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Active clinical trials for "Renal Insufficiency, Chronic"

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Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Shared Decision-making Process

Clinical Decision MakingPatient-Centered Care2 more

Background: Shared decision-making is a process where health professionals and patients work together through conversation and using tools to make the best possible decision for the person. Patient decision aids provide information based on the best available evidence, support the deliberative process, and further help clarifies individual patient values and preferences. Incorporating shared decision-making in clinical practice is challenging. Hypothesis: A proposed shared decision-making implementation model is feasible and improves patients' knowledge of possible treatment options, as well as patients' perception and degree of satisfaction with the decision-making process. Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of implementing a shared decision-making model in a tertiary university hospital. Methods: It is proposed to carry out a pilot randomized clinical study (ratio 1:1), with two arms, in parallel, open, single center. Adult patients from two clinical processes will be included: a) Obesity (treatment options: bariatric surgery or medical management (healthy habits +/- pharmacological treatment), and b) Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease (ACKD) (treatment options: hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, or conservative treatment). Since it is a pilot study, the investigators estimated a random sample of between 20 to 40 participants per intervention group and control group (total sample 40 to 80 per pathology) would be needed. The intervention group will carry out the shared decision-making model, and the control group will receive the usual clinical practice with detailed information from a health professional. The primary outcomes of interest to be evaluated are a) feasibility; b) quality of the decision and the decision-making process.

Recruiting16 enrollment criteria

Improving the Collaborative Health of Minority COVID-19 Survivor and Carepartner Dyads

SARS- CoV-2Cardiovascular Diseases5 more

This study tests the efficacy of a dyadic intervention to mitigate the adverse health consequences of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS- CoV-2 )(COVID-19) in African American (AA) adults with pre-existing chronic health conditions and their informal carepartners (IC). Socioeconomically disadvantaged, older, and Black/African American from rural regions are burdened with greater rates of chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and stroke.

Recruiting13 enrollment criteria

Basic Needs Navigation Intervention to Address Multidimensional Adversity in African Americans With...

Diabetic NephropathiesDiabetes Mellitus3 more

The overarching goal of this proposal is to test the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a basic needs navigation intervention on improving clinical outcomes, self-care behaviors and quality of life in low-income African Americans with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) experiencing multidimensional adversity. The study objective will be achieved with the following aims: Aim 1: To determine the feasibility of a basic needs navigation intervention as measured by recruitment, session attendance and retention in low-income Africans Americans with DKD experiencing multidimensional adversity. Aim 2: To test the preliminary efficacy of a basic needs navigation intervention on clinical outcomes (hemoglobin A1c, blood pressure, lipids) in low-income Africans Americans with DKD experiencing multidimensional adversity. Hypothesis 1: Individuals randomized to the basic needs navigation intervention will have improved HbA1c at 6 months of follow-up compared to an enhanced usual care group. Hypothesis 2: Individuals randomized to the basic needs navigation intervention will have improved blood pressure at 6 months of follow-up compared to an enhanced usual care group. Hypothesis 3: Individuals randomized to the basic needs navigation intervention will have improved lipids at 6 months of follow-up compared to an enhanced usual care group. Aim 3: To test the preliminary efficacy of a basic needs navigation intervention on self-care behaviors and quality of life (SF-12) in low-income Africans Americans with DKD experiencing multidimensional adversity. Hypothesis 1: Individuals randomized to the basic needs navigation intervention will have improved self-care behaviors at 6 months of follow-up compared to an enhanced usual care group. Hypothesis 2: Individuals randomized to the basic needs navigation intervention will have improved quality of life at 6 months of follow-up compared to an enhanced usual care group.

Recruiting15 enrollment criteria

Neurovascular Regulation During Exercise in Humans With Chronic Kidney Disease: Sympatholysis in...

Chronic Kidney Disease

The goals of this project are to investigate the mechanisms and potential therapies related to exercise capacity in persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Recruiting28 enrollment criteria

Advance Care Planning in the Emergency Department

Congestive Heart FailureMetastatic Cancer2 more

This is a two-armed, parallel-design, pre-/post-intervention assessment study. The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial for ED GOAL on a cohort of 120 older adults with serious illness to collect patient-centered outcomes and determine preliminary efficacy on increasing advance care planning engagement (self-reported and/or in the electronic medical record) one month after leaving the emergency department. The investigators will also conduct qualitative interviews with participants of ED GOAL.

