Trial to Evaluate Reduction in Inflammation in Patients With Advanced Chronic Renal Disease Utilizing Antibody Mediated IL-6 Inhibition

Summary

Patients with chronic kidney disease, who have evidence of systemic inflammation with increased cardiovascular risk, will be enrolled into this trial. The purpose of this trial is to determine a dose to select for a potential cardiovascular outcome trial with Ziltivekimab. Doses to be tested will be 7.5 mg, 15 mg and 30 mg subcutaneous monthly compared to placebo for six months.

Timeline

Start

2019-06-03

Primary completion

2020-06-26

Completion

2020-06-26

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority test); Placebo vs Ziltivekimab 7.5 mg; p <0.0001; Median Difference (Final Values) -66.20 (95% CI -86.15 to -49.12); Hodges-Lehmann method NCT03926117 ↗

Publications

• Results Kreiner FF, Kraaijenhof JM, von Herrath M, Hovingh GKK, von Scholten BJ. Interleukin 6 in diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease: mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2022 Apr;18(4):377-389. doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2022.2045952. Epub 2022 Mar 1.
• Hu S, Lee K, He JC, Fan Y. Current Landscape and Emerging Therapeutic Targets in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2026 Mar 10. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000001053. Online ahead of print.
• Aherrahrou R, Reinberger T, Hashmi S, Erdmann J. GWAS breakthroughs: mapping the journey from one locus to 393 significant coronary artery disease associations. Cardiovasc Res. 2024 Nov 5;120(13):1508-1530. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvae161.
• Pergola PE, Davidson M, Jensen C, Mohseni Zonoozi AA, Raj DS, Andreas Schytz P, Tuttle KR, Perkovic V. Effect of Ziltivekimab on Determinants of Hemoglobin in Patients with CKD Stage 3-5: An Analysis of a Randomized Trial (RESCUE). J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 Jan 1;35(1):74-84. doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000000000245. Epub 2023 Dec 13.
• Ridker PM, Devalaraja M, Baeres FMM, Engelmann MDM, Hovingh GK, Ivkovic M, Lo L, Kling D, Pergola P, Raj D, Libby P, Davidson M; RESCUE Investigators. IL-6 inhibition with ziltivekimab in patients at high atherosclerotic risk (RESCUE): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet. 2021 May 29;397(10289):2060-2069. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00520-1. Epub 2021 May 17.

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