Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Eculizumab Therapy for Dense Deposit Disease and C3 Nephropathy
Brief Summary:
This is an open label, non-blinded, proof of concept efficacy and safety study of eculizumab in patients with biopsy proven DDD or C3 nephropathy. The trial will consist of adult patients with these diseases who have > 1 gram of proteinuria or a decreased glomerular filtration rate (GFR), both predictors of a poor long-term outcome in many glomerular diseases. They will be treated with eculizumab for one year. The goals will be to determine whether treatment leads to an improvement in kidney function, defined by remissions of proteinuria and improvements in estimated GFR (measured by serum creatinine), and to improvement in histologic parameters, including percentage of non-affected glomeruli, interstitial fibrosis, intensity of C3 staining of immunofluorescence, and amount of electron dense deposits by electron microscopy.
All enrolled subjects will receive eculizumab treatment for one year. There will be 29 study visits over 53 weeks. The goal is to determine whether this treatment will improve kidney function, as evidenced by less protein in the urine and improved lab results.
An EXTENSION TREATMENT PHASE has been added. After completing the study, patients are followed with labs every four weeks as per standard of care. If labs suggest a relapse, they will be allowed to continue on therapy at the previous dosage until this drug receives FDA approval for this indication. Treatment intervals and dosage are identical to the original study.