Active clinical trials for "Kidney Diseases"

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of CKD is increasing worldwide and is assumed to also dramatically increase in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Key shortcomings of available data on CKD in SSA are as follows: (i) Available data are based on single measurements and, therefore, cannot distinguish between harmless transient deterioration in kidney function and chronic kidney damage; (ii) Accurate information regarding renal protein loss, an important and early marker of kidney disease, is lacking; (iii) Cardiovascular risk factors for CKD, such as obesity, hypertension and diabetes, are often not searched for. Likewise non-classic potential risk factors, such as endemic infectious diseases, socioeconomic status and lifestyle have not been consistently recorded; (iv) Information to interrogate linked interaction over time between risk factors and development of CKD is unavailable. With this project, situated in a region representative of semi-rural SSA, we aim to fill this knowledge gap and (i) establish guideline conform prevalence data of CKD and its major cardiovascular risk factors, as well as (ii) prospectively define the incidence of cardiovascular- and non-classic risk factors of CKD. The data from (i) and (ii) is used to develop predictive models. A prospective cohort of 1200 individuals in a primary care facility will serve as study population. The population is representing a society in transition from rural to more urban lifestyle. In the pilot study, participants will be followed for one years and undergo the clinical and biomedical testing required to capture CKD and its classic and non-classic risk factors over time.

To develop and validate a tool that estimates the degree of pregnancy-associated progression of renal disease in women with CKD and pregnancy outcomes in an international multicentre cohort study.

Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is sleep disorder characterized by an unpleasant feeling in the lower limbs, which can be accompanied by paresthesias, and need for urgent movement of the legs. Its diagnosis is clinical, based on an International Committee of the Study of RLS (International Restless Legs Syndrome Study) questionnaire. Its prevalence is about 5-15% in the general population, being twice as frequent in women and with a tendency to increase incidence with aging. In the chronic kidney disease (CKD) population, mainly in patients on dialysis, the prevalence increases by up to 70%. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with RLS and active vitamin D supplementation seems to improve RLS and severity. It is seems, studies on the role of vitamin D supplementation in CKD population are missing. The clinical-scientific hypothesis of this study is that replacement of vitamin D (cholecalciferol) will improve the symptoms of RLS. As parathyroidectomy can relieve RLS, the aim of researchers is to randomize patients with CKD on dialysis to receive cholecalciferol or placebo in 2 distinct groups: secondary hyperparathyroidism and adynamic bone disease.

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Preliminary studies have shown a benefit of sodium bicarbonate infusion in decreasing the risk of contrast induced nephropathy with coronary angiography. The investigators plan to randomize 478 patients (with serum creatinine 1.5 mg/dl or greater) undergoing coronary angiography to intravenous isotonic saline or intravenous isotonic sodium bicarbonate beginning one hour before the procedure and for four hours after. The primary endpoint is the development of contrast nephropathy within 48-72 hours after the procedure. Patients with an ejection fraction <30%, overt CHF, hypokalemia and alkalemia will be excluded.

This study is a 12-month, four-arm parallel-group randomized control trial of Pfizer-BioNTech versus MODERNA COVID-19 (Corona Virus disease 2019)vaccine boosters in chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients with poor humoral response following COVID-19 vaccination, in collaboration with 5 dialysis centers in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada . Patients will be randomized to MODERNA or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, they may have received either MODERNA or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for their initial two doses of vaccine, and will be stratified by their initial vaccine type (MODERNA or Pfizer-BioNTech ) prior to randomization, which will result in four study groups.

This is a multi-center prospective cohort study. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between bone metabolic markers and other non-traditional risk factors with kidney function progression, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and bone loss in patients with CKD G3-5ND. In the meantime, this study is to explore a new mode of management and complication monitoring through mobile communication in chronic kidney disease patients.

The goal of this observational study is to detect the prevalence of NAFLD in CKD patients The main question[s] it aims to answer are: [question 1] prevalence of NAFLD in CKD patients. [question 2] the relationship between NAFLD and CKD.

The investigators will investigate whether new kidney biomarkers can identify patients who are at risk of chronic kidney disease after an episode of moderate / severe acute kidney injury in ICU.

To study the patterns of mucocutaneous disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease patients in Eldakhla General Hospital, New Valley and in Assiut University hospital . Comparison of the patterns of mucocutaneous manifestations and their correlation with the different stages of Chronic Kidney Disease in renal unit of internal medicine of Eldakhla general hospital in New Vally and pediatric and adult renal units of Assuit university hospital .