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Type 2 DMPhase 4SIGNALNCT06954090

Urinary Proteomics to Guide Early Intervention to Prevent Complications in Type 2 Diabetes - a Feasibility Study

A Phase 4 study testing Semaglutide, 1.34 mg/mL, Finerenone Oral Tablet and Dapagliflozin (DAPA) in people with Type 2 DM and Type 2 DM /Diabetic Nephropathy, run by Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen at 1 site in Denmark.

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Trial summary

Title: Body fluid proteome SIGnatures for persoNALised intervention to prevent cardiovascular and renal complications in diabetes. Aim: To explore the feasibility of using urinary proteomic risk scores in clinical practice to identify patients at risk of developing end organ damage and identify which patients should… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Semaglutide, 1.34 mg/mL, Finerenone Oral Tablet and Dapagliflozin (DAPA)
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
50 participants
Where
1 siteDenmark
Study dates
20 Nov 2025to 31 May 2027
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Men and women over 18 years of age.
  • Type 2 diabetes with no clinical signs of HF NYHA Class IV
  • Able to understand the written participant information and give informed consent.

Who cannot join

  • Heart failure NYHA class IV at screening
  • Moderately - or severely increased albuminuria with a UACR ≥ 200 mg/g or CKD with an eGFR < 30 ml/min/1.73m2 at the screening visit.
  • A female who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or intends to become pregnant, or women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who are not using highly effective contraceptive methods.
  • Receiving therapy with all three of the study medication prior to enrolment.
  • Myocardial infarction, unstable angina, stroke, or transient ischemic attack within 12 weeks prior to enrolment
  • Known or suspected hypersensitivity to the study medications or related products
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  • History of pancreatitis at the screening visit
  • Body mass index < 18.5 kg/m2 at the screening visit
  • Type 1 diabetes
  • Serum potassium > 5.0 mmol/L at the screening visit
  • Addison's Disease
  • Concomitant treatment with strong CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g., itraconazole, ketoconazole, ritonavir, nelfinavir, cobicistat, clarithromycin, telithromycin, nefazodone)
  • Treatment with a potassium-sparing diuretic (amiloride, triamterene)
  • Treatment with other mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist than finerenone (e.g., spironolactone, eplerenone, esaxerenone, canrenone)
  • Elevated Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) > 3x upper normal limit, autoimmune hepatitis, and/or severe hepatic impairment (including but not limited to a history of hepatic encephalopathy, a history of oesophageal varices or a history of portocaval shunt.)
  • Autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
  • Lupus nephritis or ANCA-associated vasculitis, or any other primary or secondary kidney disease requiring immunosuppressive therapy within 6 months prior to screening
  • Kidney transplant or dialysis
  • Presence or history of malignant neoplasms (except basal cell skin cancer or squamous cell skin cancer) within five years before screening.
  • Any other history, condition, therapy, or uncontrolled intercurrent illness that could, as judged by the investigator, affect participant safety or compliance with study requirements.
  • Known or suspected abuse of narcotics.
  • Participant in another intervention study,
  • Vulnerable (i.e., under guardianship) or mentally incapacitated subjects (i.e., not able to understand and sign the informed consent)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Denmark1 site
  • Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

    Herlev, Hajdú-Bihar, 2730

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About this study

Official title: SIGNAL - Body Fluid Proteome SIGnatures for persoNALised Intervention to Prevent Cardiovascular and Renal Complications in Diabetes

Title:

Body fluid proteome SIGnatures for persoNALised intervention to prevent cardiovascular and renal complications in diabetes.

Aim:

To explore the feasibility of using urinary proteomic risk scores in clinical practice to identify patients at risk of developing end organ damage and identify which patients should receive additional renocardiovascular protective treatment.

