Study of Sparsentan Treatment in Pediatrics With Proteinuric Glomerular Diseases (NCT05003986)
A Phase 2, Open-Label, Single-Arm, Cohort Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics of Sparsentan Treatment in Pediatric Subjects With Selected Proteinuric Glomerular Diseases
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
To evaluate the safety, efficacy and tolerability of sparsentan oral suspension and tablets, and assess changes in proteinuria after once-daily dosing over 108 weeks.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (17 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (23 items).
Location: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California
Age range: 1 Year to 17 Years
🧪 Interventions in This Study
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria for All Subjects (All Three Populations): A subject who meets any of the following will be excluded from this study:
- The subject weighs \<7.3 kg at screening.
- The subject has FSGS or MCD histological pattern secondary to viral infections, drug toxicities, or malignancies.
- The subject has immunoglobulin A (IgA) glomerular deposits not in the context of primary IgAN or IgAV (ie, secondary to another condition; eg, systemic lupus erythematosus and liver cirrhosis).
- The subject has had an acute onset or presentation of glomerular disease or a diagnostic biopsy or a relapse of glomerular disease requiring new or different class of immunosuppressive treatment (including, but not limited to, systemic corticosteroids, calcineurin inhibitors and mycophenolate mofetil, abatacept, cyclophosphamide, rituximab, ofatumumab, and ocrelizumab) within 6 months before screening.
- Subjects taking chronic immunosuppressive medications (including systemic steroids) not on a stable dose for ≥1 month before screening.
- The subject requires any of the prohibited concomitant medications as defined in the study protocol.
- The subject has undergone any organ transplantation, with the exception of corneal transplants.
- The subject has a documented history of congenital or acquired heart failure (modified Ross heart failure classification for children Class II to Class IV) and/or previous hospitalization for heart failure or unexplained dyspnea, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, ascites, and/or peripheral edema.
- The subject has hemodynamically significant cardiac valvular disease.
- The subject has clinically significant congenital vascular disease.
- The subject has jaundice, hepatitis, or known hepatobiliary disease, or alanine aminotransferase and/or aspartate aminotransferase \>2 times the upper limit of the normal range at screening.
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (47 Sites)
Showing the first 25 of 47 sites.
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California
- Nemours Children's Hospital — Wilmington, Delaware
- University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine — Miami, Florida
- Nicklaus Children's Hospital — Miami, Florida
- University of Iowa, Stead Family Children's Hospital — Iowa City, Iowa
- Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts
- C.S. Mott Children's Hospital — Ann Arbor, Michigan
- University of Minnesota, Masonic Children's Hospital — Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics — Kansas City, Missouri
- Hackensack University Medical Center — Hackensack, New Jersey
- Jersey Shore University Medical Center — Neptune City, New Jersey
- Cohen Children's Medical Center — New Hyde Park, New York
- Fink Children's Ambulatory Care Center — New York, New York
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital — Charlotte, North Carolina
- Duke Molecular Physiology Institute — Durham, North Carolina
- Nationwide Children's Hospital — Columbus, Ohio
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- St. Christopher's Hospital for Children — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Texas Children's Hospital — Houston, Texas
- UT Health - John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School — Houston, Texas
- Seattle Children's Hospital — Seattle, Washington
- Uniklinik Köln, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin — Cologne,
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf — Hamburg,
📞 Contact the Study Coordinator
Phone: (877) 659-5518
Email: medinfo@travere.com
Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
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💡 How to Participate
- Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
- Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
- Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
- Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.