NCT04865770CompletedPhase 3
A Research Study to Find Out How Semaglutide Works in the Kidneys Compared to Placebo, in People With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease (the REMODEL Trial)
Renal Mode of Action of Semaglutide in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
We are doing this study to learn more about how semaglutide may help fight chronic kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes. We are doing this by looking into how semaglutide works in the kidneys. Participants will either get semaglutide or placebo (a 'dummy' medicine) - which treatment participants get is decided by chance. Semaglutide is a medicine doctors can prescribe in some countries for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Participants will get the study medicine in a pen. Participants will use the pen to inject the medicine into the skin once a week. The study will last for about 1 year. Participants will have 11 visits to the clinic, and 2 phone visits. Some of the visits could be in different locations. Study staff will take blood samples at most of these visits. At 9 visits, participants will be asked to bring a sample of their first morning urine. At 4 of the visits participants will have to bring urine that they have collected over the last 24 hours. The study includes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of participants' kidneys which is a test that shows a detailed picture of organs and other parts inside the body. The scan will last for 30 minutes, and is free of radiation.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 106 (actual)
- First submitted
- 26 Apr 2021
- Start date
- 28 Apr 2021
- Primary completion date
- 21 Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Novo Nordisk A/S
- Diseases
- Chronic kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes
- NCT number
- NCT04865770
- EudraCT number
- 2020-000828-19
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 106
- From 28 Apr 2021 to the primary completion date, 21 Nov 2024
- 48 sites in 8 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Use of any glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) within 30 days prior to screening.
- A prior solid organ transplant or awaiting solid organ transplant.
- Myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalisation for unstable angina pectoris or transient ischaemic attack within 180 days prior to the day of screening.
- Uncontrolled and potentially unstable diabetic retinopathy or maculopathy. Verified by a fundus examination performed within the past 90 days prior to screening or in the period between screening and Visit 2. Pharmacological pupil-dilation is a requirement unless using a digital fundus photography camera specified for non-dilated examination.
- Treatment with systemic anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressant drugs within 90 days prior to screening. Stable treatment with acetylsalicylic acid for prevention of cardiovascular events and occasional use of propionic acid derivatives drugs (e.g. ibuprofen) is allowed.
- Any contraindication for MRI according to standard checklist used in clinical routine, including claustrophobia or metallic foreign bodies, metallic implants, internal electrical devices, or permanent makeup/tattoos that cannot be declared MR compatible.
- Combination use of an ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitor and an ARB (angiotensin II receptor blockers).
Other illness
- Presence or history of malignant neoplasms (other than basal or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ carcinomas of the cervix, or in situ prostate cancer) within 5 years prior to the day of screening.
- Congenital or hereditary kidney diseases including polycystic kidney disease, autoimmune kidney diseases including glomerulonephritis or congenital urinary tract malformations.
Who the study is looking for
- Male or female.
- Age above or equal to 18 years at the time of signing informed consent.
- Diagnosed with T2D (type 2 diabetes) greater than or equal to 180 days prior to the day of screening.
- HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin) below or equal to 9.0 percent (below or equal to 75 mmol/mol).
- Depending on biopsy/non-biopsy population:
- For subjects in the non-biopsy population: Serum creatinine-based eGFR greater than or equal to 30 and below or equal to 75 mL/min/1.73 m\^2(CKD-EPI).
- For subjects in the biopsy sub-population: Serum creatinine-based eGFR greater than or equal to 40 and below or equal to 75 mL/min/1.73 m\^2(CKD-EPI).
- UACR ( Urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio ) greater than or equal to 20 and below 5000 mg/g.
- Treatment with maximum labelled or tolerated dose of a renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) blocking agent including an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB)) unless such treatment is contraindicated or not tolerated.Treatment dose must be stable for at least 28 days prior to screening.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (48)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMC ClinRsrh Inc.Brampton Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brampton | Canada | Unknown status |
| UHN-Toronto General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| Rigshospitalet - Nefrologisk Klinik P 2132 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Copenhagen | Denmark | Unknown status |
| Nefrologisk Klinik P 2132 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Copenhagen | Denmark | Unknown status |
| Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Herlev | Denmark | Unknown status |
| Hospital Vall d'Hebron Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barcelona | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital de Bellvitge Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | Spain | Unknown status |
| Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Unknown status |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie - Site Sud Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Amiens | France | Unknown status |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen - Hopital de Bois Guillaume Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bois-Guillaume | France | Unknown status |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes-Site Nord Michallon-2 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Grenoble - Cédex 09 | France | Unknown status |
| Les Hopitaux de Chartres-Hopital Louis Pasteur Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Le Coudray | France | Unknown status |
| Chu de Reims-Hopital Maison Blanche Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Reims | France | Unknown status |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse - Hopital Rangueil Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toulouse | France | Unknown status |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bergamo | Italy | Unknown status |
| Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Unknown status |
| Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova Clin.Med.3 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Padova | Italy | Unknown status |
| Presidio Ospedaliero Cisanello Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pisa | Italy | Unknown status |
| Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant'Andrea Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Roma | Italy | Unknown status |
| In- Vivo Sp. z o. o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Unknown status |
| Centrum Medyczne "Diabetika" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Radom | Poland | Unknown status |
| Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny Nr 2 PUM w Szczecinie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Szczecin | Poland | Unknown status |
| Miedzyleski Szpital Specjalistyczny, Oddzial Nefrologiczny Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Unknown status |
| Prywatny Gabinet Janusz Gumprecht Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zabrze | Poland | Unknown status |
| Atlanta Diabetes Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| Emory University Hsptl - Atlanta Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| UC Anschutz Medical Campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aurora | United States | Unknown status |
| Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Unknown status |
| Endeavor Health Glenbook Hosp Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Evanston | United States | Unknown status |
| North Suburban Nephrology LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gurnee | United States | Unknown status |
| Prolato Clinical Research Cntr Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical Research Consultants, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kansas City | United States | Unknown status |
| Academic Medical Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milwaukee | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Minnesota Health Clinical Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Minneapolis | United States | Unknown status |
| Roderick A. Comunale II MD Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | National City | United States | Unknown status |
| Advent Health-Res Inst Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orlando | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Texas San Antonio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
| NE Clin Res of San Antonio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
| Sun Research Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
| N America Res Inst - San Dimas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Dimas | United States | Unknown status |
| Univ of Washington Med Ctr Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seattle | United States | Unknown status |
| Providence Medical Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Spokane | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Arizona-CaTs Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tucson | United States | Unknown status |
| Prof Rayner_Division of Nephrology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Lenmed Shifa Private Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durban | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Maxwell Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durban | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Precise Clinical Solutions (Pty) Ltd Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durban | South Africa | Unknown status |
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