Read the detailed description

Background:

Diabetes and its associated complications impose a significant burden on both patients and societies. Despite advancements in lowering blood glucose, the elevated risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains a pressing concern, underscoring the need for optimized prevention strategies and improved therapeutic options. Recent developments in glucose-lowering drugs, such as sodium-glucosecotransporter- 2-inhibitors (SGLT2-i) and glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP1-RA), as well as the use of the non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (nsMRA) finerenone, have shown promising cardiovascular and renal protection. Currently, there is no reliable method for predicting personalized treatment responses in diabetic complications. Consequently, benefits of treatment are under dispute, due to a large number of patients not responding. The use of SGLT2-i, nsMRA and GLP1-RA in CKD has happened largely in parallel, all agents have demonstrated benefit, but it is not yet clear how to prioritize between the drugs or if all should be combined. This study builds upon previous scientific work that have investigated the urine proteome and identified several biomarkers able to predict early diabetes associated complications.

CKD273 urine proteomic risk score is a well-established tool used to predict the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression. CAD160 is urine proteomic risk score to predict the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). HF2 urine proteomic classifier is used to predict the risk of heart failure (HF).

Urine sample analysis is based on capillary electrophoresis coupled with mass spectrometry (CE-MS) to determine these risk scores.

Urine proteomic scores are continous numerical values. Higher score means that the urinary peptide pattern is more similar to that of patients with progressive disease. A lower score indicates a peptide profile more typical of healthy individuals.

In addition a Support Vector Machine (SVM), a supervised machine learning algorithm will perform in silico treatment simulations and calculate the change in classification scores for 3 different potential interventions: GLP1-RA semaglutide, SGT2-i dapagliflozin and GLP1-RA finerenone. Based on these changes (with the largest beneficial change indicating the most effective treatment), the most suitable intervention can be selected and the participent will be allocated.

Design:

Single-centre, open-label, parallel group (intervention group) with 6 months intervention.

Population:

Type 2 diabetes without history of heart failure NYHA Class IV or advanced diabetic kidney disease with an estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) < 30 ml/min/1.73m2 or urinary albumin creatinine ratio (UACR) > 200 mg/g.

Objectives:

To assess the feasibility of using proteomic classifiers in clinical practice for response prediction in a prospective study. We will use urinary proteomic classifiers: CKD273, CAD160 and HF2 to identify patients suited for additional medical treatment with sodium-glucose-cotransporter-2 (SGLT2)- inhibitors, glucagon-like-peptide-1 GLP-1 receptor agonists or non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist.

Interventions:

The SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin 10 mg daily, the nsMRA finerenone 10-20 mg daily, and the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide 0.25-1.0 mg once weekly. The medication will be given stepwise according to a prespecified algorithm and guided by the response on UACR.

Endpoints:

Primary endpoint is feasibility of using urinary proteomic classifiers in clinical practice, while secondary endpoints are changes in UACR and urinary proteomic signatures after 6 months of treatment.

Time schedule:

The study is expected to start inclusion June 1st 2025. The recruitment period is 6 months, the intervention period is 6 months and hence the study is expected to be terminated May 31st 2026.

Being tested
Semaglutide, 1.34 mg/mL, Finerenone Oral Tablet, Dapagliflozin (DAPA)
Keywords
urine proteomics, precision medicine, prevention of diabetic complications, personalized treatment, biomarker, CKD273
Medical subject headings
Albuminuria

What participants receive

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

  • Semaglutide, 1.34 mg/mLDrug

    Also called Ozempic

    Semaglutide will be introduced at a dose of 0.25 mg/week subcutaneous injection, escalated to 0.5 and 1.0 mg/week after 4 and 8 weeks if tolerated.

  • Finerenone Oral TabletDrug

    Finerenone will be introduced at a dose of 10 mg/day in patients with a serum potassium level < 4.8 mmol/l and eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 and escalated to 20 mg/day after 4 weeks if the serum potassium level is still < 4.8 mmol/l. Starting dose is 20 mg/day if eGFR ≥ 60 ml/min/1.73 m2. The dosage will be reduced or discontinued in patients who develop hyperkalemia (serum potassium > 5.5 mmol/l).

  • Dapagliflozin (DAPA)Drug

    Dapagliflozin will be introduced at a dose of 10 mg/day. The dose can be reduced at any time during the trial if required by the subject's tolerance to the product.

