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Filter by:The primary objective of this clinical study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of PH3 for patients with diabetic nephropathy. The secondary objectives are to identify the optimal dosage for subsequent studies and to provide basis for the next confirmatory study in study design, endpoints, and study methodologies.
This is a prospective open labeled trial examining the efficacy of ACTHar Gel (porcine ACTH) on the level of proteinuria in patients with diabetic nephropathy and nephrotic range proteinuria.
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether turmeric is effective in improvement of diabetic nephropathy and in decrease in the amount of proteinuria and cytokine levels.
There is considerable evidence that increased blood glucose results in the generation of reactive oxygen species, ultimately leading to increased oxidative stress in a variety of tissues. This may lead to the activation of stress-sensitive intracellular signaling pathways, causing cellular damage and late complications of diabetes including renal injury. Although the investigators understanding of how hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress ultimately leads to tissue damage has advanced considerably in recent years, effective therapeutic strategies to prevent or delay the development of this damage remain limited. The flavonoid complex silymarin, an extract from the milk thistle, and its major pharmacological active component silibinin are free radical scavengers and potent membrane stabilizers by preventing lipid peroxidation. Furthermore, during early stages of diabetes, flavonoids minimize oxidative stress, and inflammation which represent important factors in the development of diabetic nephropathy. In this study the investigators plan to evaluate the renoprotective effect of milk thistle extract on type II diabetic patients with kidney disease.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether oral sevelamer carbonate binds advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of patients with diabetic nephropathy leading to decrease body AGE load and therefore decreases the inflammation and oxidative stress in these patients.
The study objective is to investigate the effects of three low doses of atrasentan on urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (UACR) levels in subjects with Type 2 diabetic nephropathy. Patients with Type 2 diabetes with nephropathy must be receiving a renin-angiotensin system inhibitor, such as an Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) or an Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker (ARB) for participation in this study. ACEi and ARB treatment are the standard of care for the management of proteinuria in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients.
The study is designed to test if the combination of two potent antioxidant nutritional supplements, N-acetylcysteine and the milk thistle extract silibin, is capable of correcting the shedding of urine protein, the oxidative stress, and the inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic kidney disease.
The treatment period was 16 weeks, the initial dose, 5 mg, was unforcedly titrated to 10 mg, 20 mg and 40 mg after confirming tolerance at weeks 4, 8 and 12. The primary endpoint for efficacy was the change in the urinary protein/creatinine ratio from baseline to the end of treatment. The secondary endpoint was creatinine clearance (Ccr).
In recent years, diabetic nephropathy, which may lead to dialysis treatment, is the most prevalent underlying disease of people in developed countries. A wide range of studies have been carried out, from various points of view, to understand the progress of renal dysfunction in diabetic nephropathy. The endogenous nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is elevated in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and may have a role in the cardiovascular mortality and morbidity of these patients. In diabetic nephropathy, high ADMA levels were related to progression of diabetic nephropathy. The Fas (CD95) antigen is a cell surface polypeptide belonging to the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNF-R) family (type I membrane protein) that transduces a death signal after interaction with its ligand. Apoptotic cells are then recognized and removed by phagocytes. Recent studies suggest that, in uremic patients, peripheral blood mononuclear cells undergo accelerated apoptosis and this correlates with Fas levels. There is no data about the effects of Renin angiotensin system blockage (RAS) on CD95 and ADMA levels in diabetic patients with proteinuria. The aim of this study was to find out whether the beneficial effects of RAS blockage in diabetic proteinuria has any relation with the alteration of ADMA and CD95levels. The investigators searched for the effects of ACE inhibitor ramipril on the clinical and laboratory parameters of diabetic patients with proteinuria.
This study assesses the effects of bardoxolone methyl (RTA 402) in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.