Active clinical trials for "Kidney Diseases"

Disease management using a multidisciplinary team to achieve and maintain optimal metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors control in Type 2 diabetic patients with nephropathy reduces the incidence of end stage renal disease (ESRD) and improves clinical outcomes compared to usual clinic-based care

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.

This is a randomized, open-label, parallel-design study to be conducted at 75 centers within the United States. The study will be described to hemodialysis patients. Informed consent will be obtained and the inclusion/exclusion criteria reviewed. Eligible patients will be randomized to receive either Renagel or a calcium-based binder. Starting from the randomization date, mortality data including survival, death date and cause of death (vital status information) and morbidity data including hospitalization date will be recorded for all patients. These data will be collected until the end of the study (December 31, 2004, ± 2 weeks). Patients completing or terminating from the study will return to the phosphate binder prescribed by their usual healthcare provider.

This is a prospective randomized open-label pilot study to investigate the effect of mycophenolate mofetil treatment in patients with abnormal urine protein excretion due to membranous nephropathy (MN) or focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). The change in urine protein excretion will be the primary outcome studied. The treatment regimen comprising prednisolone and mycophenolate mofetil will be compared with prednisolone and chlorambucil in MN, and compared with prednisolone in FSGS. The study duration will be 12 months for each patient.

Background Prevention of contrast media (CM) induced nephropathy (CIN) by pharmacological prophylaxis (e.g. N-acetylcysteine; NAC) is controversially discussed. So far, in all interventional studies assessment of kidney function was based on measurements of serum creatinine although this surrogate biomarker has several limitations. We investigated the antioxidants NAC and zinc (Zn) for the prevention of CIN by monitoring concomitantly serum levels of creatinine and cystatin C.

The objective of this study is to determine whether paricalcitol is safe and effective compared to placebo in reducing elevated serum PTH levels in patients with chronic kidney disease.

OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate whether hemodialysis providing a 2-pool, variable volume urea kinetic modelling value of 1.05 versus 1.45 reduces mortality and morbidity in patients with end stage renal disease. II. Compare the efficacy of high versus low flux dialyzer membranes.

The purpose of this study is to assess the Aranesp® dose administered intravenously (IV) once weekly to maintain hemoglobin (Hgb) levels in hemodialysis subjects who are either recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) naïve or subjects converted from rHuEPO therapy administered IV thrice weekly (TIW).

This study is to evaluate the end of treatment effect of Daglutril compared to placebo on top of losartan.

The purpose of this research is to study the efficacy and safety of AMG 073 in patients with kidney failure who are being treated with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis and who also have secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT).