drugset / Trial / NCT04639674
AST-120 in Hemodialysis Patients With Uremic Pruritus
Phase 4
Completed
100 enrolled
Conmed Pharmaceutical & Bio-Medical Corporation
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · collabFu Jen Catholic University · collabKaohsiung Medical University · collabTaichung Tzu Chi Hospital · collabTaichung Veterans General Hospital · collabTri-Service General Hospital (TSGH) · collabTungs' Taichung Metroharbour Hospital · collab
RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment
Summary
The prevalence of cutaneous pruritus among hemodialysis patients is about 50% to 80%. There is only a handful of studies on the itchy skin of hemodialysis patients and the findings are to be validated. Effective drugs to treat cutaneous pruritus are not available yet. Hence, the purpose of the study is to eliminate the uremic toxins from the intestinal tract using AST-120 as a treatment measure to improve the symptom of the hemodialysis patients' cutaneous pruritus and discuss and assess its effectiveness. For this, the investigators will recruit 150 patients to validate the application potential of the AST-120 in the cutaneous pruritus brought about by uremia.
Timeline
- Start
- 2020-07-02
- Primary completion
- 2022-08-31
- Completion
- 2022-08-31
Publications
- Background Simonsen E, Komenda P, Lerner B, Askin N, Bohm C, Shaw J, Tangri N, Rigatto C. Treatment of Uremic Pruritus: A Systematic Review. Am J Kidney Dis. 2017 Nov;70(5):638-655. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2017.05.018. Epub 2017 Jul 15.
- Background Malekmakan L, Tadayon T, Pakfetrat M, Mansourian A, Zareei N. Treatments of uremic pruritus: A systematic review. Dermatol Ther. 2018 Sep;31(5):e12683. doi: 10.1111/dth.12683. Epub 2018 Aug 23.
- Background Niwa T, Emoto Y, Maeda K, Uehara Y, Yamada N, Shibata M. Oral sorbent suppresses accumulation of albumin-bound indoxyl sulphate in serum of haemodialysis patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1991;6(2):105-9. doi: 10.1093/ndt/6.2.105.
- Background Liu WC, Tomino Y, Lu KC. Impacts of Indoxyl Sulfate and p-Cresol Sulfate on Chronic Kidney Disease and Mitigating Effects of AST-120. Toxins (Basel). 2018 Sep 11;10(9):367. doi: 10.3390/toxins10090367.
- Results Sukul N, Speyer E, Tu C, Bieber BA, Li Y, Lopes AA, Asahi K, Mariani L, Laville M, Rayner HC, Stengel B, Robinson BM, Pisoni RL; CKDopps and CKD-REIN investigators. Pruritus and Patient Reported Outcomes in Non-Dialysis CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 May 7;14(5):673-681. doi: 10.2215/CJN.09600818. Epub 2019 Apr 11.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Activated Charcoal | Other / unclassified | 2 g | Oral |
Indications
No indication recorded.