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Testing VX-147 against a placebo for proteinuric kidney disease

Official title: Phase 2/3 Adaptive Study of VX-147 in Adult and Pediatric Participants With APOL1-Mediated Proteinuric Kidney Disease

A Phase 2/3 Adaptive, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of VX-147 in Adult and Pediatric Subjects With APOL1-mediated Proteinuric Kidney Disease

Condition: Proteinuric Kidney DiseaseSponsor: Vertex Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedTarget enrollment: 466

Interventions

DRUG

VX-147

Tablets for oral administration.

DRUG

Placebo

Tablets for oral administration.

Canadian Sites (2)

Recherche GCP Research

Montreal, Canada

COMPLETED

Women's College Hospital

Toronto, Canada

RECRUITING

Eligibility Criteria

See who this study is looking for10 criteria

The trial’s own eligibility text, word for word from the registry. Only the trial site can say who takes part.

Inclusion

  • +APOL1 genotype of G1/G1, G2/G2, or G1/G2
  • +Proteinuric kidney disease
  • +\- Completion of Treatment Period in Part A and no permanent discontinuation of study drug.

Exclusion

  • Solid organ or bone marrow transplant
  • Uncontrolled hypertension
  • History of diabetes mellitus
  • Known underlying cause of kidney disease including but not limited to sickle cell disease
  • ESKD (End Stage Kidney Disease) as defined in the protocolProtocolThe detailed plan a study must follow.Read more →.
  • Any lab abnormality that may pose a safety risk to the participant, as judged by the investigatorPrincipal investigatorThe doctor or researcher responsible for running the study at a site.Read more →.
  • Other protocol defined InclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more →/Exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → will apply.
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In plain language

Assembled directly from this trial’s registry record. Every sentence traces to a field below — nothing here is generated or interpreted.

Learning 
What this study is

This study is testing a treatment for a condition.

Phase 2Phase 2A middle-stage study looking at what a treatment does and watching for side effects.Read more →/3 — a combined study that runs the middle stage and the large comparison stage together.

What is being given or done in this study: VX-147, PlaceboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more →.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.phases
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How the study is run

Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.

You, the study team, the people giving the treatment, and the people analysing the results would all be kept unaware of which group you are in until the study ends.

From the trial registry

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  • designModule.designInfo.allocation
  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
Is there a placebo?

One group receives a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → — a dummy treatment with no active medicine in it.

There are 3 groups in this study.

From the trial registry

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  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Who the study is looking for

The study lists an age range of 10 years to 65 years.

The study is open to people of any sex.

The study does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.

These are the criteria the study lists. Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part.

From the trial registry

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  • eligibilityModule.maximumAge
  • eligibilityModule.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How big and how long

The study aims to enrol about 466 people.

The study is currently expected to finish around May 2030.

The main measurement is taken over: From BaselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more → to Week 48.

From the trial registry

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  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
What the study measures

Part A: Percent Change From BaselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more → in Urine Protein to Creatinine Ratio (UPCR) at Week 48 (Assessed at the Week 48 Interim Analysis) — measured over From Baseline to Week 48.

Part A: Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) Slope Assessed at Interim Analysis — measured over From Baseline Through >= Week 48.

Part A: eGFR Slope Assessed at Final Analysis — measured over From Baseline Through Study Completion (At least 2 years of eGFR data assessed at the final analysis).

Part B: Safety and Tolerability as Assessed by Number of Participants With Adverse eventsAdverse eventAny medical problem that happens during a study, whether or not the treatment caused it.Read more → (AEs) and Serious Adverse EventsSerious adverse eventAn adverse event meeting a formal severity threshold, such as requiring hospital admission.Read more → (SAEs) — measured over Day 1 Through Study Completion (Approximately 4 Years After the Last Participant Enrolls).

From the trial registry

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  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame

Source: NCT05312879 on ClinicalTrials.gov. The full registry text is further down this page — this summary never replaces it.

