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Pediatric HypertensionPhase 3NCT02791438

A Phase 3 Long-term Study of TAK-536 in Pediatric Patients 6 to Less Than 16 Years With Hypertension

A Phase 3 study testing Azilsartan in people with Pediatric Hypertension, run by Takeda at 30 sites in Japan.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of administration of azilsartan in pediatric patients aged 6 to less than 16 years with hypertension. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 6 to 15 years
Conditions the study is for
Pediatric Hypertension
What is being tested?
Azilsartan
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
27 participants
Where
30 sitesJapan
Study dates
18 Aug 2016to 4 Jun 2019
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 6 to 15 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • In the opinion of the investigator or subinvestigator, the participant's parent or the participant's legal guardian is capable of understanding and complying with protocol requirements.
  • The participant's parent or the participant's legal guardian is capable of signing and dating a written, informed consent form on behalf of the participant prior to the initiation of any study procedures. Written informed assent is also obtained from the participant as much as possible.
  • The Japanese participant who has a diagnosis of hypertension. A participant is eligible if he/she is deemed hypertensive according to the Reference Blood Pressure Values of Children by Gender and Age; office sitting diastolic or systolic blood pressure ≥ 95 percentile for essential hypertension without concomitant hypertensive organ damage, and ≥ 90 percentile for secondary hypertension with concomitant chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes mellitus, heart failure or any hypertensive organ damage.
  • In addition, participants need to meet the following criteria:
  • If currently treated with any antihypertensive drugs at the start of the Run-in Period: Participant has a documented historical diagnosis of hypertension and an office sitting diastolic or systolic blood pressure meeting the above criteria at the end of the Run-in Period (Week 0).
  • If currently untreated with any antihypertensive drugs at the start of the Run-in Period: Participant who meets the above criteria on 3 separate time points including screening and the end of the Run-in Period (Week 0). In addition, participant with essential hypertension without concomitant hypertensive organ damage still maintains hypertension with non-pharmacotherapy including foods or exercises for at least 3 months within 1 year prior to the start of screening.
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  • The participant is male or female and aged 6 to less than 16 years at the time of informed consent.
  • The participant weighs at least 20 kg at screening.
  • The participant is capable of taking the tablets or granules supplied as the study drug.
  • A participant who has undergone kidney transplantation is eligible if he/she underwent the transplantation at least 6 months earlier at screening, and the graft has been functionally stable (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 30 mL/min/1.73 m^2) for at least 6 months with evidence (eg, Doppler echography, computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) excluding grafted kidney arterial stenosis. A participant on immunosuppressive therapy with a stable dose at least 30 days prior to screening is eligible.
  • A female participant of childbearing potential who is sexually active with a nonsterilized male partner agrees to use routinely adequate contraception from signing of informed consent through 1 month after the completion of the study, and proves negative in the pregnancy test at screening.
  • The participants judged by the investigator or subinvestigator that he/she can discontinue the therapy with renin-angiotensin-system (RAS) inhibitors for 2 weeks (acceptable range, 1 to 4 weeks) in safe prior to the Treatment Period.

