Active clinical trials for "Renal Insufficiency, Chronic"

The ATIC study is a randomised, double- blind, placebo-controlled trial in which the effects of oxidative stress-lowering treatment on vascular function and structure are studied in patients with chronic non-diabetic renal failure who are free from manifest arterial occlusive disease. Participants in the trial were randomised to active treatment consisting of add-on therapy with pravastatin, vitamin E and homocysteine-lowering therapy, or to placebo. Subjects not using angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-inhibitors) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) at inclusion were put on ACE-inhibitors for at least two weeks before the baseline measurement and randomisation. Those who were on ARBs continued their ARBs. We excluded individuals with diabetes mellitus (ADA criteria), active vasculitis, nephrotic syndrome (>3gr/24hr urine protein), renal transplantation, fasting total cholesterol > 7 mmol/L, cholesterol-lowering therapy within three months prior to inclusion or known ischemic cardiac, cerebrovascular or peripheral arterial disease. Ninety-three patients (out of 118 eligible patients) took part in the study and written informed consent was obtained from all participants.

This is a prospective cohort study aimed to evaluate change of cardiovascular calcification after parathyroidectomy in patients with end-stage renal disease on dialysis compared with control group on conservative treatment.

A higher prevalence of thyroid disease has been associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and subclinical hypothyroidism seems to be the most common dysfunction. The aim is to evaluate thyroid function and autoimmunity in patients with CKD stages 3, 4 and 5. Cross-sectional study to be carried out on patients with stages 3 and 4 in a Nephrology outpatient clinic. Thyroid function is evaluated by measuring thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine, free triiodothyronine and antithyroperoxidase antibodies (TPOAb) levels.

This pilot study aims to develop a method for simultaneous whole-body calcium and phosphorus balance and full kinetic modeling of both ions in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Tenofovir alafenamide (TAF), a novel prodrug of tenofovir (TFV), has been approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. TAF has been shown to be a potent inhibitor of HBV replication at a low dose, with high intracellular concentration and more than 90% lower systemic TFV concentration than tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF). TAF has been approved in the clinical practice guidelines in the west. Since its availability in Asia in 2017, there have been evolving data concerning its positive impact on renal safety as shown in registration trials. The primary objective of this study is to compare the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in chronic hepatitis B patients on TAF versus ETV in a territory-wide cohort in Hong Kong.

Treatment protocol to see if people with hepatitis C (HCV) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are treated with Harvoni for 12 weeks have improvements in their kidney disease.

Most chronic kidney diseases have a progressive evolution characterized by the gradual loss of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), electrolytic imbalance, reduced erythropoietin synthesis and activation of vitamin D. On many occasions, the progressive deterioration of renal function occurs, even when the etiologic factors responsible for the kidney disease are treated and/or eliminated as a result of an auto-sustained mechanism of inflammation and fibrosis. Moreover, chronic nephropathies are often associated with high blood pressure and increased urine protein excretion, being both risk factors of progression toward kidney failure. Many clinical studies have shown the efficacy of antihypertensive therapies, particularly the blockade of renin-angiotensin system, to lower the abnormal urinary protein excretion. Moreover, control of blood pressure and proteinuria slow the rate of renal function decline and in some cases even lead to recovery of kidney function avoiding the need for renal replacement therapies. The set of measures to achieve these results encompasses the term of "renoprotective therapy". However these achievements have been obtained in the setting of clinical trials, and need confirmation in the daily clinical practice. To this purpose a standardized multidrug intervention model that aims at normalizing the excretion of urinary proteins and stabilizing the renal function has been developed for the outpatient-clinic and named "Remission Clinic". The applicability of this protocol is aimed for all nephrology and diabetology centers. Through the use of a dedicated database computer network, it will be possible to share clinical, laboratory and treatment data, recorded for each patient enrolled in the Remission Clinic program. With this system, it will be possible to verify if the multidrug approach of the Remission Clinic will allow to improve the clinical course of chronic proteinuric nephropathy. All participants (centers) may access to the Remission Clinic website developed, updated and maintained by the Department of Bioengineering of the Mario Negri Institute, Bergamo, Italy.

Aim of this study is to evaluate in a population of old osteoporotic chronic kidney disease females the effect of denosumab: on bone mineral density (femoral T-score) at 24 months on bone mineral density evolution (femoral T-score) after 24 months of follow-up on bone mineral density evolution (lumbar T-score) after 24 months of follow-up on coronary and abdominal aorta calcification scores evolution after 24 months of follow-up on parameters of bone remodelling (OPG, RANKL, sclerostin, DKK-1), of mineral and calcium metabolism (FGF23 Ct, Klotho, PTH, 25(OH) vitamin D3, phosphorus, calcium, bone alklaline phosphatase, osteocalcin, CTX), of inflammation (CRP) after 24 months of follow-up on cardiovascular morbidity (cardiovascular events) and mortality after 24 months of follow-up the tolerance after 24 months of follow-up

The purpose of this study is to estimate the differences between albuminuria values determined as Urine Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio (UACR)(log transformed) from baseline to last observation caused by paricalcitol between the group of control and group of treatment.

The Primary Objective of this study is to determine the initial starting doses of colestilan (MCI-196) in paediatric subjects with Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5 on Dialysis and with Hyperphosphataemia.