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CompletedNCT03594110

EMPA-KIDNEY (The Study of Heart and Kidney Protection With Empagliflozin)

A Multicentre International Randomized Parallel Group Double-blind Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial of EMPAgliflozin Once Daily to Assess Cardio-renal Outcomes in Patients With Chronic KIDNEY Disease

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
6,609 (actual)
Sponsor
Boehringer Ingelheim · Industry
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The primary aim of the study is to investigate the effect of empagliflozin on kidney disease progression or cardiovascular death versus placebo on top of standard of care in patients with pre-existing chronic kidney disease. After completion of the interventional part of the study (primary study completion) a subset of participants will be followed up in a post-trial observational (non-interventional) manner for cardio-renal outcomes (estimated study completion date).

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGEmpagliflozinTaken daily with or without food
DRUGMatching placeboTaken daily with or without food

Timeline

Start date
2019-01-31
Primary completion
2022-07-05
Completion
2024-07-02
First posted
2018-07-20
Last updated
2025-07-20
Results posted
2023-07-27

Locations

240 sites across 8 countries: United States, Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, United Kingdom

Regulatory

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03594110. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.