Active clinical trials for "Kidney Diseases"

This study will be conducted to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ferric citrate in pediatric participants with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) associated with non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD).

Older patients ≥65 years with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face challenges in decision making about dialysis. These patients report little effort by physicians to elicit treatment preferences, discuss prognoses, or explain the burdens/benefits of dialysis options including conservative management. Older patients with CKD often prefer maintaining the quality of life over prolonging life, and many regret their decision to start dialysis: nearly one quarter withdraw from dialysis each year. Shared dialysis decision-making requires active engagement between nephrologists and patients to align patient, caregiver, and physician communication around common goals. The proposed study is a pilot randomized cluster trial of a dialysis shared decision-making (DIAL-SDM) intervention for nephrologists (n=20) and their patients ≥65 years old (n=60) with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of ≤ 20 ml/min/ /1.73 m2. Nephrologists in the Intervention Group will receive 3 communication training sessions, delivered by a standardized patient instructor (SPI) who enact clinical scenarios and offer feedback. In parallel, patients (and caregivers, if available) will receive 2 coaching sessions provided by health coaches, who will explore each patient's relevant contextual information (values, preferences, and goals), and help them identify and practice important questions for their nephrologist. Nephrologists in the Control Group will provide their patients with usual care. The study outcomes will be assessed during two nephrology office visits and at 6 months.

The propias, and more recently the update of the recommendations relating to the control of the spread of bacteria highly resistant to emerging antibiotics issued by the High Council of Public Health (December 2019), recommend the implementation of measures to maintain the rate of Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (EPC) such as Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) isolated from bacteremia in healthcare establishments in France at less than 1%, and that of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) belonging to Enterococci Resistant to Glycopeptides (ERG) such as Enterococcus faecium isolated from bacteremia in health establishments in France at less than 1% also. At the same time, the prevalence of colonized patients is increasing. One of the recommended measures concerns the fight against cross transmission. Due to the high technicality of the treatments, the risks of cross-transmission are very high and present at each stage of the dialysis procedure. Screening and isolation of patients colonized with emerging Highly Resistant Bacteria (BHRe) is essential to avoid their spread and the risk of infection with these germs. Screening is done using rectal swabs. If the patient is found to be a carrier of BHRe, he should be isolated. Isolation is made more difficult in the hemodialysis room due to their architectural configuration, the organization of care and the chronicity of the patients. Patients have a monthly sample. The isolation is allowed after obtaining six consecutive negative rectal swabs, the number of which has been arbitrarily defined. Indeed, the negativation of the samples does not confirm the disappearance of the carriage (that is to say the presence of BHRe), hence the need to repeat them. Persistence of colonization at a rate below the detection limit is possible. With for corollaries: Isolation which could be lifted more quickly in the event of real disappearance of the strain since the investigators know that a prolonged period of isolation can lead to a loss of opportunity for the patient and the investigators know its impact for the patient, on the operation of the service and its cost, with in particular the increase in withdrawals. Isolation lifted too early in the event of persistent carriage with risk of secondary transmission. The interest of this study is to determine the clearance of the carriage of BHRe, i.e. their disappearance, in the chronic dialysis patient and to define, secondly, the factors associated with the prolonged carriage corresponding to the presence of bacteria for more than 3 months. , and elements of answer concerning the early disappearance of the EPC in the event of co-colonization by ERG and EPC. The follow-up of this carriage for 1 year will make it possible to evaluate the relapse corresponding to the reappearance of the bacteria previously identified, the recolonization corresponding to the acquisition of a new BHR, or the reinfection corresponding to an infection with a new highly resistant bacterium.

In this study, in order to better understand the mechanism of troponin clearance and the reason for elevated troponin levels in patients with CKD, we aim to evaluate quantitatively the excretion of troponin in the urine in patients with and without CKD, and with and without myocardial injury. We will compare urinary troponin levels with blood troponin levels in these patients. In addition, we will compare the levels of hs-cTnT and hs-cTnI in the patients' sera and urine.

The goal of this project to better understand the immune-modulatory effects of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in neonatal and pediatric patients, particularly those receiving extracorporeal life support (ECLS). Little is known about the effects of CRRT in this particular population and improved knowledge will be useful clinically and may lead to novel therapeutic approaches and improved outcomes for these critically ill patients.

