Active clinical trials for "Kidney Diseases"

In this pilot clinical trial, the investigators will recruit and randomize 120 patients with diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease (CKD/DM) stages 3 to 5 to a patient-centered and flexible Plant-Focused Nutrition in Diabetes (PLAFOND) diet with >2/3 plant-based sources, which will be compared with a standard-of-care CKD diet, which is usually a low-potassium and low-salt diet, over a 6-month period. Through this study, the investigators will determine whether the plant-focused diet intervention is feasible for patient adherence, whether this diet is safe by avoiding malnutrition, frailty, and high potassium or glucose blood levels, and whether patient reported outcomes are favorably impacted.

IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common form of primary glomerulonephritis and one of the leading causes of end-stage renal disease in China. The clinical manifestations of IgAN varies widely among individuals, and renal pathology is crucial for determining the severity of renal damage and predicting the renal progression. However, the association between renal pathology and patient response to medication has not been reported, and the majority of earlier RCT studies have not taken renal pathology into consideration when enrolling patients. The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Glomerular Diseases Work Group, one of the most prestigious kidney disease organizations in the world, claims that there is not enough evidence to support the use of Oxford Classification to decide whether to administer immunosuppressive therapy to patients with IgAN.Therefore, the goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between Oxford Classification and clinical remission rates following initial teatments in patients with IgAN, with the aim of providing a basis for individualized clinical treatment plans. This study was a single-center prospective cohort study, and patients who were hospitalized in Shenzhen Second People's Hospital from January 2011 to January 2021 and diagnosed as IgAN by renal biopsy were collected continuously and followed up until December 2022. Cox regression models were used to analyze the effect of different Oxford Classifications on the clinical remission rates of patients at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months of treatments, and the relationship between Oxford Classification and secondary outcome indicators such as long-term renal function and urinary protein changes were analyzed using generalized additive mixed models.

The goal of this clinical investigation is to asses the safety and efficacy a new sorbent-based hemodialysis device, NeoKidney® in ESRD patients treated with short daily hemodialysis. Participants (stable SDHD patients) will undergo hemodialysis treatement on the NeoKidney® device at the hospital on a progressive exposition to the device: The first week, patient will be treated once with NeoKidney® on Wednesday The 2nd week the patient will be treated two consecutive days with NeoKidney® (in the middle of the week) On the 3rd week, after approval by the DSMB, the patients will be treated 6 consecutive days, in hospital, with the NeoKidney All the other sessions will be performed with the patient's usual SDHD device at home except for two sessions prior to NeoKidney® sessions at Week 1 and 2.

Patients with chronic kidney disease stage five have a high symptom burden regardless of whether they are treated with dialysis or without dialysis, a conservative kidney management pathway (CKM). Previously, there has not been a validated tool in Danish to collect information about symptoms. The Integrated Palliative Outcome Scale Renal (IPOS-Renal) has now been validated and translated into Danish. IPOS-Renal aims to identify symptoms among patients with chronic kidney disease stage five. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether there is a correlation between treatment - dialysis (haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis) or CKM for patients >75 years of age with chronic kidney disease stage V and their symptom burden measured with IPOS-Renal. In addition, it is investigated whether there is a correlation between treatment - dialysis or CKM for patients >75 years of age with chronic kidney disease stage V and their mortality. The study will be conducted as an observational prospective cohort study over a two-year period, and based on a power calculation, it is expected to include 341 patients with data originating from 11 hospitals in Denmark. Comparison of change in symptom burden over time measured by IPOS-Renal for the two forms of treatment will be examined as continuous data, and then the t-test or Mann-Whitney test will be used. A cox proportional hazard regression analysis will be used to examine mortality for patients in dialysis treatment and patients on CKM pathway.

