A Study of Renal Microvessel Imaging for Chronic Kidney Disease
Healthy, Chronic Kidney Diseases
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Healthy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: - Healthy volunteers or Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients with clinically indicated renal biopsy. Exclusion Criteria: Subjects lacking capacity to consent. Vulnerable subjects such as prisoners; pregnant women; nursing mother. Subjects with history of hypersensitivity allergic reactions to ultrasound contrast agents. Patients with high-risk cardiac diseases.
Sites / Locations
- Mayo Clinic Minnesota
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Chronic Kidney Disease Group
Healthy Control Group
Subjects with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) with clinically indicated renal biopsy will have microvessel images obtained by Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging (SRUI) using Definity ultrasound contrast agent.
Healthy volunteers with normal eGFR will have microvessel images obtained by Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging (SRUI) using Definity ultrasound contrast agent.