition that in the opinion of the investigator would be negatively affected by the study product or that would affect the study product or that precludes his participation, e.g. uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, adrenal insufficiency, cardiac impairment, repeated infections, metabolic alkalosis, chronic diarrhoea. 5\. Female patient who is pregnant or breast-feeding. 6. Patient who cannot stop potassium sparing diuretics (e.g. antagonists of aldosterone as such spironolactone, canrenoate and eplerenone, amiloride, triamterene), angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor antagonists, tacrolimus, potassium desodic salts. 7\. Patient who received any medication that could interfere with the study treatment within 4 weeks before the inclusion in the study, including angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor antagonists, tacrolimus, ciclosporine, potassium desodic salts,antibiotics. 8\. Patient who received potassium sparing diuretics 6 weeks before the inclusion in the study. 9\. Patient who presents contra indications to the administration of the study treatment such like known allergic reactions or hypersensitivity to the active pharmaceutical ingredients or other excipients of the formulations of the study treatment (such as lactose), history of difficult access to the oral administration route and/or conditions that may hamper compliance and/or absorption of the study treatment (e.g. any difficulty of swallowing, mal-absorption, delayed gastric emptying, oesophageal compression, intestinal obstruction or other chronic gastrointestinal disease). 10\. Patient who is admitted to hospital in emergency settings. 11. Patient who participated in a clinical trial within the last 3 months before enrolment. 12\. Patient who is at risk of non-compliance in the judgment of the investigator. 13\. Patient who could present any other condition, which in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude participation in the study. 14\. Patient who cannot be contacted in case of emergency. 15. Patient under any administrative or legal supervision.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU Lille
Lille, Lille, 59000, France
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CHU Grenoble
Grenoble, Grenoble Cedex, 38043, France
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CHU Pitié-Salpétrière
Paris, Paris, 15013, France
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CHU Purpan
Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, 31059, France
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CHU Reims
Reims, Reims, 51100, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lyon - Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant
Bron, 69500, France
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Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
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Hôpital Américain CHU de Reims
Reims, Reims, 51092, France
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Hôpital Necker AP-HP
Paris, Paris, 75015, France
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Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades
Paris, Paris, 75015, France
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Hôpital Ténon - Explorations fonctionnelles Mutlidisciplinaires et INSERM UMR S 1155
Paris, Paris, 75020, France
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UZ Leuven, Gasthuisberg Hospital
Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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