Active clinical trials for "Kidney Diseases"

This is a Phase 2b, prospective, open-label study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, and PD of FAST PV and mGFR Technology in healthy subjects and patients with varying degrees of renal impairment.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a telemedicine follow-up visit at the NYU Langone Transplant Institute is a feasible and acceptable alternative to a traditional in-center follow-up visit.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and (subsequent) acute kidney injury are frequent in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Moreover, these patients are easily hypervolemic and susceptible for cardiac decompensation. Prevention of contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) has not yet been studied in these patients, and evidence on different strategies is urgently needed. The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of 250ml 1.4% sodium bicarbonate versus hypotone saline (0.65% sodiumchloride) hydration prior to TAVI in patients with CKD to prevent CIN.

The aim of study was to evaluated the correlation between plasma levels, dialysate appearance rate of VEGF, inflammatory cytokines (IL- 6, procalcitonin) and PSTR, dialysis adequacy in CAPD patients.

End-stage renal disease represents a major problem for public health, and is a severe disease affecting hundreds of millions of people in the world and increasing rapidly. It brings about complex implications to social and economic structures of every nation. Providing renal replacement therapy including , peritoneal dialysis and renal transplants for ESRD patients are resource intensive. Possible options have been proposed to ease the burden include early medical intervention to slow the progression of chronic kidney disease in high-risk patients, promotion of renal transplantation, and use of the most cost-effective dialysis therapy without compromising outcome. In Malaysia, despite growing financial pressure in health care system, cost-effectiveness studies of RRT modalities are scarce.The prevalence of ESRD patients on dialysis are approximately 34, 767 as of 2014 and expected to rise significantly in the foreseeable future. Thus, the sustainability of dialysis therapy is uncertain. This study aimed to assess the cost utility of hemodialysis and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis treatment from Malaysia Ministry of Health perspective. One hundred and eighty patients will be recruited from five state hospitals via National Renal Registry. Patients' resource utilization including overhead costs, medications, dialysis consumables and hospitalizations will be recorded using specially designed case report form. Patients' quality of life will be assessed using validated EQ-5D-3L questionnaire. Survival analysis will be conducted based on NRR data. Next, a hypothetical cohort Markov model will be constructed to assess the cost utility of HD and CAPD using varying levels of CAPD use versus current practice. The data collection period is from 1st October 2016 to 30th September 2017. Incremental cost effectiveness ratio is the primary outcome of this study.

This observational, multi-center, open-label, prospective study will evaluate the relationship between serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta dosage in participants with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on dialysis. Participants will be recruited who are on stable methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta maintenance therapy or will initiate therapy with methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta.

This study will implement and evaluate a patient-centered medical home for kidney disease (PCMH-KD) compared to the usual model of dialysis care. Patients will be observed for an initial baseline period under the usual care model and then the usual dialysis care team will be expanded to include a pharmacist, community health worker, nurse coordinator and a primary care doctor. Outcomes of interest will be assessed at baseline and then every 6 months after the PCMH-KD intervention commences.

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) has been recognized as the third most common cause of hospital acquired AKI, after hypotension-associated hypo-perfusion and post-operative AKI. The development of CI-AKI after cardiac catheterization is associated with a significant increase in both short-term and long-term mortality and morbidities, as well as an increase in length of stay and cost. The only marker of renal function that has predictive ability is creatinine and it has significant limitations in identifying patients who will develop AKI. Therefore, a diagnostic test for predicting CI-AKI risk would have widespread clinical utility. The primary purpose of this study is to measure the association between baseline expression of senescence markers in blood using SenesceTest and the occurrence of CI-AKI post cardiac catheterization.

The purpose of this study is to examine whether there are diurnal variations in magnesium and other markers related to mineral metabolism in blood from patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared to healthy controls.

The study is being conducted to determine if the blood test Brain Natriuretic Protein (BNP) can demonstrate the presence of extra fluid in patients with chronic kidney disease treated by hemodialysis. It will also try to determine the blood test Procalcitonin (PCT) can help identify the cause of the fever, specifically if a fever is caused by a bacterial infection. It will also evaluate whether new blood tests in the future (such as DNA, RNA, metabolite, and protein based tests) can be developed to help predict other complications in patients with chronic kidney disease treated by hemodialysis.