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Filter by:This study aims to describe sex specific differences of the hemodialysis population in Austria, to quantify sex specific differences in treatment and outcomes in hospitalized patients with chronic kidney disease and to examine decision making by doctors and patients with regards to hemodialysis initiation. To adequately serve the needs of these research questions, the study is divided into 3 parts (sub-studies). 1. Description and analysis of sex-specific differences in renal replacement therapy in Austria. 2. Description and analysis of the competing risks of death versus renal replacement therapy initiation in the chronic kidney disease population by sex. 3. Analysis of sex differences in renal replacement therapy initiation decisions, emphasizing patient perception and socio-economic differences.
Premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in patients with kidney disease (CKD). Excessive cardiac mortality is thought to be secondary to non-atherosclerotic processes, with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (LVH) and remodelling being the predominant phenotypical features. Along with other risk factors, subclinical ischaemia and haemodynamic perturbations associated with haemodialysis (HD) are thought to contribute to the ultimate development of LV systolic and diastolic dysfunction. The development of these adverse features reflects a specific cardiomyopathy due to CKD and subsequently, to uraemia. Patients receiving hemodialysis (HD) have a higher incidence rate of heart failure (predominantly with preserved ejection fraction), with phenotypically eccentric hypertrophic remodelling, systolic and diastolic dysfunction as well as high rate of interstitial myocardial fibrosis. Detection and ultimately reversal of the development of this CKD-related cardiomyopathy are important goals for improving the CVD, morbidity and mortality of CKD patients.The objectives of this study are, firstly, to investigate the complex myocardial phenotype in patients with various stages of CKD, secondly, to relate the CMR-measures to outcome, and thirdly, to be able to estimate the effects of chronic uremia/hypervolemia. Deciphering the predominant driver of remodelling on an individual level may help to personalise anti-remodelling strategies. Native T1 and T2 mapping imaging provide non-invasive imaging tools to detect myocardial fibrosis and oedema, respectively. Prognostic associations of these measures may clarify the relative prevalence of adverse phenotype and their relative contribution to adverse events and poor outcome. The role of chronic water retention and uraemia may be associated with interstitial myocardial oedema promoting further the remodelling process.
This extended access study will assess the long-term safety and tolerability of bardoxolone methyl in qualified patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who previously participated in one of the qualifying clinical studies with bardoxolone methyl. Patients will remain in the study until bardoxolone methyl is available through commercial channels or until patient withdrawal, whichever is sooner.
Mapping of magnetic relaxation within the myocardial tissue using T1 (and T2) mapping using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) are novel measures of quantifiable (scalable) myocardial tissue characterisation. Evidence suggests that myocardial mapping could be useful in detection of diffuse myocardial disease, complementing late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) as the tool for regional myocardial disease. A handful of studies, three single centre study of a single T1 index with outcomes and one multicentre study for all indices reported strong associations with all cause mortality and heart failure. These studies were based on a single-vendor platform and were using a single sequence. The main unknowns pertaining the successful translation of this technique and the transferability of the methodology beyond a single centre and lack of outcome evidence from broad and large populations. In this study, we will assess the diagnostic accuracy of T1 (and T2) mapping measurements in health and disease, and the prognostic relevance of T1 mapping measurements by associations with outcome. This study is builds upon/integrates the evidence of the NCT02407197 study, which remains active for follow-up, but is currently no longer recruiting.
This two-year pilot study will test whether a one-page "Jumpstart Form" will affect goals-of-care discussions in the hospital. This form will be provided to clinicians and will include patient-specific information about preferences for goals-of-care communication and for care, as well as tips to improve this communication. Jumpstart forms will also be provided to patients or, if they are unable to communicate, their surrogates/family members. The information on the form will be obtained from questionnaires. The form is tailored to help patients and surrogates talk with clinicians about goals of care. This study is based on a successful application of Jumpstart Form in the outpatient clinic setting.
This study proposes to investigate the acceptability and efficacy of intermittent VLED (5:2 diet) plus exercise, compared with the investigator's established Weight Management Programme (WMP), in obese patients with CKD, using feasibility study methodology. Patients will be invited to participate in the parallel arm, single blinded, randomised controlled feasibility study, and randomly allocated to 1 of 2 treatments for 6 months. The experimental arm involves an intermittent modified fasting regimen consisting of VLED (600 kcal/day) on 2 consecutive days, and 5 days each week on a modified diet to maintain an overall energy deficit of 600 kcal/day across the week (5:2 diet). The control arm will be the standard renal WMP with a continuous energy restricted diet aimed at reducing daily energy intake by 600 kcal/day. The feasibility outcomes are: recruitment rate >50%; intervention retention rate at 6 months >60%; dietary intervention compliance; and weight loss. Secondary outcomes include safety, body composition, proteinuria, lipids, blood pressure, and eating desire. Measurements will be made at baseline, midpoint, and twice at endpoint.
This study aims to determine changes in kidney function during and after critical illness, comparing conventional creatinine based methods with the gold standard to accurately establish the presence of new or worsened chronic kidney disease. In addition, investigators will assess the confounding effect of muscle wasting on the conventional assessment of kidney function and investigate the information that measures of kidney function may contribute to the assessment of musculoskeletal health after critical illness.
Our study investigated the effect of using a known drug used in intermittent claudication (named pentoxifylline) as an adjuvant to erythropoietin stimulating agents to improve anemia of hemodialysis patients.
The prevalence of hypertension in patients with CKD in China is high but the control rate is low. Compared with the single blood pressure measurement method of the blood pressure of the office, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) can reflect the overall situation of 24-hour blood pressure, dynamic fluctuation degree and circadian rhythm change more completely and objectively. Studies have shown that patients with CKD with hypertension have their own uniqueness through ABPM measurement, and nocturnal hypertension is the main cause of poor blood pressure control. Further studies have shown that nocturnal hypertension is an independent and more effective prognostic indicator of death and CVD in patients with hypertension. Evidence from European and American countries suggests that in the CKD population, elevated nighttime blood pressure is more predictive of CKD progression or CVD than daytime blood pressure. Compared with countries such as Europe and the United States, there are differences in the causes, genetic background and daily behaviors of kidney disease in our population. It is urgent to investigate the predictive value of nocturnal hypertension for renal end point and CVD in CKD population in China. To this end, our study found for the first time that CKD patients generally have changes in nocturnal blood pressure patterns, and the anti-dope type blood pressure pattern is closely related to the target organ damage. Our further study found that the incidence of nocturnal hypertension in Chinese patients with CKD is more than 50%, and compared with non-dipping blood pressure, patients with nocturnal hypertension have more serious target organ damage, which is independent risk factors for all-cause death, cardiovascular death, renal events, and cardiovascular events in patients with CKD. These preliminary results suggest the role of nocturnal hypertension in the prognosis of CKD patients in China, but there are still the following questions: Is the occurrence of nocturnal hypertension in CKD patients related to certain gene expression? This project intends to perform whole-genome exon sequencing and analysis on CKD patients with nocturnal hypertension to determine the genetic mechanism of CKD patients with nocturnal hypertension. The completion of the subject will reveal the genetic characteristics of CKD patients with nocturnal hypertension, and provide a basis for the precise prevention and treatment of chronic kidney disease hypertension.
This is a prospective, single arm, multi-center, observational clinical study of the DyeVert Plus System. The DyeVert Plus System is an FDA-cleared device designed to reduce contrast media volume delivered during angiography and permit real-time contrast media volume monitoring.