Active clinical trials for "Renal Insufficiency, Chronic"

The objective of this study is to evaluate the supplementation with tocotrienol, a vitamin E compound on inflammation, oxidative stress, and microbiota on Chronic Kidney Disease patients.

Chronic renal disease is now the tenth leading cause of mortality Taiwan. It is worth to study the effect of low protein formula on the retardation of failing renal function, decrease plasma homocysteine and oxidative stress and further increase antioxidant capacities in patients with chronic kidney disease. The purpose of this study is going to investigate the effects of protein formula on renal function, homocysteine , oxidative stress and antioxidant capacities in patients with chronic kidney disease. One hundred and twenty patients with end stage renal disease (stage 2~4) who meet the inclusion criteria will be recruited from Taichung General Veterans Hospital, Taichung. Participant patients will be blinded and randomly assigned to either the placebo (n = 60) or low protein formula (n = 60) for 12 weeks. Data on demography, anthropometry and medical history will be collected, and fasting blood samples and 24 h urine samples will be obtained at week 0, 12 and 24 during intervention period. The levels of hematological, plasma and erythrocyte PLP, plasma pyridoxal and 4-pyridoxic acid, serum and erythrocyte folate, serum vitamin B-12, homocysteine, lipid peroxidation indicators, glutathione, total antioxidant capacity and antioxidant enzymatic will be measured. Twenty-four hour urine volume will be recorded and urine creatinine and urea nitrogen will be analyzed. Creatinine clearance rate will be measured. Hopefully, the results of this study could provide more pictures on beneficial effects of low protein formula on renal function, plasma homocysteine, oxidative stress and antioxidant capacities in patients with chronic kidney disease.

To determine whether or not chronic kidney disease (CKD), stages III-V and ESRD , is associated with altered vitamin D metabolism related to fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) stimulation of Cyp24 and whether they have resistance to elevations of 25 Hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D3) after cholecalciferol supplementation. To determine if such resistance is related to enhanced catabolism of (25(OH)related to elevated levels of FGF-23.

Hyperphosphatemia is a common and severe complication in chronic kidney disease patients treated with hemodialysis. A phosphate restricted diet and oral phosphate binders are the cornerstones in the prevention and treatment of this complication. However, noncompliance is an prevalent problem resulting in poorly controled hyperphosphatemia in a substantial proportion of hemodialysis patients. The present study aims at identifying risk factors for non compliance and also test the hypothesis that compliance can be improved by education patients on the consequences of hyperphosphatemia and the importance of diet and phosphate binder therapy.

Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease. The purpose of this randomized and controlled study is to evaluate the efficacy of a structured education program for adult kidney transplant recipients. Patients are randomly assigned to an educational program or to a standard care control group. The education group receives 8 lessons (each 90 minutes, 1 lesson per day), starting 4 days after kidney transplantation. Kidney transplant survival, number of rejections, infectious complications, length of hospital stay, blood pressure, HbA1c, glomerular filtration rate, quality of life (QoL) and knowledge are measured in both groups after 6, 12 and 24 months. The investigators postulate that the education group will have superior outcomes compared to the control group.

Strategies to stop AKI-AKD-CKD continuum - Policy is one of the collaborative projects, Strategies to stop AKI-AKD-CKD continuum, Epidemiology, Immunology, Repair, Artificial intelligence, and Policy (EIRAP). It is aimed to study effective interventional strategies that lower the incidence of CKD among patients with AKD. The intensified AKD care to reduce CKD (ISACC trial) is a prospective, open-labeled, randomized controlled trial is designed to evaluate the efficacy of multidisciplinary team care (MDT) model and acute kidney disease (AKD) clinic visits

This is a multi-centre single-blind waitlist randomised controlled trial (RCT) that will examine the clinical value and cost-effectiveness of an online physical and emotional wellbeing resource for the improvement of health-related quality of life in people with CKD. Physical inactivity and poor mental health are very real concerns for people living with kidney disease, and they report multiple symptoms that impact upon the physical component of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). A decrease in the physical component of HRQoL is independently associated with mortality and morbidity. In people living with end stage kidney disease (ESKD), systematic reviews indicate that a range of exercise training interventions improve physical function and alleviate disability symptoms. The physical component of HRQoL can be targeted with interventions to enhance physical activity, however people living with kidney disease are still not routinely offered specialist physical activity or mental health support in the NHS. Kidney Beam is a new wellbeing digital health intervention platform that was developed, and launched, to help people with kidney disease manage their physical and mental health through the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, resulting lockdown and beyond. It involves a digital health intervention platform to support people with health conditions to stay physically active. Patients will have access to live-on demand or recorded physical activity classes that they will use for 12 weeks with 2 sessions per week. The study aims to recruit 304 patients.

To measure oxycodone's intradialytic mass transfer rate coefficient and oxycodone's removal rate using an ODE/PDE hemodialysis model. To implement a rational clinical strategy for estimating a patient's post-hemodialysis oxycodone restoration dose using results from an ODE/PDE model of hemodialysis.

Introduction : Due to Chronic kidney disease is a public health problem, which is important increased in both developed and developing countries . And sodium intake restriction was related to the reduction of blood pressure and urine protein which is one of the important risk factor in chronic kidney disease. One of the problem in sodium restriction failure in Thai population with CKD nowadays is lack of knowledge and problem unawareness. The study hypothesis : Intense knowledge about sodium reduction and immediate feedback of the sodium intake could be simultaneously modifying the behavior to reduce sodium intake , blood pressure and also GFR reduction rate Objectives : To compare the effect of dietary salt restriction on glomerular filtration rate (GFR) between CKD patients receiving strict controlled combined with immediate individual feedback (DISC Progrram) and those receiving standard education. Study design : Multicenter, open labeled, parallel, randomized controlled trial Sample size : 600 Primary outcome : GFR reduction (CKD-EPI) Secondary outcome : Achievement rate of Na intake < 2 g/day (Urine Na < 90 mEq/day) Blood pressure difference Proportions of patients with BP reached the target (130/80 mmHg) Number of anti-hypertensive drugs use to achieve BP target Urine albumin/creatinine ratio Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE) Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) ankle-brachial index (ABI) Documentary Proof of Ethical Clearance : This project has been reviewed and approved by the Comittee on Human Rights Related to Research Involving Human Subjects , based on the declaration of Helsinki

Vascular calcification is a common finding in chronic kidney disease and increases arterial stiffness leading to augmented cardiovascular morbidity. The calcification process is thoroughly regulated by pro and anticalcifying agents. The investigators hypothesize that imbalance in these compounds could depend on alkaline phosphatase activity. Therefore, the investigators will measure ALP activity, calcifications score, arterial stiffness and perform a bio-collection in monogenic rare diseases characterized by various levels of anticalcifying agents and in diverse CKD stages characterized by various levels of procalcifying compounds.