Active clinical trials for "Kidney Diseases"

The purpose of this study is to investigate the communication and data sharing between the primary care physician and the nephrologist about patients with chronic kidney disease. Also therapeutic interventions that change behavior and telemonitoring of the blood pressure will be explored and compared to the usual care. The most important aim of this study is to improve the quality of care for the patient with chronic kidney disease in cooperation with the primary care physician and the nephrologist.

This biomarker study is a follow-up to CPLATFRM2201. The goal of CBASICHR0005 is to collect another urine sample, interval clinical information, and an optional DNA sample from as many of the original 80 patients as possible. This new information will transform the data obtained in PLATFRM2201 from a cross-section to a temporal profile, which will (a) further enable the identification of biomarkers predictive of faster progression, and (b) satisfy the FDA's recommendation to perform "natural history studies" in rare diseases.

This study tests the hypothesis that dapagliflozin lowers proteinuria in patients with non-diabetic chronic kidney disease.

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is associated with bone changes and very high fracture rates. A component of bone is marrow. Bone marrow fat is increased in patients with CKD compared to those in the normal population of the same age. It is not clear if there will be changes in the marrow fact content in those with CKD on Pioglitazone. In people with normal kidney function, thiazolidinedione group of drugs have had variable effects on bone marrow fat content, as measured by MRS. This is important as changes in marrow fat are likely related to changes in the bone in patients with chronic kidney disease.

The primary purpose of the current 6-month study is to determine the effect of an integrated, comprehensive, individualized, intervention program including dietary, exercise, pharmacy, and behavioral counseling on patient performance of the short physical performance battery (SPPB) which gives an indication of an individual's ability to perform activities of daily living dependent upon lower extremity function. Additional objectives include the impact of the intervention on cardiovascular risk factors, and the impact of the intervention on other indices of physical function in stage 3-4 CKD patients. The investigators hypothesize that patients who participate in this integrated, intensive, individualized lifestyle intervention will have higher SPPB scores compared to individuals in the usual care group. The investigators also hypothesize that this approach will lead to higher adherence rates to the lifestyle recommendations and that those who adhere will also show better improvements in the measured variables over time compared to patients who are randomly assigned to the usual care group or who comply poorly with the various study components.

This is a prospective, single arm, multi-center, observational clinical study of the DyeVert Plus System. The DyeVert Plus System is an FDA-cleared device designed to reduce contrast media volume delivered during angiography and permit real-time contrast media volume monitoring.

Monocentric study for the evaluation of a whole body CZT scintigraphy system.

Hemodialysis patients display among the lowest level of daily activities and decline of functional abilities is highly correlated with mortality. Perdialytic exercise during hemodialysis procedure is now part of the patients' routine care and appears to be a solution to struggle against the functional skills decrease. Our team was able to demonstrate that beyond muscle mass, muscle strength and physical activity were essential determinants of morbidity and mortality of dialysis patients. The AIDER Santé medical team has set up an assessment of physical activities and muscle strength in the Montpellier and Nimes centers. In order to rehabilitate muscle strength and endurance, perdialytic exercise may be prescribed. Its effectiveness can be appreciated by measuring the SPPB score (Short Physical Performance Battery). Recent studies established that combined training including resistance and endurance exercises was the most effective to improve functional performance. In AIDER Santé dialysis centers, the two mainly used exercise approaches are distinguished by the time distribution of the two types of exercise: the first plans to practice both types of exercise at each session (continuous program), the second plans to alternate a week of resistance exercise with a week of endurance exercise (discontinuous program). It is established that the rehabilitation of the hemodialysis patient must include both resistance and endurance exercises, but the combination of these exercises during the same session is potentially at the origin of an interference phenomenon, limiting neuromuscular adaptations specific to each effort. Therefore, the main hypothesis of the project is that the temporal separation of resistance and endurance exercises in a discontinuous program could optimize the functional gains of combined rehabilitation and therefore be more effective than a continuous program generating a phenomenon of interference.

To understand the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the wellbeing, quality of life and physical activity of people with end-stage renal disease, currently dialysing in-centre versus at home in the UK and their experience of telemedicine.

Investigators are building an empirical evidence base for real world data through large-scale replication of randomized controlled trials. The investigators' goal is to understand for what types of clinical questions real world data analyses can be conducted with confidence and how to implement such studies.