Not medical advice. What do these terms mean?

What is being tested — in plain terms

About VX-147Drug

Tablets for oral administration.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

About PlaceboDrug

Tablets for oral administration.

From the trial registry — its own words, unedited.

What a drug is here: A medicine — a chemical or small-molecule treatment — given as the thing being studied.

Read the full explanation → · in clinical review

Common questions

Answered from this trial’s registry record. Where the record doesn’t say, these answers say so rather than filling the gap.

Am I eligible for this trial?

Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can decide whether someone can take part. Concord cannot make that determination, and neither can any tool that has not examined you.

What the study lists: an age range of 10 years to 65 years.

The full inclusionInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more → and exclusion criteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more → are published on this page, exactly as the study team wrote them.

The useful next step is to bring this trial to your doctor. Answering a few questions first gives them something concrete to review.

From the trial registry
  • eligibilityModule.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.maximumAge
  • eligibilityModule.eligibilityCriteria
Is there a placebo?

Yes. This study includes a placeboPlaceboA dummy treatment with no active medicine, used for comparison.Read more → group — a dummy treatment with no active medicine in it.

From the trial registry
  • armsInterventionsModule.armGroups[].type
Would I know which treatment I am getting?

You, the study team, the people giving the treatment, and the people analysing the results would all be kept unaware of which group you are in until the study ends.

Which group you would be placed in is decided by chance, like a coin flip — not by you and not by your doctor.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.designInfo.maskingInfo.masking
  • designModule.designInfo.allocation
Who can join?

The study lists an age range of 10 years to 65 years.

It is open to people of any sex.

It does not accept healthy volunteersHealthy volunteerSomeone without the condition being studied who takes part anyway.Read more →.

Only the trial siteTrial siteA hospital or clinic where a study is actually run.Read more → can confirm whether a particular person can take part.

From the trial registry
  • eligibilityModule.minimumAge
  • eligibilityModule.maximumAge
  • eligibilityModule.sex
  • eligibilityModule.healthyVolunteers
How long would this take?

The study's main measurement is taken over: From BaselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more → to Week 48.

The study as a whole is currently expected to finish around 2030-05-07.

How long any one person takes part can differ from the study length. The study team can tell you what the schedule looks like in practice.

From the trial registry
  • outcomesModule.primaryOutcomes[].timeFrame
  • statusModule.completionDateStruct.date
How many people are taking part?

The study aims to enrol about 466 people.

From the trial registry
  • designModule.enrollmentInfo.count
Where is this happening?

This study lists 18 locations, including: Montreal, Canada; Toronto, Canada; Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States; Detroit, Michigan, United States; Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States; Flint, Michigan, United States, and 12 more.

Sites can open and close during a study, so confirm with the team before travelling.

From the trial registry
  • trial_locations

About This Trial

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of VX-147 in adult and pediatric participants with apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1)-mediated proteinuric kidney disease.

Other Sites (27)

A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center - Nephrology Clinic at Taubman Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Henry Ford Health System - Nephrology

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Quest Research Institute

Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States

AA Medical Research Center

Flint, Michigan, United States

Sparrow Clinical Research Institute

Lansing, Michigan, United States

St. Clair Nephrology Research

Roseville, Michigan, United States

Center for Advanced Kidney Research

Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, United States

InterMed Consultants - Edina Clinic

Edina, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis VA Healthcare System

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Kings County Hospital

Brooklyn, New York, United States

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Clindove Research LLC

Brooklyn, New York, United States

New York Presbyterian Queens

Flushing, New York, United States

Zucker School of Medicine

Great Neck, New York, United States

Scott Research, Inc.

Laurelton, New York, United States

VA New York Harbor Healthcare System

New York, New York, United States

Grossman School of Medicine

New York, New York, United States

Synexus Clinical Research - New York (DRS)

New York, New York, United States

The Rogosin Kidney Center

New York, New York, United States

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Nephrology

New York, New York, United States

And 7 more sites worldwide.

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