Purpose

NEPTUNE Match is an additional opportunity offered to NEPTUNE study participants to prospectively recruit and communicate patient-specific clinical trial matching with kidney patients and their physician investigators.

Conditions

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 1 Year and 80 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  1. Consented and eligible participants in the biopsied or non-biopsied cohorts of the NEPTUNE observational study 2. Must be potentially eligible for the NEPTUNE Match partnering trials (e.g. if no trial is enrolling a participant under age 6, those under 6 are not eligible). Note: NEPTUNE Match partnering trials and associated eligibility criteria are expected to be dynamic and change as trial protocols are developed, activated, and amended. 3. Regular nephrology healthcare provided at a NEPTUNE study site. 4. Willing and able to consent, and as appropriate assent, to participate in NEPTUNE Match

Exclusion Criteria

Currently non-NEPTUNE observational study participants are not eligible to be matched to a clinical trial using these biomarker assessments. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Non-English or non-Spanish speaking

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
N/A
Intervention Model
Single Group Assignment
Intervention Model Description
Potential participants are selected based on enrollment in the NEPTUNE Observational Cohort Study (NEPTUNE) and who are possibly eligible for a NEPTUNE Match sub-study partner trial. These participants will then be "Match"ed to a partner trial based on biomarker validation and this information will be communicated to the participant in a teach-back model to determine effectiveness.
Primary Purpose
Other
Masking
None (Open Label)
Masking Description
No Masking

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Other
NEPTUNE Match Participants
Approximately 375 participants will be consented from the NEPTUNE observational study with age and demographic groups representing the patient population in the NEPTUNE study site geographical areas. NEPTUNE observational cohort eligibility includes: participants in NEPTUNE observational cohort A are of any age and have a biopsy-confirmed diagnosis of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), Minimal Change Disease (MCD), or Membranous Nephropathy (MN). Participants in NEPTUNE observational cohort B have documented NS based on proteinuria, serum albumin, and/or edema with age of onset less than 19 years.
  • Other: Communication
    The NEPTUNE Match study includes an interdisciplinary Communication Team that will translate findings from the Molecular Nephrology Board (MNB) to inform patients of the matching assessment with ongoing clinical trials. This team has considerable experience with conveying complex biomedical research information to patients and families and includes experts in precision nephrology, nephrology patient [adult and pediatric] communication, and health education.

Recruiting Locations

University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City 4273837, Kansas 4273857 66160
Contact:
Catherine Creed
ccreed@kumc.edu

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
University of Michigan

Study Contact

Hailey E Desmond, MS
734-232-4851
heturner@med.umich.edu

Detailed Description

This is a prospective, open-label study testing the ability to effectively communicate patient-specific clinical trial matching with kidney patients and clinician investigators. The study consists of four components: 1. Recruitment of participants from the NEPTUNE observational cohort study 2. Generation of participant profile-trial match assessment using data from the NEPTUNE observational study and profiling units by the NEPTUNE Molecular Nephrology Board 3. Establishing and testing a framework to communicate disease-trial drug mechanism matching with investigators and patients 4. Retrospective comparison of kidney health outcomes in subjects enrolled in trials that aligned with their match vs. trial subjects with mis-aligned or unknown match alignment.

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