Active clinical trials for "Renal Insufficiency"

This will be a pilot, single center, randomized, controlled trial to slow cognitive decline in adults undergoing hemodialysis (HD). The investigators will test two interventions (cognitive training and exercise training) against the standard of care.

The purpose of this study is to compare the incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) following the administration of iopamidol-370 (Iopamiro-370) and iodixanol-320 (Visipaque 320) in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus undergoing cardiac angiography.

Complications after lung transplantation are almost ubiquitous, among which postoperative acute renal failure may represent more than 50% of lung transplant patients and require extrarenal purification in 5 to 13% of cases. Multiple factors are associated with postoperative acute renal failure. These factors can be classified into preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative factors. While some postoperative complications are explained by donor and recipient factors, the literature suggests that certain intraoperative events represent modifiable or avoidable risk factors that could be targeted by therapeutic interventions to reduce the risk of postoperative acute renal failure. Some of these factors (intraoperative hemodynamic instability, significant bleeding or hypoxemia) can generate renal hypoxic aggression, alone or in combination. However, to date, there is no validated tool available at the patient's bedside during surgery to detect renal hypoxia or guide interventions to restore renal perfusion during surgery. Yet, as recent recommendations suggest, intraoperative renal protection is an important axis for improving the outcome of lung transplant patients, to the extent that the recommendations of Marczin et al. recommend the establishment of a renal prevention protocol for each patient. Without a tool to guide this plan intraoperatively, anesthesia teams can't establish a renal prevention protocol. This research aims to establish whether renal NIRS is a reliable tool for monitoring intraoperative renal hypoxic aggression predictive of postoperative renal failure. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is an optical technology that allows non-invasive measurement of tissue oxygen saturation. This technique is commonly used for intraoperative monitoring of cerebral perfusion in adults and children. Some studies have shown that regional renal oxygen saturation (renal rSO2) measured by NIRS during aortic-coronary bypass surgery under extracorporeal circulation (ECC) is correlated with renal venous oxygen saturation measured by catheterization. It is also associated with the risk of postoperative acute renal failure in patients undergoing cardiac surgery under ECC. However, there are no equivalent data in lung transplant patients, who frequently present with postoperative acute renal failure. In the available literature, no clear threshold of renal desaturation has been established. Because it is assumed that the depth of renal desaturation can be particularly deleterious, in addition to desaturation time, the investigator have chosen to retain in this project the integral of time and magnitude spent under a renal desaturation threshold, aggregated into a renal hypoxia index, during the intraoperative period. The primary objective of this research is to demonstrate the usefulness of measuring the intraoperative renal hypoxia index in predicting the risk of early postoperative acute renal failure

The goal of this clinical trial is to understand if and how an animal-assisted intervention [AAI] using therapy dogs can support hemodialysis [HD] patients' treatment adherence and enhance their well-being. The main objectives are: Objective 1: Determine if the AAI impacts patients' HD treatment adherence (primary outcome is number of unplanned missed treatments no due to hospitalization). Objective 2: Evaluate if the AAI impacts patients' psychosocial well-being (secondary outcomes are stress, pain, mood, QOL). Objective 3: Examine potential mechanistic biomarkers that underpin human-animal bonding (hormones tied to stress and bonding). (exploratory aim) Objective 4: Understand patients' subjective experiences of the AAI. Participants will be asked to engage in several research tasks, including: assessments therapy dog visits monthly blood draws focus group Researchers will compare how the treatment group (those who receive 2 dogs visits per week) and the control group (those who receive 0 dog visits per week) to see if the AAI impacts treatment adherence and psychosocial well-being.

The general objective of this open, pilot study is to characterize biological parameters related to acute kidney injury among patients undergoing a programmed coronarography with injection of contrast material. The study focuses on two main factors that may influence acute kidney injury: (1) sodium chloride hydration strategy versus sodium bicarbonate hydration strategy and (2) presence of oral L-carnitine treatment versus absence of oral L-carnitine treatment. We will also test for a potential interaction between these two factors.

Researchers are trying to determine which dialysis solution, low bicarbonate fluid (22 mmol/L) or high bicarbonate fluid (32 mmol/L), is better in subjects with acute kidney injury (acute kidney failure) and metabolic acidosis that are admitted to the intensive care unit and require continuous renal replacement therapy (also known as continuous dialysis).

The trial is a multicenter, prospective, randomized, open study. A total of 500 elderly patients aged over 75 years with renal insufficiency stage 5 will be included in the study after signed informed consent. Patients will be randomized 1/1 in two arms : 250 patients in the "exclusive nephrology follow-up" arm will continue their usual follow-up; 250 patients in the "geriatric follow-up" arm will have both their usual nephrology follow-up and a geriatric follow-up. The aim of the study is to determine if a systematized gerontologist evaluation delay the occurrence of a composite primary endpoint : death, dementia, depression and severe dependency. The hypothesis is that the functional and vital prognosis of a patient with renal insufficiency depends not only on common and classical factors but also on cognitive and psychological functions and dependence, particularly in elderly patients.

The kidneys are highly vascular organs and any trauma or surgery poses risk of severe bleeding. Platelet function is an integral part of the blood clotting during the initial, so-called vascular phase. So far no universally accepted, easy test has been available to measure platelet functions. Renal failure is a condition generally associated with bleeding due to platelet dysfunctions. This study is exploring the utility of a novel platelet function test, called Platelet Function Analyser-100 to predict bleed after percutaneous kidney biopsy. Platelet Function Analyser-100 will be measure before kidney biopsy along with routine blood tests. Subjects will undergo renal ultrasound before and after renal biopsy to verify post-biopsy bleeding events.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the renal perfusion depending on the MAP.

Early detection of renal impairment in patients with Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its correlation with serum Adiponectin level.