Active clinical trials for "Hyperparathyroidism"

Active parathyroid glands among renal dialysis patients contribute to calcified and hardened blood vessels. Such damage to the blood vessels, in turn, takes a significant toll in terms of cardiovascular disease. Calcimimetics has been suggested to lower the risk of vascular calcification. Role of cinacalcet was demonstrated in animal model but human data are lacking. The investigators designed an open label pilot study to evaluate the effect of cinacalcet in 20 peritoneal dialysis patients with inadequately controlled secondary hyperparathyroidism despite standard treatment. The primary outcome is the aortic pulse wave velocity at 26 and 52 months after cinacalcet treatment.

Evaluate the efficacy of paricalcitol, cholecalciferol, and placebo in the reduction of parathyroid hormone in patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB). Assess changes, if any, in measures of self-assessed well-being attributable to paricalcitol after RYGB. Evaluate the rates of hypercalcemia, kidney stones, gastrointestinal side effects, and other organ system adverse effects of paricalcitol, cholecalciferol, and placebo in patients after RYGB

Subjects on Hemodialysis will be randomized to AMG 073 or placebo. The screening period is a maximum of 30 days followed by a 26-week treatment period. Lab assessments will be completed throughout the study along with PRO assessments.

The purpose of this study is to observe the effectiveness and safety of the use of a low initial dose regime (iPTH/100) in chronic kidney disease patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism (PTH>300pg/mL) and that require dialysis at least 3 times per week.

This randomized, placebo-controlled study in patients with primary HPT was designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetics, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of AMG 073 when administered 2 times a day (BID). The study consisted of 3 phases: a 12-week dose-titration phase, a 12-week maintenance phase, and a 28-week follow-up phase.

This multicenter, open-label, single-arm, extension study was designed to evaluate long-term tolerability, safety, and efficacy of cinacalcet. Subjects were enrolled immediately after they completed the parent study, 990120. All subjects began treatment with 30 mg cinacalcet twice daily (BID), with dose adjustments made per protocol-specified guidelines. The study consisted of 2 consecutive phases that occurred in the following order: a dose-titration phase lasting 12 weeks and a maintenance phase lasting approximately 4½ years.

This study will measure serum levels of the active Vitamin D compound that circulates in hemodialysis subjects treated with either doxercalciferol injection (Hectorol®) or Zemplar® (paricalcitol injection).

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of paricalcitol, a form of synthetic vitamin D, in lowering parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels and reducing disease symptoms in children and adults with X-linked hypophosphatemic (XLH) rickets.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of cinacalcet on markers of bone turnover in patients with kidney disease who are receiving dialysis.

The purpose of this study was to compare two different initial dosing schemes for the administration of paricalcitol in hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism: the already in use iPTH/80 scheme, and an iPTH/120 scheme, which corresponds to the immediately lower dose, based on current instructions on paricalcitol dose adjustment. We studied the effectiveness of the two dosing schemes in achieving a target iPTH level (150 - 300 pg/mL)