View clinical trials related to Chronic Kidney Disease.
Filter by:The purpose of this study is to learn more about how the kidneys control the blood levels of phosphorus in patients with early chronic kidney disease. The ultimate goal is to use this information to design improved treatment strategies for phosphorus-related problems for the millions of patients with chronic kidney disease.
The purpose of this study is to assess the proportion of subjects sucessfully achieving a mean Hemoglobin greater than or equal to 11 g/dL during the evaluation period following extension from Weekly (QW) to Once Every Other Week (Q2W) Darbepoetin Alfa administraion.
The purpose of this study was to determine the dose ranges of peginesatide administered intravenously or subcutaneously that maintained hemoglobin in participants on dialysis whose hemoglobin values were stable on epoetin (alfa or beta).
Despite major advances in the treatment of chronic kidney disease, the age and sex matched mortality far exceeds that of the normal population. As in the normal population, the majority of deaths are related to cardiovascular disease. Mounting data point to the lethal synergy between chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease. This relation is present from early stages of chronic kidney disease on. Several uremic toxins have been demonstrated to play an important role in kidney disease related endothelial dysfunction. In peritoneal dialysis patients, data on the relation between uremic toxins, endothelial dysfunction and microparticles are lacking. The investigators hypothesize that endothelial dysfunction and uremic toxins are interrelated in peritoneal dialysis patients
The study is about possible protective effects of paricalcitol (Zemplar) upon inflammation, blood pressure and kidney function. Kidney Inflammation occurs when white blood cells become abnormally stimulated and accumulate in the kidney and cause damage to the kidney. The purpose of this study is to determine if paricalcitol helps improve kidney injury, blood pressure control and kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease. The study will last about 7 weeks and involves about 8 visits to the medical center.
This is a 12 week pilot and feasibility study with an enrollment goal of 30 subjects. Half of the subjects will be randomized to vitamin D3 and the other half will receive a placebo. Subjects will be referred from the nutrition or renal clinic at Emory. CKD stage 3 and 4 patients will be eligible for participation if they have been determined to have vitamin D deficiency and are not on treatment with vitamin D or vitamin D analogues. Subjects will sign an informed consent form after reviewing the protocol in detail with the principal investigator. A questionnaire would collect information about dietary vitamin D intake, sunlight exposure, and any symptoms of vitamin D deficiency. The subject will have baseline levels of serum vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D), parathyroid hormone (PTH), serum calcium and phosphate, creatinine and other markers of bone turnover. The questionnaires and the blood draws would be repeated on the 6th and 12th week of the study. Subjects will be given 12 pills of each containing either 50,000 IU vitamin D or placebo and asked to take one pill a week. They would be scheduled to return to the clinic after 6 weeks and blood measurements would be repeated. Subjects will be asked to revisit for their final visit at the 12th week when they would have their last blood draw and assessment.
The study objective was to evaluate the safety of paricalcitol capsules and the efficacy of paricalcitol capsules for albuminuria reduction in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) who have Type 2 diabetic nephropathy and are receiving optimal angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and/or angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) therapy.
This is a phase III multi-centre study in three periods: the first period is a phosphate binder washout for 4 weeks, the second period is an open-label, randomised, parallel group, flexible dose, the third period is a placebo-controlled withdrawal comparing MCI-196 with placebo for 4 weeks.
To examine the effect of ergocalciferol treatment on 25-hydroxyvitamin D and PTH levels in patients with CKD stage 3 and 4
Humans have cells in their blood stream called endothelial progenitor cells or EPCs. These are thought to be important in keeping blood vessels healthy. People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have low numbers of these cells. People with cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) disease also have low numbers. Patients with CKD have more cardiovascular disease then any other group.Erythropoietin is a hormone made by the kidneys. It is essential for making red blood cells and also activates EPCs. It is low in people with kidney disease. As part of your regular medical care for correcting your low red blood cell count, you will be receiving a medication that acts like erythropoietin. It is called darbepoetin. The purpose of this study is to see if darbepoetin treatment affects EPC numbers and function.