Who cannot join

  • The participant has received any investigational compound within 30 days prior to screening or is participating in another clinical study or a post-marketing clinical study.
  • Note: This does not apply to participants participating in observational studies without interventional or invasive therapy.
  • The participant previously received therapy with azilsartan. Note: This does not apply to participants participating in single dose pharmacokinetic studies of TAK-536.
  • The participant has poorly controlled hypertension indicated by an office sitting systolic blood pressure higher by at least 15 mmHg and/or an office sitting diastolic blood pressure higher by at least 10 mmHg than the 99 percentiles of the Reference Blood Pressure Values of Children by Gender and Age.
  • The participant has a diagnosis of malignant or accelerated hypertension.
  • The participant was noncompliant (< 70% or > 130%) with the study drug during the Run-in Period.
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  • The participant has severe renal dysfunction (eGFR < 30 mL/min/1.73 m^2), is receiving dialysis, has a renovascular disease affecting one or both kidneys, severe nephrotic syndrome not in remission, or a serum albumin level < 2.5 g/dL.
  • The participant has a history of, or the signs/symptoms of serious cardiovascular, hepatobiliary, gastrointestinal, endocrine (eg, hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome), hematological, immunological, urinogenital, psychiatric disease, cancer, or any other disease that adversely affects participant's health, or, in the opinion of the investigator or subinvestigator, potentially confounds the study results.
  • The participant has hemodynamically significant left ventricular outflow obstruction due to aortic stenosis or aortic valvular disease, or is scheduled to undergo a medical procedure affecting blood pressure during the study (eg, correction of arterial anomaly).
  • The participant has a history of or concurrent clinically significant abnormality of 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) that, in the opinion of the investigator or subinvestigator, disqualifies the participant for participation in the study.
  • The participant has poorly controlled diabetes mellitus indicated by hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) > 9.0% at screening.
  • The participant has an alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) level ≥ 2.5 × the upper limit of normal (ULN), or a total bilirubin level ≥ 1.5 × ULN at screening, severely impaired hepatic function, any active liver disease (regardless of the cause), or jaundice.
  • The participant has hyperkalemia exceeding ULN at screening.
  • The participant has a history of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection at screening.
  • The participant has a known hypersensitivity or allergy to any angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARBs).
  • The participant needs treatment with any of the excluded medication.
  • If female, the participant is pregnant or lactating or intending to become pregnant before, during, or within 1 month after the completion of this study.

Trial locations and contacts

30 sites in 1 country.

30 sites in 1 country

Japan30 sites
  • Study site

    Akita

  • Study site

    Chiba

  • Study site

    Fuchū, Tokyo

  • Study site

    Fukuoka

  • Study site

    Fukushima

  • Study site

    Hiroshima

  • Study site

    Izumi, Osaka

  • Study site

    Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken

  • Study site

    Kobe, Hyōgo

  • Study site

    Nagakute, Aichi-ken

  • Study site

    Nagoya, Aichi-ken

  • Study site

    Nankoku, Kochi

  • Study site

    Nerima-ku, Tokyo

  • Study site

    Niigata

  • Study site

    Ōbu, Aichi-ken

  • Study site

    Okayama

  • Study site

    Osaka

  • Study site

    Ōsaka-sayama, Osaka

  • Study site

    Ōta-ku, Tokyo

  • Study site

    Ōtsu, Shiga

  • Study site

    Saitama

  • Study site

    Sapporo, Hokkaido

  • Study site

    Sendai, Miyagi

  • Study site

    Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

  • Study site

    Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa

  • Study site

    Shimotsuke, Tochigi

  • Study site

    Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

  • Study site

    Shizuoka

  • Study site

    Wakayama

  • Study site

    Yokohama, Kanagawa

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About this study

Official title: A Phase 3, Open-label, Multicenter, Long-term Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of TAK-536 in Pediatric Patients 6 to Less Than 16 Years of Age With Hypertension

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of administration of azilsartan in pediatric patients aged 6 to less than 16 years with hypertension.

Read the detailed description

The drug being tested in this study is called azilsartan. Azilsartan is being tested to treat pediatric participants with hypertension.

The study enrolled 27 participants. Following a 2-week Placebo Run-in Period, participants were assigned to one of the two treatment groups based on weight:

  • Azilsartan 2.5 - 20 mg (Participants < 50 kg)
  • Azilsartan 5 - 40 mg (Participants ≥ 50 kg)

Participants weighing < 50 kg were asked to take an initial dose azilsartan 2.5 mg (titrated as needed to the highest dose of 20 mg) and participants weighing ≥ 50 kg were asked to take an initial dose of 5 mg azilsartan (titrated as needed to the highest dose of 40 mg).

