Active clinical trials for "Acute Kidney Injury"

The purpose of the present study is to determine if remote ischemic preconditioning reduces incidence of acute kidney injury in patients with reduced kidney function undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Study of the kinetics of uremic toxins in the ICU patients with acute renal failure, in order to optimize the dialysis dose: patients with lactate acidosis. The sampling of blood and dialysate will be done during dialysis with different durations (4, 6 and 8 h)

The goal of the present study is the comparison of different dialysis strategies in critically ill patients with acute renal failure on the intensive care unit. Patients are treated with either continuous dialysis or hemofiltration. Outcome measures are death, restitution of renal function, days on ICU, hemodynamic stability, dialysis efficiency.

The researchers investigated the influence of a prostacyclin analogue (PGIA) versus unfractionated heparin (UFH) on ex vivo platelet function, during continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration.

The primary objective of this study is to compare the efficacity of hemodiafiltration and hemofiltration for decreasing plasma urea at 12h among intensive care patients. Secondary objectives include comparing urea clearance, filter duration, and %down-time, between the two techniques.

This study evaluates if trainees can accurately rule out dilation of the renal collecting system on ultrasound (hydronephrosis) using hand-carried ultrasound (HCU). Trainees will undergo a short ultrasound training program. Patients will be adults that are hospitalized and have acute or subacute kidney dysfunction. The investigators will assess sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of HCU compared to radiology performed ultrasound, and calculate potential cost savings to the patient and to the healthcare system.

AKI is a rapid and usually reversible impairment of kidney function that is life-threatening in the short term well described by the "Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes - KDIGO" classification of 2012. Whatever etiology of acute renal failure, drug iatrogeny still has its place. Hospital data from the information systems medicalization program (PMSI) can be used for epidemiological research. No study has yet been performed on these data to assess drug-related AKI. However, it should be remembered that these databases were not originally designed for research purposes but for reimbursement of care. Therefore, before conducting a large-scale study, it remains important to determine the validity and representativeness of the codes used for coding the studied events. The objective of this project is therefore to validate the use of hospital coding to identify AKI.

This is a multi-center sample analysis study in which urine samples previously collected from persons with Stage 2 or Stage 3 Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), will be tested in order to validate the VIDAS® NEPHROCLEAR™ CCL14 Test

Long-term graft failure rates continue to be unacceptably high despite the development of immunosuppressive drugs, underscoring the unmet need for robust prognostic biomarkers of allograft injury and failure. While rates of acute rejection (AR) continue to decrease, it remains the strongest predictor of long-term allograft survival, and so having a better understanding of factors predicting AR may contribute to more individualized patient care. Selecting optimum immunosuppressive dosage is another factor in personalizing kidney care. This project will study two areas of individualized kidney care: 1) assessing rejection by surveillance testing utilizing AlloSure, 2) developing an algorithm to select optimum immunosuppressive medication dosage.

This research project is a prospective study to compare mortality between early renal replacement therapy (RRT) and late renal replacement therapy by using plasma neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (pNGAL) as a tool in decision- making.