Background: Scientists have long used simple measures (such as height and weight) to estimate how much a person s body uses food (calories) as energy, as commonly called the metabolic rate. But metabolism varies among people with similar body sizes. Scientists now believe the old formulas for estimating metabolic rates may not work well for all people. Researchers want to find more accurate ways to measure a person s metabolism. Objective: This natural history study will examine the relationships between metabolism, body composition, and body surface area in a wide range of people. Eligibility: Healthy children and adults aged 2 years or older. Also, people aged 2 years or older with conditions that may alter metabolism. These may include diabetes, obesity, renal disease, or cancer. Design: Participants will spend 2 days and 1 night in the hospital. They will provide a medical history and answer questions about their activity levels, the foods they eat, and their lifestyle. They will also eat a special diet. Participants will undergo many tests: They will lie in a bed with a clear hood covering their head for 30 to 45 minutes to measure the gases in their breath. They will lie on a padded table for about 15 minutes while their body is scanned. They will stand on a platform while a 3D scanner measures their body. They will have a test to measure how fast an electric signal moves through their body. They will grip an instrument to measure the strength of their hands. They will drink salty water and provide blood and urine samples. Participants may be invited to return for these 2-day visits up to 8 times per year. Return visits must be at least 2 weeks apart.

Patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis (HD) are burdened with extremely high mortality rates (15% per year) and during the early stage (≤120days) the mortality rate is even higher (27% per year). Cardiovascular complications and bloodstream infections (BSIs) account for the vast majority of deaths in HD patients. In Denmark, BSIs occur in 14% of HD patients per year and is most frequently caused by Staphylococcus aureus (44%). The most frequent infectious complication is endocarditis that has fatal outcomes in ≈50% of the cases. Overall, 10% of HD patients die within 30 days after a positive blood culture for S. aureus. This project aims to answer key questions regarding HD patients' decreased ability to fight S. aureus BSIs and in particular the potential exacerbating effect of HD. We hypothesize that HD patients' blood is significantly compromised by the process of HD, to an extend that lowers immunoactivity against S. aureus. Moreover, we hypothesize, that contact activation promotes the coagulability of blood thus promoting biofilm formation by S. aureus which increases the overall risk of BSI. We will test these hypotheses by collecting blood and analyzing the inflammation and coagulation status in plasma samples from participants before and after HD. We will compare the level of the inflammatory markers in plasma from participants undergoing HD (n=180) to the level in plasma samples from three control groups: healthy volunteers (n=120), participants with renal disease not in dialysis (n=60) and participants undergoing peritoneal dialysis (n=40).

Objective: To establish a study cohort and follow up of patients with CKD in our hospital, and evaluate the status of integrated CKD diagnosis and treatment according to guidelines in the real world, as well as the clinical prognosis of patients with different stratification. Methods: By establishing a cohort of 1000 patients with CKD and conducting long-term follow-up, integrated diagnosis and treatment for CKD was performed, namely: Regular monitoring, control of blood pressure, blood glucose, blood lipid, correction of anemia, minerals - bone metabolic abnormalities, malnutrition, acid and alkali, and electrolyte disorder, diet and exercise, such as the guidance of integrated management, non intrusive, observational studies, prospective cohort were analyzed retrospectively, describe the implementation of the integration of diagnosis and treatment, chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stratified analysis and risk factor analysis were performed for cardiovascular disease and other main endpoint events, so as to objectively reflect the status of integrated treatment of CKD and provide data support for continuous quality improvement of CKD diagnosis and treatment and improvement of clinical prognosis of patients.

This is an investigator-led, randomized, open-label, blinded-endpoint, multicenter study that will include a total of approximately 225 subjects from 3 sites. Subjects with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 10 to 30 mL/min/1.73m2 will be included. The goal of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin (Forxiga®, AstraZeneca) in reducing renal function progression and complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with CKD stage 4 and 5 under the integrated CKD care. Subjects will be allocated to integrated CKD care program + dapagliflozin or integrated CKD care program alone. The primary end point is eGFR decline 12-52 weeks after randomization between 2 arms.

The purpose of this study is to assess homocysteine metabolism and systemic endothelial function at the early stages of the disease and determine the prognostic value of homocysteine, related metabolites, and markers of endothelial function and injury to estimate renal disease severity and progression in patients with early Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD).

Micro and nanoplastics (MNPLs) effects on human heath is still preliminary. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) participants, specially does patients submitted to hemodialysis, is a population high exposed to plastics. The objective of our research is to be able to detect MNPLs on biological fluids of hemodialysis patients as well as their potential genotoxic and immunological damage.