A Phase III Study to Evaluate the Effect of Balcinrenone/Dapagliflozin in Patients With CKD Stage 3b and 4 (BalanceD-CKD)

Starting soon · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Renal Insufficiency, Chronic

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of balcinrenone in fixed combination with dapagliflozin, compared with dapagliflozin, in patients with CKD Stage 3b and 4 (eGFR ≥ 15 to \< 45 mL/min/1.73 m2) administered orally once daily in addition to SoC. This is a population with high unmet medical need and an increased risk of CKD progression, who are frequently excluded from interventional trials.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07624305

Run by

AstraZeneca

People needed

2800

Starts

2026-09-01

Expected to finish

2030-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥ 18 years
• Diagnosis of CKD and at least one of the following:
• eGFR ≥ 15 to < 45 mL/min/1.73 m2 AND: UACR ≥ 30 mg/g (central laboratory) or UACR ≥ 100 mg/g (local laboratory ) or UPCR ≥ 200 mg/g (local laboratory).
• eGFR ≥ 15 to < 30 mL/min/1.73 m2 and UACR < 30 mg/g (local or central laboratory UACR value).
• Serum/plasma K+ ≤ 5.0 mmol/L
• Maximum tolerated dose of an ACEi or an ARB, unless contraindicated or not tolerated. The dose should be stable for at least 4 weeks before screening.

You may not qualify if…

• Recent (within 90 days prior to screening) or ongoing dialysis, or likely to require dialysis within 3 months following randomisation
• UACR ≥ 5000 mg/g or UPCR ≥ 7000 mg/g at screening.
• SBP > 180 mmHg or DBP > 110 mmHg at screening.
• SBP < 90 mmHg at screening.
• HbA1c > 9% at screening
• T1DM, except:
• For US only: patients with T1DM treated with SGLT2i for at least 4 months prior to screening, without DKA during that period, and who have experience with ketone monitoring are eligible.
• For Japan only: patients with T1DM treated with dapagliflozin 10 mg for at least 4 months prior to Screening, without DKA during the period of dapagliflozin treatment are eligible for inclusion.
• Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
• Major cardiac or valvular surgery, acute coronary syndrome (myocardial infarction or unstable angina), stroke, transient ischaemic attack within 12 weeks prior to screening.
• Severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class C).
• Adrenal insufficiency.
• Clinically significant acute kidney injury within 12 weeks prior to the screening.
• New York Heart Association functional HF class IV at screening, or hospitalisation for heart failure within 4 weeks prior to screening.
• Any clinical condition requiring systemic immunosuppression therapy other than maintenance therapy (stable for at least 3 months) prior to screening.
• Solid organ or bone marrow transplant or a plan for transplant within 6 months following randomisation.
• Any use of the following medications and supplements:
• MRAs
• Aldosterone analogues
• Aldosterone synthase inhibitors
• Any use of potassium binders within 2 weeks prior to screening. Use is allowed after randomisation.
• Strong or moderate inducers or inhibitors of CYP3A4, prohibited at least one week prior to randomisation

Where it is running

• Research Site — Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Research Site — Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Research Site — Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Research Site — London, Ontario, Canada
• Research Site — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Research Site — Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• Research Site — Halifax, Canada
• Research Site — Magdeburg, Germany
• Research Site — Kita-ku, Japan
• Research Site — Osaka, Japan
• Research Site — Olsztyn, Poland
• Research Site — Warsaw, Poland
• Research Site — Warsaw, Poland
• Research Site — Węgrów, Poland
• Research Site — Wroclaw, Poland
• Research Site — Żywiec, Poland
• Research Site — Anyang, South Korea
• Research Site — Cheonan-si, South Korea
• Research Site — Seoul, South Korea
• Research Site — Seoul, South Korea
• Research Site — Seoul, South Korea
• Research Site — Seoul, South Korea
• Research Site — Seoul, South Korea
• Research Site — Changhua, Taiwan
• Research Site — Hualien City, Taiwan

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