Could a kidney drug for type 2 diabetes also help type 1 patients?
NCT ID NCT05901831
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This Phase 3 trial tested whether finerenone, a drug already approved for kidney disease in type 2 diabetes, can also slow kidney damage in people with type 1 diabetes. 241 adults with both conditions took either finerenone or a placebo for 6 months, alongside their usual care. Researchers measured changes in urine protein levels and monitored safety, including side effects and high potassium levels.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- finerenone
- What this could lead to
- If it works, finerenone could become a new treatment option to slow kidney disease progression in people with type 1 diabetes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed Phase 3 trial, but results are not yet published. Finerenone is already approved for type 2 diabetes, so it may not work the same way for type 1 diabetes. Risks include high potassium levels.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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241 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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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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: * Participant must be ≥18 years of age (or the legal age of consent according to local legislation) at the time of signing the informed consent. * Participants with Type 1 diabetes (T1D), i.e. T1D continuously treated with insulin, started within one year from diagnosis. * If the onset was after age 35, documentation of the presence of one or more of the following: * Circulating T1D-associated autoantibodies * Hospitalization for diabetic ketoacidosis * Plasma C-peptide below the limit of detection with standard assay (with concurrent blood glucose \>100 mg/dl). * HbA1c at Screening \<10% (central assessment). * Note: One reassessment is allowed for HbA1c during the Screening period in case the first measurement is missing/unreadable/invalid. * K+ ≤ 4.8 mmol/L at Screening (local assessment) * Participants with a clinical diagnosis of CKD and fulfilling both the criteria (central assessment): * eGFR ≥25 and \<90 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 using CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration) 2009 formula at the Screening visit * UACR ≥200 mg/g (22.6 mg/mmol) to \<5000 mg/g (565 mg/mmol) at the Screening visit (geometric mean of the 3 measurements) * Participants on a stable (preferably without any change in the dosage for at least 4 weeks prior to the Screening visit) ACEI (Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor) or ARB (Angiotensin receptor blocker) treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Participant with T2D (Type 2 diabetes). * Participant with mean BP (Blood pressure) higher than 160/100 mmHg or mean systolic BP lower than 90 mmHg at the Screening visit * Symptomatic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction with class 1A indication for Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs). * Participants with current or previous (within 8 weeks prior to the Screening visit) treatment with a SGLT-2/-1 (Sodium-Glucose co-transporter-2/-1) inhibitor or GLP1 (Glucagon-like peptide-1) receptor agonist.
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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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ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco _Ospedale Sacco - Malattie Endocrine e Diabetologia
Milan, 20157, Italy
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ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII | Ospedale di Bergamo - SC Malattie Endocrine-Diabetologia
Bergamo, 24127, Italy
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ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo | San Paolo Hospital - Haemostasis and Thrombosis Department
Milan, 20142, Italy
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Accellacare - Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina, 28401, United States
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AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
Orlando, Florida, 32804, United States
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Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University
JiangSu, Jiangsu, 212001, China
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Alberta Diabetes Institute - Clinical Research Unit (CRU)
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E1, Canada
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Asan Medical Center - Oncology Department
Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 05505, South Korea
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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna IRCCS_Policlinico Sant'Orsola - Endocrinologia e prevenzione e cura del diabete
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 40138, Italy
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Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Chieri | TO5 - SC Diabetologia Territoriale
Chieri, 10023, Italy
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Barts Health NHS Trust - Royal London Hospital - Nephrology
London, E1 1BB, United Kingdom
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Capital Region | Nordsjaellands Hospital - Hillerod - Endocrinology Ambulatory Research Unit
Hillerød, 3400, Denmark
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Cardiff and Vale University Health Board | University Hospital of Wales - Nephrology and Transplant
Cardiff, CF14 4XW, United Kingdom
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Careggi University Hospital - Diabetologia e Malattie del Metabolismo
Florence, Tuscany, 50134, Italy
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Central Hospital of Minhang District, Shanghai
Shanghai, 201100, China
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Centre de Recherche Clinique de Laval
Laval, Quebec, H7T 2P5, Canada
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Cleveland Clinic - Main Campus
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Consano Clinical Research, LLC.
San Antonio, Texas, 79231, United States
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Diabetes & Metabolism Associates
Metairie, Louisiana, 70006, United States
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EVMS Strelitz Diabetes Center
Norfolk, Virginia, 23510, United States
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Elixia Central Florida
Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States
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Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS - UOSD Diabetologia
Rome, Lazio, 00168, Italy
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Gerencia de Gestion Integrada A Coruna | Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition
A Coruña, A Coruña, 15006, Spain
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Grady Memorial Hospital - Endocrinology
Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States
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Hanson Clinical Research Center, Inc.
