Active clinical trials for "Renal Insufficiency"

The purpose of this study is to validate in comparison to a reference method (inuline) two novel non-radioactive biomarkers for glomerular filtration rate (GFR) measurement in chronic-kidney disease (CKD) patients and in healthy volunteers: Calcium-EDTA and Gd-DOTA.

Thrice weekly hemodialysis has been the standard of care all-over the world for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT). Despite being in the era of precision medicine and individualized healthcare, this program doesn't take into account patients with residual kidney function (RKF) who don't require a thrice weekly hemodialysis frequency. Incremental hemodialysis (defined as twice weekly hemodialysis initiation in incident hemodialysis patients with residual kidney function) has been raised as an alternative to the conventional thrice weekly dialysis. Retrospective trials has proved safety of a twice weekly initiation with comparative efficacy to the thrice weekly program. Despite that, there is paucity of prospective observational and rarity of randomized controlled trials comparing both regimens. In this study, the investigators tend to provide a more individualized incremental hemodialysis approach to incident hemodialysis patients with residual urine volume and RKF. The investigators will compare the results to ESRD patients initiating a thrice weekly hemodialysis program.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of molidustat in peritoneal dialysis subjects with renal anemia

Conversion of renal transplant recipients from either tacrolimus or cyclosporin A to tacrolimus modified release to investigate the effects of the MDR1/CYP450 genotype on the trough blood levels of tacrolimus with modified galenic (tacrolimus MR4; Advagraf®).

This study aims to demonstrate the possible benefit of a treatment based on double diuretic in patients with chronic kidney disease and severely impaired glomerular filtration rate. This is based on previous observations where the investigators found that volume overload is a frequent condition within this population and is strongly linked to an increase in morbidity and mortality. The investigators consider that this therapy could be beneficial given that most of these patients are treated with loop diuretics, however, with the passage of time, adaptive changes in the distal nephron occur that promote a decrease in the treatment effect. In this sense, thiazide diuretics at appropriate doses could 'break' the resistance, since their mechanism of action antagonizes the resistance mechanism. Unfortunately, to this day, this treatment has not been fully evaluated. Particularly in this type of population. The investigators developed a study proposed as a double blind randomized clinical trial, where the population will be divided into two groups. A group will be given the standard treatment based on loop diuretic (bumetanide), while the other group will receive the intervention (bumetanide plus chlorthalidone). After a 30-day follow-up period, the results will be measured. With respect to the effectiveness of the treatment, the decrease in volume overload by bioimpedance will be measured. While the occurrence of adverse effects during the same monitoring period will be observed.

This feasibility study tests if patients find incremental HD acceptable, whether they tolerate the treatment as planned and to evaluate its safety. Over a period of 18-months, 20 participants will be recruited in to the study who are about to start HD therapy for ESRD. The participants will start HD incrementally (incremental HD group) reaching full dose HD over a period of approximately 15 weeks. The outcomes will be compared to a cohort of 40 matched patients who previously started HD in the conventional manner (historical controls, conventional HD group). All patients will be followed-up for 6 months after first dialysis. Participants will be reviewed regularly during this time, and will undergo laboratory and bed-site monitoring tests. Acceptability and tolerance will be tested by documenting the numbers and percentages of patients who agree to participate and continue in the study. Patients who decline the invitation to join the study will be given the opportunity to express their reasons for declining to go on incremental HD (they will not play further part in the study). The safety of incremental HD will be tested by comparing the rates of pre-defined safety events in the incremental HD vs. conventional HD groups. The impact of incremental HD on patients' residual renal function will be monitored using serial 24-hour urine collections, bio-impedance testing will be conducted to estimate changes in fluid load, measurements of quality-of-life will be undertaken by using patient KDQOL-SF v1.3 questionnaires. These tests will be repeated at regular intervals. Blood tests for estimation of residual renal function and markers of renal anemia, bone disease and cardiac load will be performed at regular intervals and will be compared between the two groups (incremental HD vs. conventional HD groups). These measurements will help in the evaluation of impact of incremental HD on patients' health and well-being. The completion rates of these tests will provide important information about whether they should be included in a future larger trial of incremental HD. Participants undergoing incremental HD will be invited to take part in semi-structured interviews aimed at exploring patients' experiences of receiving incremental HD and their participation in the study. Data from this study will be used to test if it is feasible to use deaths (or a combination of deaths and cardiovascular events) as the main outcome measure in a future definitive trial on incremental HD. The data should enable a sample-size calculation for a future full-scale trial.

This study is being conducted in healthy subjects and in subjects with a mild or moderate decrease in GFR (subjects with renal impairment).

Pre-market, single-arm, prospective, open-label, multi-center clinical trial aimed at assessing the safety and the performance of the Medyria TrackCath system in patients undergoing endovascular intervention.

A study to look at the effect MEDI0382 has on blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes and kidney problems and also to check that MEDI0382 is well tolerated.

The epoetin is a glycoprotein and endogenous hormone, which is primarily synthesized by specific epithelial cells lining the kidney peritubular capillaries, and regulates continuous formation of red blood cells. This is a pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics study, in which each subject will receive the investigational product in different periods, as randomisation (Teste or Comparator). The evaluation of the profile included serum dosage of medications and reticulocyte count in peripheral blood.