Actively Recruiting

Phase 3
Age: 2Years - 17Years
All Genders
NCT07107945

A Study to Find Out How EMPAgliflozin is Tolerated and if it Helps Children and Adolescents With Chronic KIDNEY Disease (EMPA-KIDNEY® Kids)

Led by Boehringer Ingelheim · Updated on 2026-04-28

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Participants Needed

102

Research Sites

184 weeks

Total Duration

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AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

This study is open to children aged 2 to 17 with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The purpose of this study is to find out if a medicine called empagliflozin helps children and adolescents with CKD. Other goals of the study are to find out how empagliflozin is tolerated and handled by the body in children and adolescents with CKD. Participants are put into 2 groups randomly, which means by chance. One group takes empagliflozin and the other group takes placebo. Placebo looks like empagliflozin but does not contain any medicine. Participants are twice as likely to be in the empagliflozin group. Participants take empagliflozin or placebo as tablets once a day for 6 months. After 6 months, participants in both groups take empagliflozin as tablets once a day for 1 year. Participants are in the study for a little over a year and a half. During this time, they visit the study site about 15 times and get at least 5 phone or video calls from the site staff. At the visits, the doctors take blood and urine samples from the participants. The doctors also regularly check participants' health and take note of any unwanted effects.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

A Study to Find Out How EMPAgliflozin is Tolerated and if it Helps Children and Adolescents With Chronic KIDNEY Disease (EMPA-KIDNEY® Kids)

Who Can Participate

Age: 2Years - 17Years
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Signed informed consent by parent or guardian and assent by participant as appropriate
  • Age 2 to 17 years at screening
  • Chronic kidney disease with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) 20 to less than 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 and urine albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR) of 300 mg/g or more
  • Stable dose of maximally tolerated standard of care therapy including a renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitor for at least 30 days before screening with no planned dose changes during placebo-controlled period
  • Stable dose of immunosuppressive therapy if used for immunological CKD cause prior to screening and throughout placebo-controlled period
  • Further inclusion criteria apply
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Confirmed diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • History of ketoacidosis within 8 weeks before screening
  • Currently on chronic dialysis, has a functioning kidney transplant, or scheduled for kidney transplantation during the trial
  • Diagnosis of uncontrolled metabolic bone disease
  • Body mass index (BMI) below the 10th percentile for children 4 years or older and below the 25th percentile for children under 4 years, based on CDC growth charts
  • Gastrointestinal disorders that may affect drug absorption
  • Acute or active urinary tract infection or treated for infection within 14 days before screening
  • Severe, uncontrolled hypertension
  • Further exclusion criteria apply

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 102 locations

1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233

Not Yet Recruiting

2

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85016

Not Yet Recruiting

3

University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095

Not Yet Recruiting

4

Stanford University School of Medicine

Palo Alto, California, United States, 94301

Not Yet Recruiting

5

University of California Davis

Sacramento, California, United States, 95817

Not Yet Recruiting

6

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States, 94158

Not Yet Recruiting

7

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, United States, 33136

Not Yet Recruiting

8

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322

Not Yet Recruiting

9

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Not Yet Recruiting

10

Indiana University

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202

Actively Recruiting

11

Novak Center for Children's Health

Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202

Not Yet Recruiting

12

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Not Yet Recruiting

13

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Not Yet Recruiting

14

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

Not Yet Recruiting

15

Children's Hospital of Michigan

Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201

Not Yet Recruiting

16

M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55454

Not Yet Recruiting

17

Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108

Not Yet Recruiting

18

Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601

Not Yet Recruiting

19

Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Neptune City, New Jersey, United States, 07753

Not Yet Recruiting

20

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87131

Not Yet Recruiting

21

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229

Not Yet Recruiting

22

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195

Not Yet Recruiting

23

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205

Not Yet Recruiting

24

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Not Yet Recruiting

25

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232

Not Yet Recruiting

26

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235

Not Yet Recruiting

27

Primary Children's Hospital

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84113

Not Yet Recruiting

28

Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems

Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23219

Not Yet Recruiting

29

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105

Not Yet Recruiting

30

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53705-9123

Not Yet Recruiting

31

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

CABA, Argentina, C1199ABB

Not Yet Recruiting

32

Hospital de Niños Dr. Ricardo Gutierrez

CABA, Argentina, C1425EFD

Not Yet Recruiting

33

Equipo Ciencia

CABA, Argentina, C1428BNF

Actively Recruiting

34

The Children's Hospital at Westmead

Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, 2145

Not Yet Recruiting

35

Queensland Children's Hospital

South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4101

Not Yet Recruiting

36

Monash Children's Hospital

Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 3168

Not Yet Recruiting

37

The Royal Children's Hospital

Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 3052

Not Yet Recruiting

38

HUB CHU Brugmann

Brussels, Belgium, 1020

Not Yet Recruiting

39

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

Brussels, Belgium, 1200

Actively Recruiting

40

Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent

Ghent, Belgium, 9000

Not Yet Recruiting

41

UZ Leuven

Leuven, Belgium, 3000

Actively Recruiting

42

CHC Mont Légia

Liège, Belgium, 4000

Not Yet Recruiting

43

University of Alberta Hospital (University of Alberta)

