Active clinical trials for "Renal Insufficiency"

Uremic pruritus is a clinically significant symptom which imposes heavy impact on the quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis. In order to investigate the clinical efficacy and mechanism, the investigators designed a multiple centers, randomized, assessor- and participant-blind, controlled, cross-over clinical trial. This trial will be conducted at Taichung branch, Feng-yuan branch and the Eastern branch of CMUH.

Central venous catheters (CVCs) are used for vascular access by approximately 56% of our 380 hemodialysis (HD) patients at the Capital Health Renal Program. The major complication of these catheters includes thrombosis and infection. Catheter locking solutions such as recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA), Alteplase (Cathflo®) are used to treat and prevent clotting of the catheter during HD treatments and during the interdialytic period. Evidence to guide the use of rt-PA is limited. This quality assurance project will compare the effectiveness and cost of an intensive versus a standard catheter dysfunction protocol for rt-PA in HD patients.

Primary nephrotic syndrome(PNS) is a group of clinical symptoms caused by a variety of factors, including immune,environmental, genetic, et al. Oral corticosteroids have been to be the preferred drug for the treatment of PNS, but the long-term use of glucocorticoid therapy in clinic often induces some problems such as hormone dependent and hormone resistance, as well as severe side effects which act as a threat to the patients' health. Besides, patients with proteinuria long-term not control often behave faster progression into chronic renal failure, leading to poor prognosis. In renal diseases, Rituximab ( RTX) is often used in the treatment of refractory nephropathy, such as hormone dependent nephrotic syndrome, hormone resistance nephrotic syndrome, frequency recurrence nephrotic syndrome, which shows exciting effects in delaying the development of the disease.At present, mesenchymal stem cells ( MSCs) has been used as a research hotspot to repair the tissue damage of chronic kidney disease, and it also behaves certain effects. The purpose of this study is to seek a more targeted treatment, more precise curative effect and more feasibility treatment for PNS(CKD3-4),so as to delay or reverse the disease and improve the quality of life of patients with CKD.

To evaluate the effect on phosphatemia in hemodialysis patients of replacing the meat or fish included in two meals a week with an amount of egg white containing the same quantity of proteins.

This research study is studying a possible therapy as a possible treatment for the consequences of Multiple Myeloma with renal insufficiency.

The timing for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation and its effect on target organs in patients with chronic renal failure will be investigated by multicenter prospective cohort. Lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) patients (eGFR<10ml/min 1.73m2 for patients without diabetic kidney disease, and eGFR<15ml/min 1.73m2 for diabetic kidney disease) and higher eGFR patients (eGFR 10-15ml/min 1.73m2 for patients without diabetic kidney disease, and eGFR 15-20ml/min 1.73m2 for diabetic kidney disease) will be proposed to undertake AVF creation. Maturation rate and time of AVF will be followed up in 3 months; primary and secondary patency rate of AVF, AVF construction on cardiac structure, function, encephalopathy, cerebral vascular lesions and cognitive function will be followed up in the next 2 years. This multicenter will provide evidence to develop guideline of timing for AVF creation

The purpose of this study is to establish whether a short treatment with the synbiotic combination Probinul neutro® may decrease the plasma concentration of the uremic toxin p-cresol in patients bearing a kidney allograft. The effect of this treatment on plasma levels of immunosuppressant drugs will be evaluated as well.

This is a randomized, controlled multicenter clinical trial. The purpose of this study is to compare the continuous infusion of vancomycin with intermittent infusion regarding the effectiveness to reach the target serum level and the relationship between infusion type and nephrotoxicity in critically ill patients.

A phase 2, randomized, open label, active comparator parallel controlled study to explore the dosage regiment of rESP, and evaluate its efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetic characteristics in the treatment of anemia in chronic renal failure patients with hemodialysis

Kidney failure can result from inflammatory renal disease in the context of autoimmunity because the kidney is targeted by host's immune response against self. There are many causes to this, but abnormal kidney function tests, i.e., BUN and creatinine, can reveal the disease. Oral delivery of kidney cells is ought to produce the immune tolerance - phenomenon is known as oral tolerance. Preliminary studies produced convincing evidence that this hypothesis holds true and has not produced any adverse side effects. Intended open label Phase II aims to confirm these findings.