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NCT number NCT01046448
Other study ID # S-32/2009
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received August 7, 2009
Last updated January 11, 2010
Start date July 2009
Est. completion date April 2014

Study information

Verified date January 2010
Source Heidelberg University
Contact Franz S Schaefer, MD
Phone +49 6221 56
Email franz.schaefer@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Germany: Ethics Commission
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at high risk for cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Recent studies suggest that pediatric patients with even moderately impaired kidney function may be afflicted with significant early cardiac and vascular abnormalities.

The pathogenesis and the natural course of CV comorbidity in pediatric CKD patients is still elusive. In this multicenter, prospective, observational study the prevalence, degree and progression of CV comorbidity in children will be characterized and related to CKD progression. The morphology and function of the heart and vessels will be monitored by sensitive, non-invasive methods and will be compared with aged matched healthy controls. Multiple potential clinical, anthropometric, biochemical, and pharmacological risk factors will be monitored prospectively and will be related to CV status. Genotyping might identify predisposing genetic factors for progression of CV comorbidity and underlying nephropathies.


Description:

Adult patients with CKD are at markedly increased risk of dying from cardiovascular events. The risk is most dramatically increased in young patients with end-stage renal disease, who are almost as likely to die from cardiovascular causes as elderly individuals in the general population.

Early morphological and functional vascular abnormalities can be detected even in adolescents with CKD, but information about the prevalence, severity and natural course of vascular lesions in different stages of renal failure is lacking and the factors predisposing to an early onset and rapid progression of cardiovascular morbidity are still elusive.

The pediatric population appears uniquely suited to study the effects of CKD on the cardiovascular system due to the virtual absence of vascular morbidity related to ageing, diabetes and smoking.

In order to improve our understanding of the causes and consequences of cardiovascular comorbidity in children with progressive CKD, a consortium of pediatric nephrologists in Europe has joined to perform a long-term prospective observational study following the cardiovascular health of children as they advance through successive stages of CKD.

The 4C Study will follow up at least 625 patients aged 6 to 17 years with a glomerular filtration rate of 10 to 45 ml/min/1.73 m² in more than 40 pediatric nephrology units in 14 European countries.

The morphology and function of the heart and the large arteries is regularly assessed by sensitive, non-invasive methods and the findings compared to a large group of healthy children.

Multiple potential clinical, anthropometric, biochemical, and pharmacological risk factors are monitored prospectively and will be related to the cardiovascular status of the patients.

A whole genome association study will be performed to identify genetic variants associated with the progression of cardio-vascular alterations and renal failure.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 650
Est. completion date April 2014
Est. primary completion date April 2014
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 6 Years to 17 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 6 to 17 years

- GFR 10 to 45 ml/min/1.73m² (CKD stage IIIb to V);

Exclusion Criteria:

- Active systemic vasculitis

- Diabetes mellitus

- Renal vascular anomalies

- Anomalies of the limbs preventing standardized diagnostic procedures

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective


Locations

Country Name City State
Austria Medical University of Vienna Vienna
Belgium UZ Gent Gent
Czech Republic University Hospital Motol Prague
France Service de Pédiatrie & Inserm U820 Lyon
France Hôpital de Hautepierre Strasbourg
Germany Charité Children's Hospital Berlin
Germany University Children's Hospital Cologne
Germany University Children's Hospital Erlangen
Germany University Children's Hospital Essen
Germany Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Freiburg
Germany UKE University Children's Hospital Hamburg
Germany Hannover Medical School Hannover
Germany Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Heidelberg
Germany City Hospital St. Georg Leipzig
Germany KfH Kidney Center for Children Marburg
Germany University Children's Hospital Münster
Germany Children's Hospital Rostock
Hungary Semmelweis University Budapest
Italy S. Orsola-Malphighi Hospital Bologna
Italy Istituto Giannina Gaslini Genova
Italy Fondazione OSP Maggiore Policlinico Milano
Italy University of Padova Padova
Italy Bambino Gesu Rome
Italy Regina Margherita Children's Hospital Torino
Lithuania Vilnius University Children's Hospital Vilnius
Poland Medical University Gdansk Gdansk
Poland University Children's Hospital Krakow
Poland Clinic of Pediatrics Szczecin
Poland Children's Memorial Health Institute Warsaw
Portugal Hospital Sao Joao Porto
Serbia University Children's Hospital Belgrade
Sweden Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm
Switzerland Inselspital Bern
Switzerland University Children's Hospital Zurich
Turkey Cukurova Universitesi Adana
Turkey Ankara University of Medicine Ankara
Turkey Baskent University, Faculty of Medicine Ankara
Turkey Diskapi Childrens Hospital Ankara
Turkey Gazi University Hospital Ankara
Turkey Hacettepe Medical Faculty Ankara
Turkey Sami Ulus Childrens Hospital Ankara
Turkey Bakirkoy Children's Hospital Istanbul
Turkey Cerrahpasa Tip Fakultesi Istanbul
Turkey Goztepe Educational and Research Hospital Istanbul
Turkey Haseki Educational and Research Hospital Istanbul
Turkey Istanbul Medical Faculty Istanbul
Turkey Marmara University Medical Faculty Istanbul
Turkey Sisli Educational and Research Hospital Istanbul
Turkey Ege University Izmir
United Kingdom Great Ormond Street Hospital London

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Heidelberg University German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, KfH Foundation for Preventive Medicine

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

Austria,  Belgium,  Czech Republic,  France,  Germany,  Hungary,  Italy,  Lithuania,  Poland,  Portugal,  Serbia,  Sweden,  Switzerland,  Turkey,  United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Functional and morphological evidence of cardiovascular disease progression (arterial stiffness, myocardial dysfunction, cIMT, LVMI) and association with clinical, anamnestic, anthropometric, biochemical, drug-related and genetic risk factors 3 years No
Secondary Genetic risk factors for early manifesting progressive vascular lesions and progressive kidney disease by the genome-wide SNP-screening and haplotype analysis. 3 years No
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