Active clinical trials for "Kidney Diseases"

This study will investigate the function of the immune system in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared to people with normal kidneys. The investigators will use standard vaccines - the seasonal flu vaccine and pneumococcal polysaccharide (Pneumovax) vaccine - to examine how the immune system responds to challenge. All subjects will receive these recommended vaccines as part of routine care. Blood and urine samples will be collected and tested at different time points to look at how the immune response develops to these vaccines and if there are any differences between people with CKD and those without. This will help us understand how CKD affects the function of the immune system.

The purpose of this study is to develop recommendations to assist in improving the current peritoneal dialysis (PD) program in a Hospital in Chinandega, Nicaragua. This project will consist of a needs assessment, a review of aggregate quantitative patient data from hospital records, and a knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) assessment for medical providers, laboratory technicians, patients and primary caregivers. The final report will be used to obtain funding for the implementation of the recommendations.

The purpose of this study is to analysis the different genotype in the idiopathic membranous nephropathy patients which with different therapeutic outcomes after treated by the Comprehensive Treatment Regimen or immunosuppressive agents, and so as to looking for ideal markers to assess appropriate treatment approach and the long-term efficacy.

In patients with Fabry disease, this research study explores the presence of podocytes in their urine as a potential non-invasive biomarker for baseline kidney disease; and explores changes in the quantity of podocytes in their urine over time as a predictor for kidney disease progression. To accomplish this, the investigators will evaluate the quantification of podocytes in the urine of Fabry disease patients at baseline and longitudinally over time. This study requires a single patient visit, during which the patient provides a urine specimen. The research team will then collect the patient's kidney function data proximate to the time of urine collection, and follow the patient's kidney function data longitudinally over the five years of this study by reviewing their medical charts. The study offers no interventions.

Currently there is no standard way to detect age-related skeletal muscle loss in patients with chronic kidney disease. Investigators are working on finding rapid and inexpensive ways to measure muscle size and fat within the muscle.

End stage renal disease (ESRD) is the last stage (stage 5) of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Abnormalities of cognitive function and high levels of depression or anxiety incidence are characteristic of hemodialysis patients. In this research project, the investigators subject in ESRD patients starting hemodialysis as the carrier. Based on the longitudinal research design, using multimodal neuroimaging data，combining with the interact relationship between changes of brain morphology, the dysfunction of resting-state and-task state with cognitive impairment and abnormal emotions.Establish brain structure-function change model associated with dialysis progression, Explore imaging markers of central and disease development characteristics in ESRD patients. the investigators attempt to clarify the core mechanism of kidney-brain axis damage, thus provide evidence for early cognitive-behavioral therapy to CKD patient.

all patient presented with ST elevated myocardial infarction and underwent PPCI will be calculated with CHA2DS2-VASC score and contrast volume / creatinine clearance as apredictive value for Contrast induced nephropathy and the predictive value of these scores will be compared with the approved predictive value of MEHRAN score which is also will be calculated to every patient .

The present study investigates relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its risk factors, such as genetic background and diseases, such as chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus.

Primitive kidney disease IgA, represented by Berger's disease and rheumatoid purpura nephropathy, are the first cause of kidney failure from chronic glomerulonephritis: changes in 20 years to end-stage renal failure is described in 10 to 30 % of cases in Berger's disease and in 15 to 20% of cases in nephropathy HSP. These two pathological entities share biological and histological characteristics, as well as common pathophysiological mechanisms, particularly the production of abnormally glycosylated IgA1 promoting their proliferation in the mesangium. Tonsils part of Iga abnormal production sites that would be associated with an infectious stimulus, tonsillectomy has been studied as a possible treatment in primitive IgA nephropathy. The benefit of tonsillectomy is controversial: many Japanese studies demonstrate its effectiveness in terms of reduction of proteinuria, improved renal function in the long term regression of histological lesions and reduced risk of relapse following clinical remission whereas European studies do not suggest its effectiveness in treating IgA nephropathy. In this context, the aim of our study is to describe the scope of practice of tonsillectomy in the treatment of primary renal disease in IgA child in the inter East region and describe the short renal become Strasbourg end of the cohort that received this treatment.

Based on the available literatures, previous studies have investigated the impact of CKD and dialysis on patient's health among adult and elderly population. As far as we know, this is the first empirical study that investigates the impact of CKD on children functional capacity and their families QOL.