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NCT Number: NCT07029542

Home Reported Outcomes in C3G Study

The study aims to longitudinally capture the full spectrum of symptoms, treatment utilization, and overall Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) experienced by C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) patients and their caregivers. By primarily utilizing home reported outcomes (HRO) data on symptom burden and treatment usage, supplemented with patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures (collected at baseline and monthly), the study seeks to establish a new real-world data (RWD) source to understand symptom variability and HRQoL as reported by C3G patients and caregivers, including those taking iptacopan

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Key information

Conditions

Age range

18 year–100 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Novartis Investigative Site

East Hanover, New Jersey, 07936, United States

Location status: Recruiting

About this study

The study will be prospective and observational, conducted over an initial period of six months per individual from the point of study enrollment, with the potential option for participants to extend data collection beyond this period through reconsenting procedures. Participants will utilize the Folia mobile app to enroll, consent, and complete all study activities. A hybrid referral-based recruitment method will be used to identify eligible participants such as through the Novartis APPRISE and MPGN data platforms, clinician referrals, specialty pharmacy inserts, and community and advocacy groups. Participants will be asked to track routine treatment, symptoms, changes in treatment plans, and HRQoL using the Folia Health mobile app. Monthly survey check-ins will be conducted to capture additional data inputs such as patient-reported outcomes (PROs) data, which may be tokenized and integrated into the relevant Novartis APPRISE or MPGN data platform during and after their data collection period. Additional real-world evidence (RWE) datasets such as electronic health record (EHR), claims, or wearable/device data may also be linked to this prospective dataset. Data from integration sources would serve as a complement to the primary study dataset; integration does not affect study objectives or endpoints, which are achieved through HRO tracking data. Participants will be consented for tokenization and linkage through language built into the informed consent form.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Eligible participants will meet the following basic criteria:

  • Clinical diagnosis of C3G, regardless of symptom, treatment, or transplant history
  • Adult aged 18 or older; adult caregiver to an adult patient aged 18 or older; or adult caregiver to a pediatric patient under 18 years of age
  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Has access to technology (i.e. mobile phone, tablet) that facilitates their participation in the app-based study
  • US-based with a proficient understanding of and ability to read the English language

The study team will aim to enroll and collect data on participants who are taking any form of treatment. Participants may be asked to recall the start date of taking their current therapy.

Diagnosis of C3G will be confirmed through self-reported screening procedures, patient-supplied documentation, and/or successful linkage of the patient's data with their record in a Novartis data platform. Confirmation of diagnosis for each participant will be reviewed by the Folia Health study team as part of standard validation procedures.

Exclusion criteria

Study participants who do not fit all inclusion criteria listed above are unable to participate in this study. Outside of the stated inclusion criteria, there is currently no other exclusion criteria in order to meet the exploratory nature of the primary endpoint. This includes treatment regimen; there is no exclusion criteria on the basis of treatment prescription or use.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of participants reporting the top 10 symptoms most frequently self-reported

    Time frame: 6 months

    Identification of the top 10 symptoms most frequently self-reported by participants, as well as the total number of participants reporting each of those symptoms

  2. Participant average of self-reported severity of each of the top 10 symptoms

    Time frame: 6 months

    Across-participant average (and standard deviation) of self-reported severity of each of the top 10 symptoms over the course of the 6-month study

  3. Within-participant variability in self-reported severity of each of the top 10 symptoms

    Time frame: 6 months

    Within-participant variability in self-reported severity of each of the top 10 symptoms over the course of the 6-month study

Secondary outcomes

  1. Average temporal frequency of treatment administration

    Time frame: 6 months

    Average temporal frequency of treatment administration, for each primary treatment

  2. Counts of patient-reported reasons for skipping treatment

    Time frame: 6 moths

    Identification and counts of patient-reported reasons for skipping treatment

  3. Proportion of participants who report symptom burden

    Time frame: 6 months

    Differences in symptom burden for participants in each treatment group, including symptom occurrence (proportion of participants who report it), severity (when reported), and frequency (when reported).

  4. Change in average symptom burden from pre-switch to post-switch, for participants who switched onto iptacopan during the study period

    Time frame: 6 months

    Change in average symptom burden (including occurrence, severity, and frequency) from pre-switch to post-switch, for participants who switched onto iptacopan during the study period, if there are enough participants who switch

  5. Differences in number of participants by flare burden

    Time frame: 6 months

    Differences in number of participants in each treatment group who are classified as having a high vs moderate vs low flare burden

  6. Change over time in monthly check-in responses assessing HRQoL

    Time frame: 6 months

    Change over time in monthly check-in responses assessing HRQoL, for participants in each treatment group (and in the transplant vs no transplant groups, if possible)

  7. Differences in PRO scores

    Time frame: 6 months

    Differences in PRO scores, for participants in each treatment group (and in the transplant vs no transplant groups, if possible)

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

CONTACT

[email protected]

1-888-669-6682

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

CONTACT

[email protected]

+41613241111

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Mobile App-Based, Prospective, Observational Study to Evaluate Disease Burden and Treatment Patterns in C3 Glomerulopathy (C3G) in the US

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jun 19, 2025
Registry last updated
Jun 19, 2025

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