This multi-centre trial was conducted in Japan. The overall time to participate in this study is 56 weeks. The study consisted of a Run-in Period (Week -2 to Week 0), a 52-week Treatment Period, and a 2-week Follow-up Period (up to Week 54). Participants made multiple visits to the clinic and a final visit 2 weeks after the last dose of study drug for follow-up assessment.

Being tested
Azilsartan, Placebo

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • AzilsartanDrug

    Also called TAK-536, AZILVA ®

    Azilsartan granules and tablets

  • PlaceboDrug

    Placebo-matching azilsartan granules and tablets

Study groups in NCT02791438
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Azilsartan 2.5 - 20 mg (Weight < 50 kg)ExperimentalFollowing a 2-week placebo run-in period, azilsartan 2.5 mg (titrated as needed to the highest dose of 20 mg) was administered orally once daily before or after breakfast, for the participants weighing < 50 kg.
Receives: Drug: Azilsartan; Drug: Placebo
Azilsartan 5 - 40 mg (Weight ≥ 50 kg)ExperimentalFollowing a 2-week placebo run-in period, azilsartan 5 mg (titrated as needed to the highest dose of 40 mg) was administered orally once daily before or after breakfast, for the participants weighing ≥ 50 kg.
Receives: Drug: Azilsartan; Drug: Placebo

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of Participants Reporting One or More Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)

    An Adverse Event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigation participant administered a drug; it does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (eg, a clinically significant abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a drug, whether or not it is considered related to the drug. A treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE) is defined as an adverse event with an onset that occurs or worsens after receiving study drug.

    Measured: Up to Week 54

  2. Number of Participants With TEAEs Related to Anthropometric Measurement (Weight, Height and Body Mass Index (BMI))

    An Adverse Event (AE) is defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical investigation participant administered a drug; it does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (eg, a clinically significant abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a drug, whether or not it is considered related to the drug. A treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE) is defined as an adverse event with an onset that occurs or worsens after receiving study drug.

    Measured: Up to Week 54

  3. Number Of Participants With Markedly Abnormal Values of Laboratory Parameters

    The laboratory values outside the range (Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) (mg/dL) >30, Creatinine (mg/dL) >2.0, eGFR (mL/min/1.73m^2) <30, Creatine Kinase (U/L) >5×ULN) are considered markedly abnormal.

    Measured: Up to Week 54

  4. Number Of Participants With TEAEs Related To Resting 12-Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG)

    A standard 12-lead ECG was performed while the participant was at rest. Any abnormal ECG findings determined by the investigator to be clinically significant were reported as adverse events.

    Measured: Up to Week 54

  5. Number Of Participants With TEAEs Related To Vital Signs (Hypotension)

    A treatment-emergent adverse event (TEAE) is defined as an adverse event with an onset that occurs after receiving study drug. Vital signs included office standing blood pressure, office sitting pulse rate, office standing pulse rate, and home sitting blood pressure. Any abnormal vital signs findings determined by the investigator to be clinically significant were reported as adverse events.

    Measured: Up to Week 54

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Change From Baseline in Office Trough Sitting Systolic Blood Pressure

    Office trough sitting blood pressure is defined as the blood pressure collected in the office while the participant was sitting at a time point immediately before the next dosing, when the blood drug concentration is assumed to be the lowest. A negative change from Baseline indicates improvement. The data of change from baseline to the End of Treatment Period I (EOT 1) and the End of the Treatment Period 2 (EOT 2) were calculated with the evaluable data within the acceptable time points (EOT1 was for up to Week 12 and EOT2 was for up to Week 52) with the largest Study Day was used. Meanwhile, change from baseline to Week 12 and 52 were calculated with the data of Week 12 and 52 respectively.

