Active clinical trials for "Kidney Failure, Chronic"

The goal of this study is to evaluate the role of nutritional Vitamin D deficiency as a potential contributor to the morbidity witnessed in patients with end-stage renal disease

This study is to evaluates the safety and tolerability of Zerenex™ (ferric citrate) as a treatment for hyperphosphatemia in patients with End-Stage Renal Disease.

A major challenge of peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy is the development of glucose-sparing strategies able to provide an efficacious ultrafiltration (UF) profile. Study hypothesis is to evaluate the possibility to formulate PD solutions containing L-carnitine as an osmotic agent to partially replace glucose.

This study aims to investigate the effects of high flux dialyser use and ultra pure dialysate utilization on cardiovascular disease by evaluating cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, progression of carotid artery intima-media thickness and coronary artery calcifications, inflammatory state, lipid levels, nutritional status, and erythropoietin requirement in hemodialysis patient population. It is hypothesized that both interventions in this project may diminish cardiovascular disease in hemodialysis patients.

This pilot study will compare the effects of sodium ferric gluconate complex and iron sucrose on urine concentrations of various chemicals including protein

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of peginesatide in the maintenance treatment of anemia in participants on dialysis.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of recipient vein pretreatment of edifoligide (E2F Decoy), compared to placebo, on graft/recipient vein stenosis in polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) vascular access grafts placed for hemodialysis at 6 months after enrollment.

Patients will be treated with hemodiafiltration (HDF) in postdilution mode, as a control therapy, during 9 weeks. During week 5 the 1st intervention treatment, predilution hemofiltration (HF) or predilution HDF, will be performed as a midweek session. After 4 additional weeks of control therapy the other intervention treatment will be performed. Samples will be taken during week 4, 5 and 9: from inlet blood flow (0, 30, 60, 120 and 240 min), from outlet blood flow and dialysate outflow (30, 60, 120 and 240 min).

The purpose of this study is to identify subjects who are highly sensitized with antibodies. It is difficult for these patients to find suitable kidneys. We propose to treat such patients to decrease the antibodies in such a way, that it may become possible to safely transplant kidneys into them.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a combined bone marrow and kidney transplant will be effective in treating stage II or greater multiple myeloma and associated kidney failure. This study will determine whether transplant rejection and the need for immunosuppressive drugs are decreased with this combined transplant approach.