Active clinical trials for "Diabetic Nephropathies"

At present, the early diagnosis ability of diabetic nephropathy (DKD) is relatively poor, leading to some missed diagnosis of early disease patients. At the same time, because DKD patients have complex metabolic disorders, once they develop to end-stage renal disease, compared with other renal diseases, the treatment of DKD is more difficult and the prognosis is poor. At present, the main treatment for DKD is to strengthen blood glucose control and control blood pressure through renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) to delay the occurrence and development of DKD, but it can not reduce the risk of most patients progressing to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In recent years, it is becoming a new therapeutic target for DKD to control the inflammatory response by targeting the inflammatory factors and inflammatory signaling pathways. Therefore, this study attempts to explore the correlation between N / OFQ and the occurrence and development of type 2 DKD, and seek new theoretical basis for the potential treatment of inflammation.

Diabetes Mellitus is the most common disorder seen. The impact of this disease on the quality of life, and on morbidity and mortality through the complications that affect the small and large vessels resulting in retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and ischemic heart disease has been emphasized by the findings of the national commission (USA) on diabetes . So, there was curiosity to understand and learn the association of this disorder with another common endocrine gland function that is thyroid gland . The association between these two disorders has long been recognized although the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in diabetic population varies widely between studies. With insulin and thyroid hormone being intimately involved in cellular metabolism and thus excess or deficit of these hormones result in functional derangement of the other.

The primary objective of this study is to identify whether cardiovascular complication rates are lower in patients who participate in managed diabetes care, in comparison to provincial and national rates. This study will involve an electronic medical record (EMR) chart audit, augmented by a manual review of hospital and other pertinent medical records, as necessary.

Diabetic kidney disease is one of the most severe and frequent complications of diabetes. Few preclinical markers are available apart from plasma creatinine and microalbuminuria. These markers are imperfect (some patients with advanced renal disease do not have an increase in markers) and late. Therefor there is an uncovered need to identify complementary biomarkers. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) is a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technique that allows the physiology and biochemistry of human body tissues to be studied in a non-invasive and non-irradiating manner.

Doppler sonography provides an easily applicable, non-invasive, and well-established method for investigating renal morphologic characteristics and measuring vascular resistance in the renal parenchyma. Doppler are of strategic importance in providing qualitative and quantitative information about the renal vasculature, which can be obtained through the assessment of the resistive index.

With our SWIDINEP cohort, we propose to explore the relationship between vascular risk markers and renal function decline in CKD stage 1-5. In order to realize these goals, we intend to recruit 200 patients within a 7y recruitment period (2014-2021). Recruitment is done in the nephrology and diabetes ambulatory clinics in the CHUV at Lausanne. Each eligible patient is identified and whether he/she can be proposed the study is discussed with the physician in charge of the patient. Once the patient is informed and has signed the consent form, he/she is examined in the Service of Nephrology at baseline, 2y and 5y.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether matrix metalloproteinases are associated with atherosclerosis in the different stages of chronic kidney disease.