    Measured: Baseline (Day 0), Weeks 2, 4, 8, 12,16, 20, 24, 32, 40, 52, Week 54 (Follow-up), End-of-treatment (EOT) 1 (Up to Week 12), EOT 2 (Up to Week 52)

  2. Change From Baseline in Office Trough Sitting Diastolic Blood Pressure

    Office trough sitting blood pressure is defined as the blood pressure collected in the office while the participant was sitting at a time point immediately before the next dosing, when the blood drug concentration is assumed to be the lowest. A negative change from Baseline indicates improvement. The data of change from baseline to the End of Treatment Period I (EOT 1) and the End of the Treatment Period 2 (EOT 2) were calculated with the evaluable data within the acceptable time points (EOT1 was for up to Week 12 and EOT2 was for up to Week 52) with the largest Study Day was used. Meanwhile, change from baseline to Week 12 and 52 were calculated with the data of Week 12 and 52 respectively.

    Measured: Baseline (Day 0), Weeks 2, 4, 8, 12,16, 20, 24, 32, 40, 52, Week 54 (Follow-up), EOT 1 (Up to Week 12), EOT 2 (Up to Week 52)

  3. Percentage Of Participants Who Achieve The Target Blood Pressure

    Target blood pressure is defined as the normal reference range for blood pressure by age according to Guidelines for Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases by the Japanese Circulation Society JCS 2012 (JCS 2012). The data of change from baseline to EOT 1 and EOT 2 were calculated with the evaluable data within the acceptable time points (EOT1 was for up to Week 12 and EOT2 was for up to Week 52) with the largest Study Day was used. Meanwhile, change from baseline to Week 12 and 52 were calculated with the data of Week 12 and 52 respectively. Target blood pressure were described on Guidelines for Drug Therapy in Pediatric Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases by the Japanese Circulation Society JCS 2012 (JCS 2012) (see Links on Registration Section).

    Measured: Weeks 2, 4, 8, 12,16, 20, 24, 32, 40, 52, Week 54 (Follow-up), EOT 1 (Up to Week 12), EOT 2 (Up to Week 52)

  4. Observed Plasma Concentration for Azilsartan

    Reported data were observed plasma concentration for Azilsartan for each arm. Dosage of the study drug after Week 2 (postdose) is different among participants.

    Measured: Predose and 2 hours postdose Weeks 2, 4, 8, 12 and 2 hours postdose Week 16

  5. Observed Plasma Concentration for Azilsartan Metabolites (M-I)

    Reported data were observed plasma concentration for Azilsartan Metabolites (M-I) for each arm. Dosage of the study drug after Week 2 (postdose) is different among participants.

    Measured: Predose and 2 hours postdose Weeks 2, 4, 8, 12 and 2 hours postdose Week 16

  6. Observed Plasma Concentration for Azilsartan Metabolites (M-II)

    Reported data were observed plasma concentration for Azilsartan Metabolites (M-II) for each arm. Dosage of the study drug after Week 2 (postdose) is different among participants.

    Measured: Predose and 2 hours postdose Weeks 2, 4, 8, 12 and 2 hours postdose Week 16

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted6 Jun 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start18 Aug 2016
  3. Primary completion4 Jun 2019
  4. Study completion4 Jun 2019

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
27 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02791438
Sponsor's protocol ID
TAK-536/OCT-101
Other IDs
U1111-1182-4241, JapicCTI-163260
Status last verified
Feb 2020
First submitted
1 Jun 2016
Last updated
7 Feb 2020
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Takeda makes patient-level, de-identified data sets and associated documents available for all interventional studies after applicable marketing approvals and commercial availability have been received (or program is completely terminated), an opportunity for the primary publication of the research and final report development has been allowed, and other criteria have been met as set forth in Takeda's Data Sharing Policy (see www.TakedaClinicalTrials.com for details). To obtain access, researchers must submit a legitimate academic research proposal for adjudication by an independent review panel, who will review the scientific merit of the research and the requestor's qualifications and conflict of interest that can result in potential bias. Once approved, qualified researchers who sign a data sharing agreement are provided access to these data in a secure research environment.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Azilsartan in people with Pediatric Hypertension, run by Takeda at 30 sites in Japan.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 12 inclusion and 17 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Feb 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 30 sites in Japan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 23 Dec 2019). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of Participants Reporting One or More Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) (time frame: Up to Week 54). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Feb 2020.

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