A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Difelikefalin in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Pruritus

Stopped early · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Chronic Kidney Diseases, Pruritus

In brief

This is a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of oral difelikefalin administered as a 1 mg tablet once daily compared to placebo in reducing the intensity of itch in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with moderate-to-severe pruritus. This study is comprised of an Efficacy Assessment Phase and a Long-term Extension Phase. The Efficacy Assessment Phase includes a double-blind 12-week Treatment Period (Treatment Period 1), and the Long-term Extension Phase includes a double-blind Treatment Period (Treatment Period 2) of up to 52 weeks.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT05342623
Run by
Cara Therapeutics, Inc.
People needed
286
Starts
2022-05-17
Expected to finish
2024-02-29
Last updated by the study team
2024-05-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

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Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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