Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: In this phase 2, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, we assigned 227 adults with CKD (defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate [GFR] of 20 to 45 ml per minute per 1.73 m(2) of body-surface area) in a 1:1:1:1 ratio to receive placebo or bardoxolone methyl at a target dose of 25, 75, or 150 mg once daily. The primary outcome was the change from baseline in the estimated GFR with bardoxolone methyl, as compared with placebo, at 24 weeks; a secondary outcome was the change at 52 weeks. RESULTS: Patients receiving bardoxolone methyl had significant increases in the mean (±SD) estimated GFR, as compared with placebo, at 24 weeks (with between-group differences per minute per 1.73 m(2) of 8.2±1.5 ml in the 25-mg group, 11.4±1.5 ml in the 75-mg group, and 10.4±1.5 ml in the 150-mg group; P<0.001). The increases were maintained through week 52, with significant differences per minute per 1.73 m(2) of 5.8±1.8 ml, 10.5±1.8 ml, and 9.3±1.9 ml, respectively. Muscle spasms, the most frequent adverse event in the bardoxolone methyl groups, were generally mild and dose-related. Hypomagnesemia, mild increases in alanine aminotransferase levels, and gastrointestinal effects were more common among patients receiving bardoxolone methyl. CONCLUSIONS:
Bardoxolone methyl was associated with improvement in the estimated GFR in patients with advanced CKD and type 2 diabetes at 24 weeks. The improvement persisted at 52 weeks, suggesting that bardoxolone methyl may have promise for the treatment of CKD. (Funded by Reata Pharmaceuticals; BEAM ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00811889.).
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Authors | Pablo E Pergola, Philip Raskin, Robert D Toto, Colin J Meyer, J Warren Huff, Eric B Grossman, Melissa Krauth, Stacey Ruiz, Paul Audhya, Heidi Christ-Schmidt, Janet Wittes, David G Warnock, BEAM Study Investigators |
Journal | The New England journal of medicine
(N Engl J Med)
Vol. 365
Issue 4
Pg. 327-36
(Jul 28 2011)
ISSN: 1533-4406 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 21699484
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Phase II, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Antioxidants
- Oleanolic Acid
- bardoxolone methyl
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Topics |
- Aged
- Antioxidants
(administration & dosage, adverse effects)
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
(complications, drug therapy, physiopathology)
- Double-Blind Method
- Female
- Glomerular Filtration Rate
(drug effects)
- Humans
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Oleanolic Acid
(administration & dosage, adverse effects, analogs & derivatives)
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
(drug therapy, etiology, physiopathology)
- Spasm
(chemically induced)
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