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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2010 Mar;19(3):315–328. doi: 10.1517/13543781003588491

Table 2.

Human studies in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

Drug Location Type of study Primary end point
Octreotide Mario Negri Institute, Italy Randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled Kidney volume on MRI
Octreotide Mayo Clinic, Novartis Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover Liver volume on MRI
Lanreotide Radboud University, The Netherlands Randomized, placebo-controlled Liver volume on CT
Tolvaptan Otsuka Pharm, Multicenter, USA Open-label Long-term safety
Tolvaptan Otsuka Pharm, Multicenter, International Double-blind, placebo-controlled Kidney volume on MRI
Everolimus Novartis Pharm, Germany Randomized, placebo-controlled Kidney volume on MRI
Rapamycin University of Colorado, USA Pilot study of rapamycin vs non-rapamycin immunosuppression in kidney transplant patients with ADPKD Kidney and liver volume on MRI
Rapamycin Mario Negri Institute, Bergamo, Italy Randomized, placebo-controlled Kidney volume on CT scan
Rapamycin University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland Randomized, placebo-controlled Kidney volume on MRI
Rapamycin Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA Randomized, placebo-controlled Iothalamate GFR
Lisinopril/termistan vs lisinopril/placebo and low BP vs standard BP Multicenter, USA Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2 × 2 factorial assignment Kidney volume on MRI
Lisinopril/termistan vs lisinopril/placebo Multicenter, USA Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Time to 50% decrease in eGFR, ESRD, or death
Pravastatin University of Colorado, USA Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Kidney volume, LVMI, urine albumin, endothelial-dependent vasodilation

BP: Blood pressure; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate; ESRD: End-state renal disease; LVMI: Left ventricular myocardial infarction.