Can a 3-Day drug cocktail rejuvenate kidney patients?
NCT ID NCT02848131
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a short course of two drugs, dasatinib and quercetin, can clear senescent (aging) cells in people with chronic kidney disease. The goal is to see if this reduces frailty and improves stem cell function. Thirty participants aged 40-80 with moderate-to-severe kidney disease will take the drugs for 3 days and be monitored for changes in cell health and physical ability.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Dasatinib and Quercetin
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a treatment that reduces frailty and improves physical function in people with chronic kidney disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The drugs are taken for just 3 days, so any benefits may be short-lived or not occur at all.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2016
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
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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40 to 80 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. Age 40-80 years 2. Chronic kidney disease estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) 15-45 ml/min/1.73m2 3. Diabetes mellitus and taking diabetes medications Exclusion Criteria: 1. Concomitant glomerulonephritis, 2. Nephrotic syndrome, 3. Solid organ transplantation, 4. Autosomal dominant or recessive polycystic kidney disease, 5. Known renovascular disease, 6. Pregnancy, 7. Active immunosuppression therapy, 8. Hemoglobin A1c≥10% at screening, 9. History of active substance abuse (including alcohol) within the past 2 years, 10. Current alcohol abuse (\>3 alcoholic beverages/day or \>21 per week), 11. Body weight \>150 kg or body mass index\>50 12. Human immunodeficiency virus infection 13. Active hepatitis B or C infection 14. Tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy 15. Known hypersensitivity or allergy to dasatinib or quercetin 16. Inability to give informed consent 17. Uncontrolled systemic lupus erythematosus 18. Uncontrolled pleural/pericardial effusions or ascites 19. New invasive cancer except non-melanoma skin cancers 20. Invasive fungal or viral infection 21. Inability to tolerate oral medications 22. Total bilirubin\>2x upper limit of normal 23. Subjects taking medications that are sensitive to substrates or substrates with a narrow therapeutic range for CYP3A4, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, or CYP2D6 or strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4 (e.g. cyclosporine, tacrolimus or sirolimus). If antifungals are absolutely necessary from an infectious disease perspective, then they will be allowed only if the levels are therapeutic. 24. Subjects on strong inhibitors of CYP3A4. 25. Subjects on therapeutic doses of anticoagulants (Warfarin (Coumadin);Rivaroxaban (Xarleto); Apixaban (Eliquis); Dabigatran (Pradaxa, Prazaxa) or Other). 26. Subjects on antiplatelet agents ((Clopidogrel (Plavix); Dipyridamole + Asprin (Aggrenox); Ticagrelor (Brilinta); Prasugrel (Effient); Ticlopidine (Ticlid) or Other) who are unable or unwilling to reduce or hold therapy prior to and during the 3-day drug dosing. Subjects may continue their previous regimen on day 4. 27. Subjects on quinolone antibiotic therapy for treatment or for prevention of infections within 10 days 28. Subjects taking H2-antagonists or proton pump inhibitors and unwilling to discontinue therapy 1 week prior and 2 weeks following enrollment. 29. Corrected QT interval (QTc)\>450 msec 30. Presence of any condition that the Investigator believes would put the subject at risk or would preclude the patient from successfully completing all aspects of the trial.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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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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Mayo Clinic Florida
Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States
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Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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