Active clinical trials for "Kidney Diseases"

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether oral finerenone (study drug), in addition to standard daily therapy, is effective and safe in treating patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic kidney disease, when compared to a placebo.

The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of fortified soy milk with L. planetarium A7 on a cytokine receptor, an adipokine and renal function biomarkers in type II diabetic patients with nephropathy.

Three kidney diseases that affect both children and adults are minimal change disease (MCD), focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and membranous nephropathy (MN). These diseases are characterized by proteinuria (protein in the urine) and in the cases of FSGS and membranous nephropathy, a tendency to progressive scarring of the glomerulus (the filtering units of the kidneys) that leads to end-stage kidney disease. Several therapies are available for these diseases, but these therapies do not provide lasting reduction in proteinuria for many subjects. In the current study, carried out at the NIH Clinical Center, we are testing a new therapy, ManNAc. ManNAc is a naturally occurring uncharged sugar that cells use to produce negatively charged sialic acid. Kidney cells attach sugars such as sialic acids to proteins and lipids (resulting in glycans), and these assist in cell function. Mouse models of the inherited muscle disease GNE myopathy, which is due to sialic acid deficiency on muscle glycans, responded favorably to oral ManNAc therapy and a clinical trial of ManNAc is ongoing in GNE myopathy subjects. There is evidence that some subjects with MCD, FSGS or MN do not put enough sialic acids on glomerular proteins and so ManNAc therapy may increase sialic acid production and sialylation of glomerular proteins in these subjects. For the present study, we will recruit 12 subjects who have MCD, FSGS or MN. Each subject will stay at the NIH Clinical Center for 11 days to receive oral ManNAc. The primary purposes of the study are to determine: 1) the safety of ManNAc in subject s with kidney disease; and 2) the ManNAc and sialic acid metabolism related to ManNAc in subjects with kidney disease. Concentrations of ManNAc and sialic acid will be measured in plasma at various times before and after dosing. If this study suggests that ManNAc is safe in subject with kidney disease, the results will be used to plan a longer-term study to determine whether it is effective at reducing proteinuria....

A multicenter, randomized, open-label, active-controlled Phase 3 study for the maintenance treatment of anemia in participants with Non-dialysis-dependent Chronic Kidney Disease (NDD-CKD)

The objective of this study is to assess the performance and safety of the Optiflow Anastomotic Connector (Optiflow) when used to facilitate the creation of autogenous arteriovenous fistula (AVF) anastomoses.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of MT-3995 in Subjects with Diabetic Nephropathy

The efficacy of interruption of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) on the progression of cystic disease and on the decline in renal function in autosomal dominant kidney disease (ADPKD) will be assessed in two simultaneous multicenter randomized clinical trials targeting different levels of kidney function: 1) early disease defined by GFR >60 mL/min/1.73 m2 (Study A); and 2) moderately advanced disease defined by GFR 25-60 mL/min/1.73 m2 (Study B). Participants will be recruited and enrolled, either to Study A or B, over the first three years. Participants enrolled in Study B will be followed for five-to-eight years, with the average length of follow-up being six and a half years. Combination therapy will use angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor (ACE-I) and an angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB). Monotherapy will use ACE-I alone.

This study was conducted to treat anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease. Anemia is a reduced number of red blood cells or hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is important for the transport of oxygen in your blood. The purpose of the study was to see if Roxadustat is both effective and safe as a treatment for anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease.

To assess a new drug, BAY94-8862 given orally at different doses, to evaluate whether it was safe and can help the well being of patients with type 2 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy. These treatment doses were compared to placebo.

Background Arteriovenous (AV) fistula is the most common vascular access for long-term hemodialysis in the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. About 25% of these patients are diabetes mellitus. However, the effects of hyperglycemia on the vascular function of arteriovenous fistula are still remained unclear. Studies have shown that blood flow in the AV fistula is significantly reduced in patients with diabetes mellitus. Diabetic patients also require a longer period of time for the maturation of AV fistula, and have slightly higher complication rate than non-diabetic patients. Statins have been widely shown to mediate several important pleiotropic effects in the improvement of vascular endothelial dysfunction, attenuation of inflammatory responses, stabilization of atherosclerotic plaques, inhibition of vascular smooth muscle proliferation, and modulation of procoagulant activity and platelet function.Our experimental studies in diabetic animals demonstrate that administration of a water-soluble statin rosuvastatin significantly improves the fistula flow, vascular function and luminal dilatation of AV fistula in diabetic rats by suppression of vascular oxidative stress and inflammatory load. Study hypothesis The central hypothesis of this research project is rosuvastatin mediates pleiotropic protective effect on vascular endothelial function and suppresses the regional pro-inflammatory reaction in the vasculature, therefore administration of rosuvastatin during the perioperative period of creation of native AV fistulas in diabetic patients with ESRD may potentiate the vascular function and reduce the primary failure rate of AV fistulae.