Guidelines for clinical evaluation of chronic kidney disease in early stages : AMED research on regulatory science of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Albuminuria Chronic kidney disease Diabetic kidney disease Proteinuria Surrogate endpoint eGFR slope

Journal

Clinical and experimental nephrology
ISSN: 1437-7799
Titre abrégé: Clin Exp Nephrol
Pays: Japan
ID NLM: 9709923

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
06 Jul 2024
Historique:
received: 15 03 2024
accepted: 10 05 2024
medline: 6 7 2024
pubmed: 6 7 2024
entrez: 6 7 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

For the development of pharmaceutical products in kidney field, appropriate surrogate endpoints which can predict long-term prognosis are needed as an alternative to hard endpoints, such as end-stage kidney disease. Though international workshop has proposed estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) slope reduction of 0.5-1.0 mL/min/1.73 m /year and 30% decrease in albuminuria/proteinuria as surrogate endpoints in early and advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), it was not clear whether these are applicable to Japanese patients. We analyzed J-CKD-DB and CKD-JAC, Japanese databases/cohorts of CKD patients, and J-DREAMS, a Japanese database of patients with diabetes mellitus to investigate the applicability of eGFR slope and albuminuria/proteinuria to the Japanese population. Systematic review on those endpoints was also conducted including the results of clinical trials published after the above proposal. Our analysis showed an association between eGFR slope and the risk of end-stage kidney disease. A 30% decrease in albuminuria/proteinuria over 2 years corresponded to a 20% decrease in the risk of end-stage kidney disease patients with baseline UACR ≥ 30 mg/gCre or UPCR ≥ 0.15 g/gCre in the analysis of CKD-JAC, though this analysis was not performed on the other database/cohort. Those results suggested similar trends to those of the systematic review. The results suggested that eGFR slope and decreased albuminuria/proteinuria may be used as a surrogate endpoint in clinical trials for early CKD (including diabetic kidney disease) in Japanese population, though its validity and cutoff values must be carefully considered based on the latest evidence and other factors.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
For the development of pharmaceutical products in kidney field, appropriate surrogate endpoints which can predict long-term prognosis are needed as an alternative to hard endpoints, such as end-stage kidney disease. Though international workshop has proposed estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) slope reduction of 0.5-1.0 mL/min/1.73 m /year and 30% decrease in albuminuria/proteinuria as surrogate endpoints in early and advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), it was not clear whether these are applicable to Japanese patients.
METHODS METHODS
We analyzed J-CKD-DB and CKD-JAC, Japanese databases/cohorts of CKD patients, and J-DREAMS, a Japanese database of patients with diabetes mellitus to investigate the applicability of eGFR slope and albuminuria/proteinuria to the Japanese population. Systematic review on those endpoints was also conducted including the results of clinical trials published after the above proposal.
RESULTS RESULTS
Our analysis showed an association between eGFR slope and the risk of end-stage kidney disease. A 30% decrease in albuminuria/proteinuria over 2 years corresponded to a 20% decrease in the risk of end-stage kidney disease patients with baseline UACR ≥ 30 mg/gCre or UPCR ≥ 0.15 g/gCre in the analysis of CKD-JAC, though this analysis was not performed on the other database/cohort. Those results suggested similar trends to those of the systematic review.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
The results suggested that eGFR slope and decreased albuminuria/proteinuria may be used as a surrogate endpoint in clinical trials for early CKD (including diabetic kidney disease) in Japanese population, though its validity and cutoff values must be carefully considered based on the latest evidence and other factors.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38970650
doi: 10.1007/s10157-024-02514-6
pii: 10.1007/s10157-024-02514-6
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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Organisme : Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Yuka Sugawara (Y)

Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.

Eiichiro Kanda (E)

Medical Science, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.

Takayuki Hamano (T)

Department of Nephrology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Aichi, Japan.

Seiji Itano (S)

Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.

Hirokazu Okada (H)

Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.

Koji Tomori (K)

Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.

Yusuke Watanabe (Y)

Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.

Wataru Asakura (W)

Office of New Drug I, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), Tokyo, Japan.

Yoshitaka Isaka (Y)

Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.

Kunitoshi Iseki (K)

Clinical Research Support Center, Nakamura Clinic, Okinawa, Japan.

Tomoko Usui (T)

Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.

Yusuke Suzuki (Y)

Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.

Mototsugu Tanaka (M)

Clinical and Translational Research Center, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan.

Rimei Nishimura (R)

The Jikei University School of Medicine, Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan.

Kei Fukami (K)

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.

Kunihiro Matsushita (K)

Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Maryland, USA.

Jun Wada (J)

Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.

Hirotaka Watada (H)

Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Kohjiro Ueki (K)

Diabetes Research Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Naoki Kashihara (N)

Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.

Masaomi Nangaku (M)

Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

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