Port Charlotte, Florida, 33952, United States
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Hospital Clinic de Barcelona | Instituto Clinic de Enfermedades Digestivas y Metabolicas - Endocrinologia y Nutricion
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Hospital Gregorio Maranon | Endocrinology Department
Madrid, 28007, Spain
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Hospital Nisa Sevilla Aljarafe - Endocrinologia
Castilleja de la Cuesta, Sevilla, 41950, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Puerta De Hierro De Majadahonda - Endocrinologia
Majadahonda, 28222, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen De La Victoria - Endocrinologia
Málaga, 29010, Spain
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Hospital of South West Jutland | Department of Endocrinology Research
Esbjerg, 6700, Denmark
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Huai'an First People's Hospital, Nanjing Medical University
Huai'an, 223300, China
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IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele | Diabetologia Department - Cardio-Metabolic and Clinica Trials Unit
Milan, 20132, Italy
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InnoDiab Forschung GmbH
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 45136, Germany
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Jedidiah Clinical Research
Tampa, Florida, 33619, United States
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Joslin Diabetes Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Korea University Anam Hospital
Seoul, 02841, South Korea
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MU Health Care - University Hospital - Endocrinology
Columbia, Missouri, 65212, United States
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | Wythenshawe Hospital - Clinical Research Facility
Manchester, M23 9LT, United Kingdom
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McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) - Research Institute (RI) - McConnell Centre for Innovative Medicine (CIM)
Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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MedStar Health Research Institute
Hyattsville, Maryland, 20782, United States
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Metabolic Research Institute, Inc.
West Palm Beach, Florida, 33401, United States
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) - Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI)
Glasgow, G4 0SF, United Kingdom
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Nanjing Medical University (NMU) - The Second Affiliated Hospital
Nanjing, 210011, China
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North Bristol NHS Trust | Southmead Hospital - Clinical Research Centre
Bristol, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom
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Northwestern University | Feinberg School of Medicine - Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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OHSU Physicians Pavillion - Endocrinology
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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Odense University Hospital | Odense - Endocrinology Department
Odense, 5000, Denmark
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Peking University People's Hospital
Beijing, 100032, China
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Physicians East, P.A.- W. H. Smith - Endocrinology
Greenville, North Carolina, 27834, United States
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Preventive Intervention Center - Endocrinology
Iowa City, Iowa, 52202, United States
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Providence Medical Research Center
Spokane Valley, Washington, 99204, United States
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Region Midtjylland | Regionshospitalet Godstrup - Nephrology Department
Herning, DK-7400, Denmark
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Region Nordjylland | Steno Diabetes Center Nordjylland - Endocrinology Department
Gistrup, 9260, Denmark
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Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre - Clinical Trials Unit(RRDTC)
Calgary, Alberta, T2T 5C7, Canada
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Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum - Herz und Diabeteszentrum NRW (Heart and Diabetes Center)
Bad Oeynhausen, 32545, Germany
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Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 3080, South Korea
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Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System
Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 03722, South Korea
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Shanghai General Hospital (Shanghai First People's Hospital) - Northern Location
Shanghai, 200080, China
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Shanxi Bethune Hospital
Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030032, China
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Southern Medical University - Nanfang Hospital (Southern Hospital)
Guangzhou, 510515, China
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Southwest Kidney Institute, PLC - Suprise
Surprise, Arizona, 85374, United States
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Stanford Endocrinology Clinic
Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen | Herlev - Clinical and Translational Research Department
Herlev, 2730, Denmark
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The 4th Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150001, China
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The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medl Collg Huazhong...
Wuhan, Hubei, 430014, China
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Toronto General Hospital - University Health Network, Renal Physiology laboratory
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada
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Touro University California - Metabolic Research Center
Vallejo, California, 94592, United States
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UChicago Medicine Kovler Diabetes Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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UHealth Diabetes Research Center
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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UNC Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Obesity Clinical Research Unit
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
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UT Health San Antonio - Medical Arts & Research Center - Endocrinology
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust | Royal Derby Hospital - Renal Research
Derby, DE22 3NE, United Kingdom
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Università degli Studi "G. D'Annunzio" di Chieti - Endocrinologia
Chieti, 66100, Italy
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Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust | Manor Hospital - Nephrology
Walsall, WS2 9PS, United Kingdom
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Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
St Louis, Missouri, 63110-1010, United States
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Wichita Nephrology Group Pa
Wichita, Kansas, 67214, United States
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Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, Qingpu Branch
Shanghai, 201700, China
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Zhongshan People's Hospital
Zhongshan, Guangdong, 528499, China
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