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Participants with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at a higher risk of developing atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease (PAD). Retention of uremic toxins such as indoxyl sulfate (IS), p-cresyl sulfate (PCS) and trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) during CKD is detrimental to endothelial and vascular function and can predispose to the development and progression of PAD. Many of the uremic toxins originate from gut microbial metabolism. Removal of these uremic toxins by carbonaceous oral adsorbent is beneficial, slowing down the deterioration of renal function and delaying the need for dialysis in CKD patients. However, if carbonaceous oral adsorbent could also improve vascular function and clinical outcomes in CKD patients with established PAD, remains unknown. In this proposal, the investigators aim to determine the therapeutic impact of a carbonaceous oral adsorbent made of activated bamboo charcoal (ABC) with/without probiotics on the endothelial/vascular function, CV outcome and mortality in CKD patients with PAD. In addition, the investigators hypothesize that circulating long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) expression profiles and metabolome may serve as a sensitive and reliable biomarker to predict the adverse CV outcomes and death in CKD patients with established PAD. In addition, it is hypothesized that circulating lncRNAs and linked to adverse CV outcomes in CKD patients with PAD are associated with dysbiosis of gut microbiota. The investigators also hypothesize that the administration of ABC could normalize the dysbiosis of gut microbiota, dysregulated circulating lncRNAs and metabolome that are linked to adverse CV/limb outcomes in CKD patients with PAD. This will be a prospective, randomized, open-labeled, blinded end-point trial for 6 months, followed by integrated assessment of endothelial/vascular function, changes in conventional athero- and inflammation-relevant biomarkers, circulating long noncoding RNAs, metabolome, and gut microbiota at baseline, ends of the 3rd and 6th month, as well as clinical CV, renal and limb outcomes up to 3 years.


Clinical Trial Description

This is a prospective, randomized, open-labeled, blinded end-point (so called PROBE) trial for 6 months. All patients presented to the clinics of participating sites with advanced CKD with eGFR 15 < eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73m2 and symptomatic PAD will be screened for eligibility. The other healthy adults will be enrolled as control. Participants who fulfill the inclusion/exclusion criteria will be invited to participate in the current study. After the participants provides the written informed consents, detailed demographic data including genders, ages, body weights, body heights, smoking status (never, past, or active), the baseline creatinine (the nadir value in the past three months) and its corresponding eGFR and CKD stages, degrees of albuminuria (Urine albumin creatinine ratio, UACR), NYHA functional class, presence of atrial fibrillation, prior cardiovascular disease (CVD, including myocardial infarct, peripheral arterial occlusive diseases), presence of diabetes mellitus (DM), or hypertension. Detailed medication list will also be obtained, with the focus on angiotensin receptor blocker or angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, statins, and beta-blockers. The etiology of kidney injury will be non-mutual-exclusively categorized as: 1. Hypertensive kidney disease, participants who received any kind of anti-hypertensive drugs. 2. Diabetic kidney disease, patients who received any kind of anti-diabetics drugs. 3. Glomerulonephritis, patients who have proteinuria more than 0.5mg/dL and kidney biopsy approved Glomerulonephritis. Eligible 120 participants (group I) with eGFR 15 < eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73m2 and symptomatic PAD will be randomized into ABC-treatment (A) or no-treatment (B)participants with a 1:1 ratio. The other 60 eligible controls (eGFR > 60 ml/min/1.73m2 and no PAD, group II) will be also randomized into ABC-treatment (A) or no-treatment (B) with a 1:1 ratio. The participants will receive CharXenPlus 4g (with ABC 2g) thrice daily for 6 months in subgroups IA and IIA, while the participants in subgroups IB and IIB will not receive any ABC. The subgroups IA and IB will be further randomly subdivided into IAa, IAb, IBa, and IBb subsubgroups. All the participants will receive probiotics APL-MIX2 (CharXprob) 0.8 g once a day in the last 3 months except those in subsubgroups IAb and IBb. After being processed, urine, stool, and plasma samples will be stored in -80°C for further examinations. The names and chart numbers participants will be masked to provide adequate privacy. The coding book connecting codes and individual participants will be filed separately in order to protect participants' privacy. participants will be asked if investigators can keep the encrypted samples refrigerated for 10 years for further investigations. ;


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NCT number NCT04788914
Study type Interventional
Source National Taiwan University Hospital
Contact Chau chung Wu
Phone 02-23123456
Email Chauchungwu@ntu.edu.tw
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date April 21, 2020
Completion date May 31, 2025

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