Active clinical trials for "Kidney Failure, Chronic"

Despite many efforts to increase the size of the donor pool, there is a large and growing disparity between the number of donor kidneys available for transplantation and the number of patients on the transplant waiting list. Increasing the quality of currently available donor kidneys would potentially improve the longevity of deceased donor kidney transplants by years, thus increasing the rate of transplantation patients on the kidney transplant waiting list. In addition, recipients of higher quality kidneys have shorter hospital stays and lower total hospital charges. By innovating the organ donation process, such that deceased donor kidneys are removed prior to the cessation of cardiac activity, rather than after, it may be possible to improve the quality of the kidney before transplantation, resulting in improved function after transplantation and increased longevity of these transplanted kidneys. Further, this improved kidney quality is highly likely to translate to reduced need for renal dialysis and other high-cost interventions, yielding lower total hospital charges. In this study we will test the hypothesis that, through a cost-free technical innovation, the quality of deceased donor kidneys could be improved significantly, saving thousands more lives per year and reducing total health care expenditures on renal transplantation.

To understand the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the wellbeing, quality of life and physical activity of people with end-stage renal disease, currently dialysing in-centre versus at home in the UK and their experience of telemedicine.

This is a two phase study. The first part will take place at the National Institute of Cardiology in Mexico, the second phase will be made in collaboration with the University of California San Diego. This is a non blind experimental study, 60 patients with different stages of CKD from the outpatient unit of the institute will be included. Each patient will receive a furosemide stress test of 1 mg/kg in non diuretic users and 1.5 mg/kg in diuretic users, in addition to an oral load of 5 grams of creatinine, as well as Iohexol to measure GFR. After the intervention blood and urine samples will be drawn at 10 minutes, 30 minutes, and every hour until the completion of the observation at 6 hours. Blood and urine will be analized to measure creatinine (blood and urine), then samples will be processed for measurement of furosemide (mass spectometry), indoxyl sulphate, p-cresol, hippurate, and uromoduline. The aim of this stiudy is to asses the differences between GFR and proximal tubule function.

This is a randomized pilot study to test the feasibility and acceptability of a patient decision aid on conservative care among older patients with advanced CKD and their close persons.

The Investigator plans to establish a virtual platform for home dialysis physician mentoring with the intent to: Formulate a practical, interactive, virtual curriculum in home dialysis Provide dedicated video conferences in home dialysis mentorship Measure knowledge awareness and attitudes towards home dialysis

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease, which increases the risk of death after cardiac surgery. High interleukin 6 (IL-6) blood levels is commonly observed in patients with CKD, and this is particularly high after cardiac surgery. High IL-6 levels are also associated with increased long-term mortality rate after cardiac surgery. To date, the use of ultrafiltration or endotoxin adsorption systems were not found to improve the clinical outcome, although able to reduce the inflammatory mediators concentrations. In the last years, a new extracorporeal hemadsorption filter (CytoSorb) has been developed for removal of inflammatory cytokines and it has been approved by the European Union. However, data lack about the impact on clinical outcome of the use of CytoSorb in patients with CKD undergoing cardiac surgery with cardio-pulmonary bypass (CPB). The investigators have therefore designed this pilot prospective randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy the intraoperative use of CytoSorb for cytokines removal to prevent the inflammatory response associated with the cardiac surgery and complications in patients with CKD.

The aim of this study is to assess the effect of supplementation of vitamin K2 (menaquinone, MK-7) and cholecalciferol (inactive vitamin D) on circulating levels of calcification regulators and to assess their safety in pediatric patients on regular hemodialysis patients.

The aim of this study is to address questions regarding the link among hepcidin, hematological iron markers, inflammation and hepatitis C in HD patients. In attempt to address this issue, we planned to measure serum levels of hepcidin prohormone (pro-hepcidin), inflammatory and iron parameters.

The aim of the dialyzer evaluation is to compare performance characteristics and haemocompatibility of the Baxter Xenium+ (Polynephron), Fresenius FX and Gambro Polyflux dialyzers

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of dialysate exposure and fluid removal during hemodialysis in the pathophysiology of intradialytic hypertension.