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Filter by:Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) commonly develop hyperphosphatemia due to the loss of excretory function of the kidney. This in turn may lead to the development of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and renal osteodystrophy. Lanthanum carbonate, a phosphate binding agent, works by releasing lanthanum ions in the gastrointestinal tract to bind dietary phosphate and is effective in the management of hyperphosphatemia and in preventing secondary hyperparathyroidism. Patients taking lanthanum carbonate as part of their phosphate binder therapy are counseled to chew the tablets completely before swallowing, with or immediately after meals. However, ESRD patients who are intubated or are receiving enteral tube feedings are unable to chew the lanthanum carbonate tablets. For such patients, medications are commonly crushed and administered through a gastrostomy tube (G-tube). Some patients may also prefer to crush the lanthanum carbonate tablets and mix it with food instead of chewing. To date, it is not known if crushing the lanthanum carbonate tablets prior to administration and taking it with food will be as efficacious as chewing it. The objective of this study is to compare the efficacy of phosphate binding between chewed and crushed lanthanum carbonate in patients undergoing hemodialysis.
Muscle wasting is common in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and adversely affects morbidity and mortality. In 2/3 of males with advanced CKD serum testosterone (TT) levels are reduced, and likely contributes to the wasting. As TT in relatively safe physiologic replacement doses, increases muscle mass in otherwise normal TT deficient subjects, we hypothesize that physiologic TT replacement will be effective in preventing and treating the loss of muscle mass and function in CKD patients, will improve quality of life and may reduce some cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.
Clinically, iodinated contrast-medium (CM) is widely used in angiography and computerized tomography. CM-induced nephropathy (CMIN) is one major complication after application of CM. Therefore, how to prevent CMIN is always one of the hot topics concerned by nephrologists, cardiologists, and radiologists. The present study is aimed to determine the norepinephrine concentration, oxidative markers, and tubular damage markers in the urine samples of patients undergoing intravenous pyelography (IVP). The working hypothesis is high-osmolarity contrast media (HOCM) causes more oxidative stress and greater tubular damage than iso-osmolarity contrast media (IOCM).
The goal of the Microalbuminuria in Untreated Boys with Alport Syndrome study is to gather information about critical clinical time points such as when patients with small amounts of protein (microalbuminuria) in their urine progress to larger amounts (overt proteinuria). Large amounts of protein in the urine is often an early sign of kidney disease. Information needs to be collected in boys who are not taking medications known as angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) in order to obtain accurate data about the length of time between the onset of microalbuminuria and the start of overt proteinuria. This new information will give physicians a better understanding of how to treat patients with Alport syndrome. The information we gather by conducting this study will aid in planning future clinical trials because the identification of time points in disease progression, such as microalbuminuria and overt proteinuria, could reduce the time necessary to show a clinical benefit of a new treatment option. The study has been approved by the University of Minnesota's Institutional Review Board.
Exploring the efficacy and safety of Tacrolimus on refractory nephrotic syndrome ; Acquiring the experience of Tacrolimus on the treatment of refractory nephrotic syndrome in Chinese patients.
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of tacrolimus vs intravenous cyclophosphamide pulses treatment for the induction therapy of LN(III,IV,V). To compare the efficacy and safety of tacrolimus vs Azathioprine for the maintenance therapy of LN(III,IV,V).
The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the effects of correction of anemia using erythropoietin on the progression of atherosclerosis and cardiac muscle thickening in patients with chronic kidney disease
The primary objectives of this study are the following: 1. To demonstrate that AMG 223 will produce a statistically significant reduction in serum phosphorus compared with placebo over a 3 week treatment period in subjects with CKD receiving dialysis 2. To describe a dose response for AMG 223 3. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of AMG 223
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the early identification and more precise intervention of operating room (OR) patient fluid administration optimization using arterial pressure-based cardiac output (APCO) yields comparable patient outcome as fluid administration optimization using a global standard care method.
Cross-sectional cohort study of participants with HIV with or without protocol-defined Fanconi syndrome (confirmed creatinine clearance [CLcr] decline and evidence of proximal tubulopathy).