Despite decades of research, the pathogenesis of human diabetic kidney disease remains largely unclear. Our goal is to use archived human kidney biopsy tissue from patients with and with diabetic nephropathy to identify new molecules that drive and/or protect against disease progression. We will use RNA sequencing to identify transcriptomic changes that associate with histologic and functional outcomes.

Membranous nephropathy (MN) is the most frequent cause of nephrotic syndrome (NS) in adults. The majority of MN patients show detectable circulating antibodies against the M-type phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R). Infusion of anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies results in a profound depletion of B-cells, which are thought to be responsible for anti-PLA2R production. B-cell depletion is followed by NS remission in 70% of cases. Limited evidence highlighted that differences in the B- and T-cell compartments may exist between responders and non-responders. Owing to the non-homogenous efficacy of anti-CD20 treatment, investigators hypothesize that in MN patients who experience NS remission after B-cell depleting therapy, autoreactive B-cells may be mostly circulating, whereas in patients who do not respond to the same treatment, autoreactive B-cells may chiefly reside into secondary lymphoid organs - and thus be more resistant to the drug action. Researchers will therefore extensively analyze the circulating immune repertoire of MN patients before and after the infusion of B-cell lineage depleting agents, assessing the presence of circulating PLA2R autoreactive B cells from appropriately stratified responder and non-responder patients. Patients and healthy controls will be enrolled in this study. Patients will be stratified according to gender, anti-PLA2R status, type of B-cell lineage depleting agent received and response to treatment.

It is a randomized controlled trial in which 100 non diabetic chronic kidney disease (CKD) patient is being participated. Their estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) between 25-75 ml/min/1.73 m2. Participants will be randomized into two groups: Study group: includes 50 patients, they will receive Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) as add on drug, Dapagliflozin 10 mg will be used once daily with or without food. Control group: includes 50 patients, they will receive placebo their medication. The investigators will follow up all patients for 12 months and compare their results. This study aims to: Assess SGLT2i role in delaying the progression of ongoing chronic kidney disease. Study the impact of SGLT2i on bone and mineral metabolism in this patients' population.

This is a multicenter, non-randomized, open-label, parallel-controlled study. The main objective is to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of HRS-1780 in subjects with mild and moderate renal impairment versus healthy subjects, and to provide a basis for dose selection of HRS-1780 in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Researchers are looking for a better way to treat people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a progressive decrease in the kidneys' ability to work properly, and type 1 diabetes. In people with type 1 diabetes, the body does not make enough of a hormone called insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels that can cause damage to the kidneys. CKD often occurs together with or as a consequence of type 1 diabetes. The study treatment finerenone works by blocking certain proteins, called mineralocorticoid receptors. An increased stimulation of these proteins is thought to damage the kidneys and the heart. By lowering their stimulation, finerenone reduces the risk of kidney disease progressively getting worse. Finerenone is approved for doctors to prescribe to people with CKD and type 2 diabetes. In this study, researchers want to learn if finerenone works better than placebo in reducing the participants' kidney disease from getting worse when given in addition to standard of care (SOC) treatment. A placebo looks like a treatment but does not have any medicine in it. SOC is a procedure or treatment that medical experts consider most appropriate for a condition or disease. To find out how well finerenone works, the level of a protein (albumin) in the urine will be measured. Researchers also want to know how safe finerenone is. To do this, the researchers will collect the number of participants with: medical problems (also called treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)) serious TEAEs. An TEAE is considered 'serious' when it leads to death, puts the participant's life at risk, requires hospitalization, causes disability, causes a baby being born with medical problems, or is medically important higher than normal blood levels of potassium (hyperkalaemia). Depending on the treatment group, the participants will either take finerenone or placebo, Importantly, the participants will also continue to take their regular SOC medicines. The participants will be in the study for up to 7.5 months and will take the study treatments for 6 months. During the study, they will visit the study site at least 6 times. The study team will: collect blood and urine samples check the participants' vital signs such as blood pressure and heart rate do a physical examination including height and weight check the participants' heart health by using an electrocardiogram (ECG) do pregnancy tests in women of childbearing potential