A Phase 3 Study of Bardoxolone Methyl in Patients With Diabetic Kidney Disease; AYAME Study
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03550443 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 8, 2018
Last Update Posted : June 30, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Diabetic Kidney Disease | Drug: Bardoxolone methyl Drug: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1323 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Randomized double-blinded part followed by open label extension part. |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | RTA 402 Phase 3 Clinical Trial (A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial in Patients With Diabetic Kidney Disease) |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 30, 2018 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | November 2022 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | November 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: RTA 402(Bardoxolone methyl)
Patients will receive multiple oral doses of bardoxolone methyl once daily. The starting dose of bardoxolone methyl will be 5 mg. The maximum dose will be 15 mg, and the dose will be increased by 5 mg.
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Drug: Bardoxolone methyl
Bardoxolone methyl 5 mg capsules
Other Name: RTA 402 |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Patients randomized to placebo will remain on placebo throughout the study, undergoing sham titration.
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Drug: Placebo
Capsules containing an inert placebo |
- Time to onset of a ≥ 30% decrease in eGFR from baseline or ESRD [ Time Frame: Through double-blind part completion, approximately 3 to 4 years ]
- Time to onset of a ≥ 40% decrease in eGFR from baseline or ESRD [ Time Frame: Through double-blind part completion, approximately 3 to 4 years ]
- Time to onset of a ≥ 53% decrease in eGFR from baseline or ESRD [ Time Frame: Through double-blind part completion, approximately 3 to 4 years ]
- Time to onset of ESRD [ Time Frame: Through double-blind part completion, approximately 3 to 4 years ]
- Change in eGFR from baseline at each evaluation time point [ Time Frame: Through double-blind part completion, approximately 3 to 4 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years to 79 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with DKD
- Mean eGFR ≥ 15 and < 60 mL/min/1.73 m²
- Albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR) ≤ 3500 mg/g Cr
- Treatment with an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and/or an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) with no change in dosage or medication etc.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Diabetes mellitus that is neither type 1 nor type 2
- Decreased renal function mainly attributed to a non-diabetic cause
- History of renal transplantation or upcoming preemptive renal transplantation
- Confirmed mean systolic blood pressure > 160 mmHg or a confirmed mean diastolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg during the 8-week period before screening
- Hemoglobin A1c level > 10.0% during screening
- Serum albumin level ≤ 3.0 g/dL during screening
- Cardiovascular disease specified in the study protocol
- History of cardiac failure
- BNP level > 200 pg/mL during screening etc.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03550443
Japan | |
Japan Community Health care Organization Sendai Hospital | |
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, 981-3281 |
Responsible Party: | Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03550443 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
RTA 402-006 |
First Posted: | June 8, 2018 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 30, 2022 |
Last Verified: | June 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | No |
Bardoxolone Methyl Diabetic Kidney Disease Diabetes Mellitus Kidney Diseases |
Kidney Diseases Diabetic Nephropathies Urologic Diseases |
Diabetes Complications Diabetes Mellitus Endocrine System Diseases |