Active clinical trials for "Proteinuria"

The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that isosorbide mononitrate prevents deterioration of renal function in patients receiving anti-angiogenic therapies that target vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).

The investigators propose to study novel targets of rituximab in podocytes, with a particular focus on recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). The proposed study has strong clinical implications, since it may extend the approved indications for rituximab treatment to recurrent FSGS as well as to other proteinuric diseases. Furthermore, it will offer new insights into the role of sphyngomyelin related enzymes in podocyte function in health and disease, thus allowing the identification of novel targets for antiproteinuric drug development. Finally, the proposed study offers the opportunity to identify a correlation between the patient's specific clinical outcome and the experimental results obtained after exposing podocytes to patient sera in the presence or absence of rituximab. Therefore, it may lead to the development of an assay for the pre-transplant identification of patients at high-risk for recurrent disease and, among them, may allow the identification of those patients that will respond to rituximab.

The goal of this study is to evaluate the benefit of ACTH (Acthar) in reducing proteinuria associated with transplant glomerulopathy in non-diabetic kidney transplant recipients.

The investigators hypothesize that using Losartan would help decrease proteinuria in pediatric chronic kidney disease with tubular proteinuria.

The purpose of the study is to investigate the antiproteinuric effect of Dapagliflozin in children with proteinuria.

This is a single-arm, multicenter, open-label Phase II, proof-of-mechanism study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of losmapimod in approximately 21 subjects with primary (idiopathic) focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and substantive proteinuria as indicated by a Urinary protein/creatinine Up/c ratio >=2 gram/gram (g/g) or 24 hr urine protein >=2 g/day. Losmapimod will be orally administered twice daily over a 24-week treatment phase followed by a 12-week follow-up for safety and relapse assessments.

The DERENEDIAB study is a proof-of-concept, multi-center, prospective, open, randomized, controlled study of the effectiveness of renal denervation in addition to standardized medical treatment compared to medical treatment alone in diabetic subjects with diabetic nephropathy and resistant proteinuria. Bilateral renal denervation will be performed using the Symplicity Catheter - a percutaneous system that delivers radiofrequency (RF) energy through the luminal surface of the renal artery.

Proteinuria is the predominant risk factor for renal disease progression in Fabry disease (FD). When urine protein excretion is controlled to <0.50 g/24 hr, the rate loss of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is not significantly different from 0. However, enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) alone does not decrease proteinuria and it has been recommended that patients receiving ERT also receive anti Renin-Angiotensin-System (RAS) therapy. Emerging evidences show that paricalcitol (PCT) reduces proteinuria in presence of intensified inhibition of RAS; however, there is no evidence in FD. The aim of this study is to evaluate the antiproteinuric effect of PCT in FD patients with proteinuria >0.50 g/24 hr persisting despite the ERT and anti-RAS therapy titrated to maximum tolerated dosage.

The study is done to find out whether the combined use of the nutritional supplements N-acetylcysteine and Siliphos (milk thistle extract) corrects the shedding of urine protein and oxidative damage (damage to cells and organs often compared to fast aging) in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and diabetic kidney disease.

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of prednisone and tripterygium wilfordii in treated Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).