A National, Multicenter, Prospective, Observational Study to Assess Patient Characteristics, Treatment Algorithms and Disease Management of Hyperkalaemia Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease or Under Dialysis or With Heart Failure, Treated With Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate in Greece
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Brief Summary
This is a multicenter, observational, prospective, national study which includes patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) under dialysis or not, or with heart failure (HF), treated with sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC) as per Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC), aiming to collect information on patient characteristics, routine clinical practice and treatments administered for managing hyperkalaemia in a real-world setting in Greece. It will include approximately 12 public hospital and clinic based nephrology, or cardiology sites throughout the country. Sites and investigators will be selected so to represent the management of patients with CKD under dialysis or not, or with HF receiving Renin angiotensin aldosterone inhibitors/Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (RAASi/MRAs) therapy, and treated with sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC) as per SmPC at a national level. The final selection of the participating sites will be based on a documented feasibility evaluation process that will assess physicians' qualifications, previous participation, and experience in similar clinical studies. Data will be obtained prospectively during the study visits as performed per standard clinical practice. Data regarding the patient's medical history will be collected retrospectively from patient medical charts records. Physicians will monitor eligible patients and will record their management according to their usual clinical practice. Only medical records available from the clinical practice and provided by the physicians will be used in this study as source documentation and the data will be entered into the electronic Case Report Form. Therefore, the collected data will reflect usual clinical practice. The study will enroll approximately 120 hyperkalaemia patients with serum potassium level \>5.0 mmol/L, being treated with sodium zirconium cyclosilicate for hyperkalaemia at the time of enrolment as per SmPC, assigned in a 2:1:1 ratio to one of the following 3 groups: (1) CKD patients not on dialysis (60 patients), (2) CKD patients on dialysis (30 patients) and (3) HF patients receiving RAASi/MRAs therapy (30 patients), all consisting the study population. Patients will be followed for 6 months, with a 6-month recruitment period, for a total study duration of 12 months.
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Started Feb 2024
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 15, 2023
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
December 29, 2023
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
February 9, 2024
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 3, 2025
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 3, 2025
CompletedDecember 30, 2025
December 1, 2025
11 months
December 15, 2023
December 23, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
To record the treatment patterns and characteristics of patients with hyperkalaemia receiving Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate (SZC)
To describe the treatment patterns and patient characteristics of hyperkalaemia patients receiving Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate (SZC), by recording any pharmacological and other intervention administered, including dose and frequency of administration
Enrollment time point, 3 months after enrollment, 6 months after enrollment
Study Arms (3)
Chronic Kidney Disease patients not on dialysis
Chronic Kidney Disease patients not on dialysis
Chronic Disease Patients on dialysis
Chronic Disease Patients on dialysis
Heart Failure patients
Heart Failure patients receiving Renin angiotensin aldosterone inhibitors/Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (Raas i/Mras)
Interventions
sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC), 5g or 10g of white to grey powder in a foil-lined packet. Starting dose of SZC is 10g, administered three times a day orally as a suspension in water. When normokalaemia has been achieved, starting dose of 5g once daily is recommended, with possible titration up to 10g once daily, or down to 5g once every other day, as needed, to maintain a normal potassium level. No more than 10g once daily should be used for maintenance therapy.
Eligibility Criteria
Approximately 120 hyperkalaemia patients with serum potassium level \>5.0 mmol/L, being treated with sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC) for hyperkalaemia at the time of enrolment as per Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC), assigned in a 2:1:1 ratio to one of the following 3 groups: (1) chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients not on dialysis (60 patients), (2) chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on dialysis (30 patients) and (3) heart failure (HF) patients receiving Renin angiotensin aldosterone inhibitors/Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (RAASi/MRAs) therapy (30 patients)
You may qualify if:
- Signed Informed Consent Form.
- Older than 18 years at the time of consent.
- Treated with sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC) for hyperkalaemia at the time of enrolment, and having started receiving sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC) at least 10 days before enrolment.
- Patients diagnosed with hyperkalaemia (Serum Potassium (S-K)+ \>5.0 mmol/L), and with chronic kidney disease (CKD) not on dialysis (Group 1) or on dialysis (Group 2), or with heart failure (HF), receiving Renin angiotensin aldosterone inhibitors/Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (RAASi/MRAs) therapy (Group 3).
You may not qualify if:
- Patients who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to become pregnant.
- Patients already participating in another clinical trial.
- Presence of a condition that, in the opinion of the investigator: i) would put the subject at undue risk, or ii) would potentially jeopardize the quality of the data to be generated, or iii) would, for some other reason, make the patient inappropriate for this study.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- AstraZenecalead
Study Sites (10)
Research Site
Alexandroupoli, 68100, Greece
Research Site
Athens, 10676, Greece
Research Site
Athens, 11527, Greece
Research Site
Athens, 12462, Greece
Research Site
Athens, 15123, Greece
Research Site
Heraklion, 71500, Greece
Research Site
Larissa, 41110, Greece
Research Site
Pátrai, 26504, Greece
Research Site
Thessaloniki, 54636, Greece
Research Site
Thessaloniki, 57010, Greece
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- COHORT
- Time Perspective
- PROSPECTIVE
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 15, 2023
First Posted
December 29, 2023
Study Start
February 9, 2024
Primary Completion
January 3, 2025
Study Completion
January 3, 2025
Last Updated
December 30, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-12
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- CSR
- Time Frame
- AstraZeneca will meet or exceed data availability as per the commitments made to the EFPIA/PhRMA Data-Sharing Principles. For details of our timelines, please refer to our disclosure commitment at https://astrazenecagrouptrials.pharmacm.com/ST/Submission/Disclosure
- Access Criteria
- When a request has been approved AstraZeneca will provide access to the anonymized individual patient-level data via secure research environment Vivli.org. A Signed Data Usage Agreement (non-negotiable contract for data accessors) must be in place before accessing requested information.
Qualified researchers can request access to anonymized individual patient-level data from AstraZeneca group of companies sponsored clinical trials via the request portal Vivli.org. All requests will be evaluated as per the AZ disclosure commitment: https://astrazenecagrouptrials.pharmacm.com/ST/Submission/Disclosure. "Yes", indicates that AZ are accepting requests for IPD, but this does not mean all requests will be approved.