Active clinical trials for "Renal Insufficiency, Chronic"

Anemia is a common complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In anemia of chronic kidney disease, patients suffer from low hemoglobin levels, which contribute to feelings of malaise and fatigue. The current accepted practice is often to administer erythropoietin-stimulating agents (ESAs), which act like the body's natural hormones to stimulate the production of red blood cells from bone marrow. Although ESAs are widely used in CKD, recent evidence suggests that they are not as safe as previously thought. In this study, we seek to test a decision aid to be used when a patient visits his or her nephrologist at Vanderbilt. The objective of the decision aid is to reduce patient confusion, improve their satisfaction with their care, improve their knowledge of kidney disease, and ultimately bring more clarity to patients about a controversial but ubiquitous drug. The decision aid will be about 1 page long and will include questions and information that might help the patient be more active and informed regarding the choice of a course of ESA therapy. We will ask patients to answer questions before and after their clinic visits regarding their satisfaction and confidence in their treatment and their knowledge of kidney disease; we will ask some of the same questions 3 months after the clinic visit. We will compare patients who are counseled using the decision aid to patients who are not. We anticipate total experiment running time to be approximately 5 months to recruit and follow up on all patients.

The purpose of this study is to describe the circadian rhythm of serum and salivary phosphorus in patients with chronic kidney disease and determine its' modification in response to changes in dietary phosphate load.

The purpose of the study is to learn more about how advanced glycation end-products can affect insulin resistance, inflammation and blood vessel health in people with kidney disease.

This is a Phase 1 single dose study conducted to evaluate the PK and PD of pegloticase administered to hemodialysis patients. A single dose of pegloticase will be administered intravenously to male or female hemodialysis patients (N = 12) starting 3 hour prior to dialysis. The study consists of a Screening Period, a Treatment Period, and Follow up Period.

Patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, attributed in part to increased oxidative stress, inflammation and dyslipidemia. Intervention with a naturally occurring dietary supplement may improve certain biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress and improve the lipid profile.

This study consists of two parts. Part 1 evaluates the effect of renal impairment on the PK and PD of a single dose of ASP8232. In addition, the safety and tolerability will be assessed. Part 2 evaluates the PK, PD, and safety and tolerability of multiple doses of ASP8232 compared with placebo in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) subjects with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).

The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety and tolerability of LY2623091 after multiple oral dosing in healthy men and women of non-childbearing potential. Two cohorts of 16 subjects will participate in 2 dosing periods. Treatment assignment will be double-blind for LY2623091 and placebo (negative control), and open label for eplerenone (positive control).

The purpose of this study is to examine the variation between individuals in blood lipid metabolites, and the changes in these metabolites in response to omega-3 fatty acids in patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) and in healthy subjects. The hypothesis is that measuring variation among individuals and changes in response to omega-3 fatty acids comprehensively by using metabolomics will help to identify those individuals who are responders and those who are non-responders to omega-3 fatty acids as an anti-inflammatory intervention.

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of 6 months of daily beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) supplementation on the physical function and the health of bones, arteries and heart in hemodialysis patients.

Geriatric patients (age ≥ 65 years) undergo surgery for hip fractures that develops due to osteoporosis and falls. Dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular comorbidity. Elective or urgent surgical operations may be required for geriatric patients with end stage renal disease. These patients have severe comorbidities, fluid, electrolyte disturbances and drug metabolism abnormalities during the perioperative period. For this reasons a careful anesthesia plan should be planned and performed. Spinal anesthesia can be used for hip fracture surgery at geriatric patients with chronic renal failure. Anterograde femoral intramedullary nailing can be performed in supine position with a fracture table. Intraoperative sedation might be necessary for patients under regional anesthesia on traction table. Dexmedetomidine is an alpha 2 receptor agonist that is being used as an agent for its sedative and adjuvant analgesic effects. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of dexmedetomidine premedication on geriatric patients with end stage renal disease, who will be undergoing a surgical operation for hip fracture under spinal anesthesia with hyperbaric bupivacaine and BIS (Bispectral Index) guided sedation with intraoperative propofol infusion.