WP1: Analytical and clinical validation of the pharmacodynamic response biomarkers in CKD patients.
Work package 1
Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg -Eppendorf
Elisabeth Meister / Tobias Huber
In Work Package 1 PRIME-CKD aims to conduct a prospective observational study in 60 patients with CKD of mixed sexes and ethnicities to validate the proposed biomarkers from an analytical perspective. The proposed biomarkers predicting drug response to ERAs (urinary clusterin and plasminogen) and SGLT2 inhibitors (urinary EGF) are validated according to FDA standards (CDER 2018) and can be accurately measured in human samples. However, analytical aspects in relation to the use of the biomarkers as companion diagnostics to establish drug efficacy requires further clinical-analytical validation in order to close the gap between biomarker research and clinical implementation.