Study groups in NCT06954090
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
SemaglutideActive comparator3 urine proteomic risk scores will be measured in the study. The CKD273 urine proteomic risk score, a well-established tool used to predict the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression, CAD160 urine proteomic risk score to predict the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) and HF2 urine proteomic classifier to predict the risk of heart failure (HF). In addition a Support Vector Machine (SVM), a supervised machine learning algorithm will perform in silico treatment simulations and calculate the change in classification scores for 3 different potential interventions: GLP1-RA semaglutide, SGT2-i dapagliflozin and GLP1-RA finerenone. Based on these changes (with the largest beneficial change indicating the most effective treatment), the most suitable intervention can be selected and the participent will be allocated.
Receives: Drug: Semaglutide, 1.34 mg/mL
FinerenoneActive comparator3 urine proteomic risk scores will be measured in the study. The CKD273 urine proteomic risk score, a well-established tool used to predict the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression, CAD160 urine proteomic risk score to predict the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) and HF2 urine proteomic classifier to predict the risk of heart failure (HF). In addition a Support Vector Machine (SVM), a supervised machine learning algorithm will perform in silico treatment simulations and calculate the change in classification scores for 3 different potential interventions: GLP1-RA semaglutide, SGT2-i dapagliflozin and GLP1-RA finerenone. Based on these changes (with the largest beneficial change indicating the most effective treatment), the most suitable intervention can be selected and the participent will be allocated.
Receives: Drug: Finerenone Oral Tablet
DapagliflozinActive comparator3 urine proteomic risk scores will be measured in the study. The CKD273 urine proteomic risk score, a well-established tool used to predict the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression, CAD160 urine proteomic risk score to predict the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) and HF2 urine proteomic classifier to predict the risk of heart failure (HF). In addition a Support Vector Machine (SVM), a supervised machine learning algorithm will perform in silico treatment simulations and calculate the change in classification scores for 3 different potential interventions: GLP1-RA semaglutide, SGT2-i dapagliflozin and GLP1-RA finerenone. Based on these changes (with the largest beneficial change indicating the most effective treatment), the most suitable intervention can be selected and the participent will be allocated.
Receives: Drug: Dapagliflozin (DAPA)

What is being measured

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

  1. Proteomic feasibility

    Achieve urine proteomic results within 2 weeks of sampling for at least 90% of the participants in clinical practice.

    Measured: 2 weeks from sampling

  2. Evaluation of medical treatment

    Ensure that urine proteomic results are interpreted for evaluating medical treatment in at least 90% of participants.

    Measured: 3 weeks from sampling

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Urine Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio

    Changes in UACR from screening visit to the end of study

    Measured: Over the 6 month of the follow up from screening visit to the end of study.

  2. Urinary proteomic signatures

    Changes in urinary proteomic signatures from screening visit to the end of study:

    Urine proteomic risk scores are continous numerical values. Higher score means urinary peptide pattern is more similar to that of patients with progressive disease. A lower score indicates a peptide profile more typical of healthy individuals.

    CKD273, CAD160 and HF2 urine proteomic risk-scores and their changes will be measured from urine samples during the study.

    Measured: Over the 6 month of the follow up from screening visit to the end of study.

Timeline

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

  1. First posted1 May 2025
  2. Study start20 Nov 2025
  3. Primary completion30 Nov 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 May 2027 (estimated)

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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 4
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Low intervention feasibility study
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
50 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06954090
Sponsor's protocol ID
2024-518682-95
Other IDs
2024-518682-95-00
Acronym
SIGNAL
Status last verified
Nov 2025
First submitted
14 Apr 2025
Last updated
22 Dec 2025
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Semaglutide, 1.34 mg/mL, Finerenone Oral Tablet and Dapagliflozin (DAPA) in people with Type 2 DM and Type 2 DM /Diabetic Nephropathy, run by Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen at 1 site in Denmark.

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 3 inclusion and 23 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: enrolling by invitation, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Dec 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Denmark. 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 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

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

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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?

Proteomic feasibility (time frame: 2 weeks from sampling). The study lists 2 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 22 Dec 2025.

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