Could a diabetes drug duo protect transplanted kidneys?
NCT ID NCT05938712
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study is testing whether a 12-week combination of two common diabetes drugs—dapagliflozin (Farxiga) and semaglutide (Ozempic)—is safe and helpful for people who have received a kidney transplant. The 20 participants will take both drugs and be monitored for changes in kidney function and other health markers. The goal is to see if this combo can improve outcomes for transplant recipients, with or without type 2 diabetes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- dapagliflozin (Farxiga) and semaglutide (Ozempic)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new way to protect kidney function and manage weight or blood sugar in kidney transplant recipients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early pilot study with only 20 people, so results may not apply to everyone. The drugs also carry risks like dehydration or gastrointestinal side effects.
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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 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
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.
- Ages
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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: * Signed and dated written informed consent. * Patients aged ≥18 years with KTR * \>3 months post kidney transplantation * Estimated glomerular filtration rate \[eGFR\] ≥20 ml/min/1.73m2 * BP \<160/100 and \>90/60 at screening * Body-mass index \[BMI\] between 18.5-40kg/m2 * In patients with T2D or PTDM, HbA1c \<12.0%; Exclusion Criteria: * Type 1 diabetes. * History of multi-organ transplant * Acute coronary syndrome, transient ischemic attack or stroke within 30 days prior to screening * Impending need for kidney biopsy or rapid decline in eGFR within 30 days prior to screening * Actively treated BK, CMV or EBV infection * Recurrent pyelonephritis or need for indwelling or self-catheterization * Prior amputation or ischemic rest pain * Women who are pregnant, nursing, or who plan to become pregnant whilst in the trial. * History of pancreatitis * Personal or family history or medullary thyroid cancer or MEN2B * History of unstable diabetic retinopathy within 1 year prior to screening * Use of SGLT2i or GLP-1RA within 30 days prior to screening. * Current and frequent episodes of hypoglycemia * Current history of DKA requiring medical intervention or hospitalization * With current risk of volume depletion, hypotension and/or electrolyte imbalance * With known or suspected hypersensitivity to semaglutide or related products * Patient not able to understand and comply with study requirements, based on Investigator's judgment. * Any other clinical condition that, based on Investigator's judgement, would jeopardize patient safety during trial participation or would affect the study outcome (e.g. immunocompromised patients, active malignancy, patients who might be at higher risk of developing genital or mycotic infections, patients with chronic viral infections, uncontrolled hypertension, cardiorenal and/or hepatorenal syndrome etc.).
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Toronto General Hospital
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, M5G 2N2, Canada
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