Finerenone for Patients With Primary Aldosteronism (FAIRY)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-75
SponsorQifu Li

About this trial

Using spironolactone as the control, to assess the efficacy and safety of finerenone in patients with primary aldosteronism(PA).

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

. Aged between 18-75, male or female;

. With confirmed PA diagnosis (screening positive and at least one confirmatory test is positive); NOTE: Screening positive was defined as plasma aldosterone-to-renin ratio (ARR)

. Not taking any antihypertensive drugs or on a stable regimen of antihypertensive agents(Limited to alpha-adrenergic receptor blockers and calcium channel blockers.) for more than four weeks before screening;

. With a mean seated office SBP≥140 or DBP≥90 mmHg;

Disqualifiers

Has a plan to conduct PA subtype classification(eg. Adrenal vein sampling, PET-CT) in 3 months;

Has planned surgery within 3 months;

With a mean seated office SBP ≥ 180mmHg or DBP ≥ 110mmHg before randomization; Note: Mean seated BP is defined as the average of 3 seated BP measurements at any single clinical site visit. If the patient did not take their regularly scheduled antihypertensive medications prior to the visit, 1 BP re-test is allowed within 2 days after taking the medications.

Night shift workers;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Finerenone Oral Tablet
  • Spironolactone Oral Tablet

Treatment groups

306 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Qifu Li

Lead sponsor

Chongqing Medical University

Sponsor institution

The Affiliated Hospital Of Southwest Medical University

Collaborator

The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

Collaborator

Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University

Collaborator

Changzhi Medical College

Collaborator