Conditions: Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3 and 4
Keywords: Reduction of parathyroid hormone levels in pediatric patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3 and 4
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 47
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Part 1: To determine the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of a single dose of 3 μg paricalcitol capsules in children ages 10 to 16 years with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD Stages 3 and 4).

Part 2: To determine the safety and efficacy of paricalcitol capsules as compared to placebo in decreasing serum intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) in children ages 10 to 16 years with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease with an initial 12 weeks of double-blinded study drug followed by a minimum of 12 weeks of open-label active drug.

Detailed description:
The study consists of two parts. Part 1 is an open-label single-dose, non-fasting, multicenter study to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of paricalcitol capsules in 12 children ages 10 to 16 years with CKD Stages 3 and 4. Part 2 of this study will be conducted as a 12 week randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled study, followed by 12 weeks open-label treatment. Participants active or enrolled under amendment 5 will enter a follow-up period and have study visits every 4 weeks until the final participant reaches Week 24.

Arms:
arm 1: Participants received a single 3 µg dose of paricalcitol capsules on Study Day 1. arm 2: Participants received placebo capsules three times a week (TIW) for 12 weeks during the double-blind treatment phase. From Weeks 12 to 24 participants received open-label paricalcitol at an initial dose of 1 µg three times a week. Doses could be increased in 1 μg increments every 4 weeks based on chemistry evaluations to target Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiatives (KDOQI) target levels. arm 3: Participants received paricalcitol three times a week for 12 weeks during the double-blind treatment period and during the open-label period (Weeks 12-24). The initial dose of paricalcitol was 1 µg TIW. Doses could be increased in 1 μg increments every 4 weeks based on chemistry evaluations to target KDOQI target levels.

Interventions: intervention 1: Paricalcitol intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Paricalcitol capsules taken with water. intervention 2: Placebo capsules taken with water

Protocol document: