A Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of QPI-1002 for Prevention of Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02610283 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : November 20, 2015
Last Update Posted : January 10, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Acute Kidney Injury | Drug: QPI-1002 Drug: Placebo | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 341 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled , Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of QPI-1002 for the Prevention of Acute Kidney Injury in Subjects at High Risk for AKI Following Cardiac Surgery |
Study Start Date : | December 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 2018 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 2018 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: QPI-1002
QPI-1002 Injection, single dose
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Drug: QPI-1002
IV injection |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
isotonic saline
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Drug: Placebo
isotonic saline |
- Proportion of subjects developing AKI as defined by the AKIN criteria [ Time Frame: Baseline through Day 5 ]
- Proportion of subjects developing at least on of the following events: death, needing renal replacement therapy (RRT) during the 90-day post-operative period, or having a ≥ 25% reduction in SCr based eGFR at the Day 90 visit [ Time Frame: Baseline through Day 90 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 45 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Have the ability to understand the requirements of the study, are able to provide written informed consent and are willing and able to comply with the requirements of the study
- Male or female, age ≥ 45 years old.
- Have stable renal function per Investigator assessment and no known increase in serum creatinine of ≥ 0.3 mg/dL during preceding 4 weeks.
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Scheduled to undergo non-emergent open chest cavity cardiovascular surgeries, including use of coronary pulmonary bypass (CPB) and no CPB:
- Combined coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery and surgery of one or more cardiac valve (valve(s) surgery) and at least 1 AKI Risk Factor;
- Surgery of more than one cardiac valve (valve surgery) and at least 1 AKI Risk Factor;
- Surgery of the aortic root or ascending part of the aorta, or in combination with the aortic valve, and at least 1 AKI Risk Factor; circulatory arrest is not excluded;
- Aortic root or ascending part of the aorta, combined with CABG and/or valve(s) surgery and at least 1 AKI Risk Factor; circulatory arrest is not excluded;
- If only CABG or single valve surgery, subjects are required to have at least 2 AKI Risk Factors:
AKI Risk Factors:
- Age ≥ 70 years
- eGFR ≤ 60 ml/min/1.73m2 by CKD-EPI formula at Screening.
- Diabetes (Type 1 or 2), requiring at least 1 oral hypoglycemic agent or insulin
- Proteinuria ≥ 0.3g/d, spot UPCR ≥ 0.3g/gm or urine dip stick ≥ +2
- History of congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have an eGFR ≤ 20 mL/min/1.73 m2
- Subjects with an eGFR ≤ 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 requiring intravascular iodinated contrast within 48 hours of the day of surgery. However, subjects may be included if the post contrast increase in serum creatinine is < 0.3 mg/dl in at least 2 serum creatinine evaluations performed not less than 36 hours apart.
- Have a history of any organ or cellular transplant which requires active immunosuppressive treatment which can interfere with kidney function
- Emergent surgeries, including aortic dissection, and major congenital heart defects
- Scheduled to undergo transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or single vessel, mid-CAB off-pump surgeries or left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation
- Have participated in an investigational drug study in the last 30 days
- Have a known allergy to or had participated in a prior study with siRNA
- Have a history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Have known active Hepatitis B (HBV) (Note: Subjects with a serological profile suggestive of clearance, or prior antiviral treatment of HBV infection may be enrolled)
- Are HCV-positive (detectable HCV RNA) (Note: Subjects at least 24 weeks from completion of treatment with an antiviral regimen and who remain free of HCV as determined by HCV RNA testing may be enrolled.)
- Have had cardiogenic shock or hemodynamic instability within the 24 hours prior to surgery, requiring inotropes or vasopressors or other mechanical devices such as intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation (IABP)
- Have required any of the following within a week prior to cardiac surgery: defibrillator or permanent pacemaker, mechanical ventilation, IABP, left ventricular assist device (LVAD), other forms of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) (Note: The prophylactic insertion of an IABP preoperatively for reasons not related to existing LV pump function is not exclusionary).
- Have required cardiopulmonary resuscitation within 14 days prior to cardiac surgery
- Have ongoing sepsis or history of sepsis within the past 2 weeks or untreated diagnosed infection prior to Screening visit. Sepsis is defined as presence of a confirmed pathogen, along with fever or hypothermia, and hypoperfusion or hypotension
- Have total bilirubin or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 2 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) at time of screening
- Have Child Pugh Class A liver disease with ALT/AST above the upper limit of normal or Class B or higher. (This criterion is only applicable in a patient population with underlying chronic liver disease, i.e., cirrhosis.)

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02610283

Study Director: | Elizabeth Squiers, M.D. | Quark Pharmaceuticals |
Responsible Party: | Quark Pharmaceuticals |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02610283 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
QRK209 |
First Posted: | November 20, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 10, 2019 |
Last Verified: | April 2018 |
AKI |
Acute Kidney Injury Wounds and Injuries Renal Insufficiency Kidney Diseases Urologic Diseases |