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Filter by:The objective of this study will be to evaluate the effect of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy (aPDT) in the Nasal Decolonization of Dialytic Chronic Renal Patients, Staphylococcus Aureus (S.aureus) Carriers This is a 3-months follow-up, randomized, single-blind, prospective controlled trial, single-center and will happen in 02 phases: Phase 1 - Epidemiological Evaluation - A researcher will invite the research participants who are undergoing treatment at the Hemodialysis Service of Clinical Hospital and explain its contents. After reading and signing the informed consent, this same researcher (calibrated for the experiment) will perform nasal secretion microbiological collections to identify patients colonized by S.aureus in the anterior nostril (nasal carrier) - baseline T0 and the application of the questionnaire that identifies possible factors that may be considered as risk for colonization and possible development of diseases related to S. aureus. In the laboratory of Microbiology, the strains will be identified and the colonized patients will be invited to continue the study (Phase 2). Non-carrier patients will only be counseled with infection prevention care. Phase 2 - Parallel clinical trial with two intervention groups (aPDT or Mupirocin) - Patients with nasal aureus (thirty-four colonized patients aged over 18 years) will be treated with aPDT (experimental group) or mupirocin (control group). A trained researcher will collect new aliquots of nasal discharge after completion of nostril treatment (T1) to check for decolonization by culture. A new collection will be performed at 1 (T2) and 3 (T3) months after treatment to assess recolonization. It was evaluated intervention safety (photodynamic therapy) through a directed and open questionnaire about adverse effects.
The investigators hypothesize that the Systolic Foot-to-Apex Time Interval (SFATI) method will be accurate for measurement of systolic blood pressure with marked arterial stiffness as seen in patients with severe renal impairment. Also that the presence of arterial calcifications only changes the agreement between the SFATI method and the reference method (auscultatory method) if the calcifications are very severe.
This is a Phase 1 non-randomized, open-label, parallel cohort study of PF-06651600 in subjects with severe renal impairment and subjects without renal impairment (Part 1) and in subjects with mild and moderate renal impairment (Part 2).
Study of the way the body takes up, distributes, and gets rid of ACT-541468 in subjects with abnormal kidney function compared to healthy subjects
IgA nephropathy is the most common primary glomerulonephritis in the world. Because of the poor treatment effect in advanced patients, it is still the main cause of maintenance dialysis. Current immunosuppressive therapy is still controversial, especially to those progressive IgA nephropathy with eGFR<50ml/min. Leflunomide is widely used in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus nephritis, it's serum concentration will not be affected by renal function, and it also has antiviral effect. There are two randomized controlled trials and a retrospective study suggesting that leflunomide combined with glucocorticoids can effectively control urinary protein compared with glucocorticoids or conservative treatment, but these three studies are not specifically targeted at patients with estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate(eGFR) < 50ml/min. Investigators will perform a prospective, open-label, randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of leflunomide and low dose glucocorticoids therapy in progressive IgA nephropathy with eGFR<50ml/min
The purpose of this pilot study is to find out whether mindful drinking/eating activities can improve quality of life and help make it easier for people on dialysis to follow their fluid restrictions. The pilot study is a randomized controlled trial with an intervention group and a wait list control group, randomized by cohort days. The intervention occurs during dialysis sessions once a week for 4 weeks. During each intervention session, participants are guided through a mindful eating exercise focused on foods recommended for controlling thirst (e.g., hard candy, frozen grapes) and a mindful drinking exercise. Participants are asked to practice mindful drinking/eating at least once daily at home.
Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) remain the standard treatment in renal transplantation to prevent rejection. Currently the main limitation of kidney transplantation is the occurrence of chronic graft dysfunction due to the CNI nephrotoxicity. Thus, strategies to minimize or stop CNI have been developed as belatacept, a fusion protein (CTLA4-Ig) blocking the ligand of the main CD28 costimulatory molecule. In the original phase III trial, used de novo in combination with MMF (without CNI) belatacept allowed to obtain a better renal function as soon as 1 year and a better graft and patient survival after 7 years. Despite these excellent results, belatacept has not become the gold standard due to a higher incidence of early rejection. In addition, belatacept is not covered by the french social security policy, because benefits are considered insufficient with respect to the cost. Patients with poor early graft function are a preferred indication of belatacept. It is then used instead of CNI at 3 months post-transplant allowing to improve kidney function without over-risk of rejection. Currently after conversion, belatacept is maintained indefinitely due to the supposed CNI chronic nephrotoxicity. However this one is more and more questionable. Thus, the investigators assume that in patients with poor function at 3 months posttransplantation the belatacept's benefit could be obtained by a transient replacement of CNI by belatacept from 3 to 12 months post-transplantation. It is the feasibility of this strategy and its medico-economic impact that the investigators wish to study.
This study is designed for volume assessment in pediatrics during major surgery using non-invasive tools as ultrasonography without the need of invasive techniques avoiding its complications and as a guide for fluid therapy needed for maintaining adequate hemodynamics
The primary objective of this study is to assess the pharmacokinetics of a single oral dose of apixaban (5mg) in participants with dialysis peritoneal versus participants with normal renal function.
BACKGROUND: The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery can reach 35% and between 2 and 5% require kidney replacement therapy during the AKI episode. The development of AKI n this context is independently associated with higher long-term mortality (5-10 years). In addition, there is strong evidence that an episode of AKI in the hospital increases the risk of developing chronic kidney disease in the medium-long term. On the other hand, once AKI has been recovered according to creatinine values, there are no established biomarkers to predict patients at risk of progression to chronic kidney disease, which will allow us to increase nephroprotection and surveillance measures in this group of patients. STUDY DESIGN: Open-label randomized unicentric prospective study of patients undergoing valvular replacement heart surgery ± coronary bypass with acute kidney injury (AKI) risk >30% according to the Leicester Cardiosurgery scale. Patients will be randomized 1:1 in two groups: standard hemodynamic management or intensive hemodynamic management based on premorbid mean perfusion pressure (MPP). The interventional period will span from intra-operation until the first 24 hours postoperative. The incidence of AKI will be evaluated according to KDIGO criteria between 48 hours and 7 days after surgery. Patients will be followed for one year. Biomarkers of mitochondrial damage will be analyzed at various points during the follow-up to patients presenting AKI. INTERVENTIONS: A) Group 1/Intensive management: Intra-surgical values of ± 25% basal MAP will be maintained and once in the ICU an algorithm corresponding to group 1 based on cardiac index and ± 25% MPP will be followed for 24 hours. B) Group 2/Standard management: MAP during surgery will be maintained > 60 mmHg according to usual protocol. Once in ICU, during the first 24 hours an algorithm corresponding to group 2 based on cardiac index, MAP and CVP will be followed. Biomarkers of mitochondrial damage will be determined in urine in patients in both groups only in patients developing AKI according to KDIGO guidelines between 48h and 7 days. EXPECTED RESULTS:A 50% reduction in the incidence of AKI in the intervention group compared to the control group is expected. At the same time, markers of mitochondrial damage are expected to be validated in our cohort as biomarkers of AKI progression and to investigate its usefulness as biomarkers of transition to Chronic kidney disease.