Recruiting14 enrollment criteria

Precision Medicine Approaches to Renal Osteodystrophy

Renal OsteodystrophyChronic Kidney Diseases3 more

Treatment of renal osteodystrophy is impeded by the lack of practical and accurate tools to determine underlying bone turnover. Gold standard bone biopsy is not practical in the clinic for the vast majority of kidney disease patients and parathyroid hormone and bone alkaline phosphatase have insufficient accuracy for turnover type to safely and confidently guide treatment of renal osteodystrophy. In the present investigation, the investigators will study a microRNA approach as a novel non-invasive biomarker of turnover for renal osteodystrophy.

Recruiting22 enrollment criteria

New Approach of Loco Regional Analgesia in Kidney Transplant

Chronic Kidney Diseases

Kidney transplant is considered as a moderate painful surgery. Unfortunately, patients with chronic kidney disease are not able to degrade opioid drugs and are therefore most likely to be subjected to the secondary effects of their consumption. Current strategies aim to find pain relief substitutes in order to decrease the use of opioids, specially after surgery, during patient recovery. Loco-regional analgesia consists of administering local anesthesic directly in specific nerves and is being used in several surgical procedures. In various abdominal surgeries, a loco-regional analgesia called "tranversus abdominis Plane Block" has been associated with decreased morphine consumption and better post-operative conditions. In kidney transplant, the definitive efficacy of this loco-regional analgesia is not established, due to controversial clinical results. The goal of our study is to test the analgesia advantage of a variant of the Tranversus Abdominis Plane Block, called Quadratus lumborum block, which targets a muscle called quadratus lumborum, in association with general anesthesia, on post-surgery recovery and opioid intake.

Recruiting13 enrollment criteria

Feasibility and Evaluation Study of the UPLUG Hemodialysis Connection Device

HemodialysisRenal Insufficiency1 more

The new Uplug° technology, interface between the end of the hemodialysis catheter and the dialysis circuit, makes it possible to limit direct access to the hemodialysis catheter during connections and disconnections. Aim: The investigators propose a feasibility study, in order to study the new Uplug° technology in real conditions of use. Material and methods: This study aim to include 15 hemodialysis patients in a center on a tunneled permanent central venous hemodialysis catheter. The Uplug° technology will be placed at the end of each patient's hemodialysis catheter for a period of one month. Hypothesis tested: The main endpoint is the proportion of hemodialysis sessions performed successfully with this technology, respecting the usual dialysis prescription.

Recruiting12 enrollment criteria

Effects of GLP1-RA on Ectopic Fat Deposition in Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic Kidney Diseases

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a burden of morbidity and mortality. Increased protein breakdown in skeletal muscle (wasting) and ectopic fat deposition are important determinants of poor clinical outcome in patient with CKD. Insulin resistance plays a critical role in skeletal muscle wasting and ectopic fat deposition. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) decrease ectopic fat deposition in patients with type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, obese and overweight subjects. The influence of GLP-1RA on ectopic fat deposition in CKD patients in unknown. The investigators' will test the hypothesis that GLP-1RA decreases intermuscular (ectopic) fat deposition in patients with stage 3-4 CKD. The investigators' will do so by addressing the following specific aims: Specific Aim 1: To test the hypothesis that GLP-1RA decreases intermuscular fat deposition in patients with stage 3-4 CKD. Specific Aim 2: To test the hypothesis that GLP-1RA improves skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in patients with stage 3-4 CKD. Specific Aim 3: To test the hypothesis that GLP-1RA improves physical performance in patients with stage 3-4 CKD. Specific Aim 4: To test the safety and feasibility of 12 weeks of dulaglutide 1.5 mg/wk administration as an adjunct therapy to the standard care of patients with stage 3-4 CKD.

Recruiting17 enrollment criteria

Sympatholysis in Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic Kidney Disease

The purpose of this study is to find out why patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have poor exercise capacity and what causes an increase in blood pressure during exercise (i.e. increased adrenaline levels, or decreased ability of blood vessels to dilate).

Recruiting18 enrollment criteria
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