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7

Not Yet Recruiting

44

BC Children's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3N1

Not Yet Recruiting

45

The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8

Not Yet Recruiting

46

McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H4A 3J1

Not Yet Recruiting

47

Jim Pattison Children's Hospital

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 0W8

Not Yet Recruiting

48

Hôpital Louis Pradel

Bron, France, 69500

Actively Recruiting

49

HOP Timone

Marseille, France, 13005

Not Yet Recruiting

50

HOP Enfants et Adolescents

Nantes, France, 44093

Not Yet Recruiting

51

HOP Armand-Trousseau

Paris, France, 75012

Actively Recruiting

52

Hôpital Necker

Paris, France, 75015

Not Yet Recruiting

53

HOP des Enfants

Toulouse, France, 31059

Not Yet Recruiting

54

Universitätsklinikum Köln (AöR)

Cologne, Germany, 50937

Not Yet Recruiting

55

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg, Eppendorf

Hamburg, Germany, 20246

Actively Recruiting

56

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany, 69120

Not Yet Recruiting

57

Universitätsklinikum Tübingen

Tübingen, Germany, 72076

Actively Recruiting

58

Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine

Budapest, Hungary, 1083

Not Yet Recruiting

59

University of Debrecen Clinical Centre

Debrecen, Hungary, 4032

Not Yet Recruiting

60

University of Pecs

Pécs, Hungary, 7623

Not Yet Recruiting

61

Istituto G. Gaslini

Genova, Italy, 16147

Actively Recruiting

62

Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

Milan, Italy, 20122

Not Yet Recruiting

63

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Padova

Padova, Italy, 35128

Not Yet Recruiting

64

Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù

Roma, Italy, 00165

Actively Recruiting

65

Amsterdam University Medical Center

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1105 AZ

Actively Recruiting

66

Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands, 9713 GZ

Actively Recruiting

67

Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum

Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6525 GA

Not Yet Recruiting

68

Erasmus Medisch Centrum

Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3015 GD

Not Yet Recruiting

69

UMC Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands, 3584 CX

Not Yet Recruiting

70

University Clinical Center, Gdansk

Gdansk, Poland, 80-211

Not Yet Recruiting

71

University Children's Hospital in Lublin

Lublin, Poland, 20-093

Not Yet Recruiting

72

L. Rydygier's Regional Hospital in Torun

Torun, Poland, 87-100

Not Yet Recruiting

73

The Children's Memorial Health Institute

Warsaw, Poland, 04730

Not Yet Recruiting

74

University Clinical Hospital in Wrocław

Wroclaw, Poland, 50 556

Not Yet Recruiting

75

CHUC - Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, EPE

Coimbra, Portugal, 3000-602

Actively Recruiting

76

ULS de São José, E.P.E. - Hospital Dona Estefânia

Lisbon, Portugal, 1169-045

Not Yet Recruiting

77

ULS de Santa Maria, E.P.E

Lisbon, Portugal, 1600-190

Not Yet Recruiting

78

CHUP, EPE - Centro Materno Infantil do Norte

Porto, Portugal, 4050-651

Actively Recruiting

79

National University Hospital

Singapore, Singapore, 119074

Not Yet Recruiting

80

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Singapore, Singapore, 229899

Actively Recruiting

81

Kyungpook National University Hospital

Daegu, South Korea, 41944

Not Yet Recruiting

82

Chonnam National University Hospital

Gwangju, South Korea, 61469

Actively Recruiting

83

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Seongnam, South Korea, 13620

Actively Recruiting

84

Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, South Korea, 03080

Actively Recruiting

85

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, Spain, 08035

Actively Recruiting

86

Hospital Universitario de Cruces

Bilbao, Spain, 48903

Actively Recruiting

87

Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga

Málaga, Spain, 29011

Not Yet Recruiting

88

Hospital Virgen del Rocío

Seville, Spain, 41013

Not Yet Recruiting

89

Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, Östra

Gothenburg, Sweden, 416 85

Not Yet Recruiting

90

Karolinska University Hospital

Stockholm, Sweden, 141 86

Not Yet Recruiting

91

Hacettepe University

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye), 06230

Not Yet Recruiting

92

Ankara Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye), 06620

Not Yet Recruiting

93

İstanbul Çapa University

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye), 34093

Not Yet Recruiting

94

Osmangazi University

Odunpazari, Turkey (Türkiye), 26040

Not Yet Recruiting

95

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Birmingham, United Kingdom, B4 6NH

Not Yet Recruiting

96

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Bristol, United Kingdom, BS2 8BJ

Actively Recruiting

97

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Glasgow, United Kingdom, G51 4TF

Actively Recruiting

98

Alder Hey Children's Hospital

Liverpool, United Kingdom, L12 2AP

Actively Recruiting

99

Great Ormond Street Hospital

London, United Kingdom, WC1N 3JH

Actively Recruiting

100

Great North Children's Hospital

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, NE1 4LP

Not Yet Recruiting

101

Nottingham Children's Hospital

Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG7 2UH

Not Yet Recruiting

102

NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility

Southampton, United Kingdom, SO16 6YD

Actively Recruiting

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Research Team

B

Boehringer Ingelheim

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

2

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