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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03764605
Date of registration: 29/11/2018
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari
Public title: Metformin vs Tolvaptan for Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease METROPOLIS
Scientific title: Metformin vs Tolvaptan for Treatment of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. A Phase 3a, Indipendent, Multicentre, Two Parallel Arms, Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: January 30, 2019
Target sample size: 150
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03764605
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:     Loreto Gesualdo
Address: 
Telephone: +390805594040
Email: loretoge60@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Loreto Gesualdo
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  AOUConsorziale Policlinico di Bari
Name:     Loreto Gesualdo
Address: 
Telephone: +390805594040
Email: trialnefrobari@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Men and women aged between 18 and 50 years

2. eGFR (CKD-EPI) = 45 ml/min/1,73 m2

3. Genetic Diagnosis of Type I ADPKD truncating mutation

4. Signed and dated informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who do not agree to practice 2 different
methods of birth control or remain abstinent during the trial and for 30 days after
the last dose of IMP. If employing birth control, 2 of the following precautions must
be used: vasectomy of partner, tubal ligation, vaginal diaphragm, intrauterine device,
birth control implant, condom, or sponge with spermicide. Non-childbearing potential
in women is defined as female subjects who are surgically sterile (ie, have undergone
bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy) or female subjects who have been
postmenopausal for at least 12 consecutive months.

2. Women who are breast-feeding and/or who have a positive pregnancy test result prior to
receiving investigational medical product (IMP).

3. Treatment with acarbose, guar gum, cimetidin, phenprocoumon, oral anticoagulants,
thrombolytic drugs, diuretics, ranolazin, cephalexin.

4. Evidence of active systemic or localized major infection at the time of screening.

5. Hepatic impairment or liver function abnormalities other than that expected for ADPKD
with typical cystic liver disease during the screening period as defined by:

- AST O ALT >8x UNL

- AST O ALT >5x UNL >2 WEEKS

- AST O ALT >3x UNL E BT >2x UNL OR INR >1,5

- AST O ALT >3x UNL E SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF LIVER DAMAGE (fatigue, anorexy, nausea,
vomiting, right hypocondrium pain, fever, jaundice, skin rash, itching)

6. Acute or chronic disease causing tissue hypoxia (e.g.: myocardial failure, severe
arythmias, myocardial infarction, respiratory failure, liver failure, alcohol acute
intoxication, alcoholism, dehydration).

7. Previously diagnosed diabetes already in treatment with other hypoglycemic drugs.

8. Ongoing breast feeding.

9. Use of any other investigational drug or treatment up to 4 weeks before enrollment and
during the treatment phase.

10. Known hypersensitivity to metformin and its derivatives.

11. Psychiatric disorders and any condition that might prevent full comprehension of the
purposes and risks of the study.

12. Malignancies within three years before enrolment in the study.

13. HIV, HBV, HCV infection.

14. Urinary tract obstruction.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
ADPKD
Intervention(s)
Drug: Metformin
Drug: Tolvaptan
Primary Outcome(s)
Glomerular Filtration Rate (estimated by CKD-Epi formula) variation [Time Frame: 25 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Total Kidney Volume variation (measured by non contrast enhanced Kidney CT scan) [Time Frame: 25 months]
Secondary ID(s)
Eudract2018-000477-77
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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