Effects of Phosphate Binding With Sevelamer in Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00806481 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : December 10, 2008
Last Update Posted : November 23, 2011
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Kidney Failure, Chronic Cardiovascular Diseases | Drug: Sevelamer carbonate Drug: Placebo | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 120 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Does Phosphate Binding With Sevelamer Carbonate Improve Cardiovascular Structure and Function in Patients With Early Chronic Kidney Disease? |
Study Start Date : | February 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 2011 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: 1
Treatment group: treatment with 1600mg tablets of sevelamer carbonate three times daily for 36 weeks
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Drug: Sevelamer carbonate
Treatment group: treatment with 1600mg tablets of sevelamer carbonate three times daily for 36 weeks
Other Name: Sevelamer carbonate (Renvela) |
Placebo Comparator: 2
Treatment group: treatment with tablets of placebo three times daily for 36 weeks
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Drug: Placebo
Treatment group: treatment with tablets of placebo three times daily for 36 weeks |
- Change in left ventricular mass [ Time Frame: 36 weeks ]
- Aortic compliance as measured by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging [ Time Frame: 36 weeks ]
- Arterial stiffness as measured by pulse wave velocity and pulse wave analysis [ Time Frame: 36 weeks ]
- Arterial elastance as measured by echocardiography [ Time Frame: 36 weeks ]
- Left ventricular systolic and diastolic elastance measured by echocardiography [ Time Frame: 36 weeks ]
- Bone density on dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scanning [ Time Frame: 36 weeks ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Chronic kidney disease patients aged 18 to 80 years
- Chronic kidney disease stage 3 (defined as a glomerular filtration rate of 30-60 ml/min/1.73m2)
- Office blood pressure controlled to less than 140/90 mmHg for 12 months before entry into the study
- Total cholesterol less than 5.5 mmol/l
Exclusion Criteria:
- Existing or previous treatment within 1 year with a phosphate binder or vitamin D analogue
- Uncontrolled hyperphosphataemia (serum phosphate >1.8 mmol/l)
- Uncontrolled secondary hyperparathyroidism (PTH >80 pg/ml)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Pregnancy
- Moderate-severe cardiac valvular disease

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00806481
United Kingdom | |
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | |
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom, B15 2TH |
Principal Investigator: | Charles J Ferro, BSc (Hons), MBChB, FRCP, MD | University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust |
Responsible Party: | Charles Ferro, Dr, Consultant Nephrologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00806481 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
RRK3563 SVCARB01508IST 2008-003727-23 |
First Posted: | December 10, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 23, 2011 |
Last Verified: | November 2011 |
Phosphate |
Kidney Diseases Renal Insufficiency, Chronic Renal Insufficiency Kidney Failure, Chronic Cardiovascular Diseases |
Urologic Diseases Sevelamer Chelating Agents Sequestering Agents Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |