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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine whether a jugular route leads to a lower rate of complications as compared with a femoral route for catheterization in patients admitted in several intensive care units in France who develop acute renal failure requiring hemodiafiltration or hemodialysis.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the anti-T cell antibody, Thymoglobulin is a more effective induction medication than the anti-IL-2R inhibitor daclizumab, in kidney transplant recipients who have a positive crossmatch with their live donor.
The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of conversion from calcineurin inhibitor based therapy to Rapamune based therapy in patients with mild to moderate renal insufficiency.
To demonstrate the superiority of SRL + TAC elimination + corticosteroids (Group I) and SRL + MMF + corticosteroids (Group II) to TAC + MMF + corticosteroids (Group III) with respect to renal allograft function at month 12 post-transplantation.
Evaluate renal graft function (based on the calculated Glomerular Filtration Rate) at 12 months after transplantation in patients receiving either a regimen of sirolimus plus mycophenolate mofetil following an antibody induction (RATG) or a standard regimen combining tacrolimus plus mycophenolate mofetil, both regimens including corticosteroids in patients undergoing renal allograft transplantation. In addition, the two treatment groups will be compared with respect to the incidence of acute rejection at 3, 6 and 12 months following transplantation, and the patient and graft survival at 6 and 12 months after transplantation. The safety of sirolimus plus mycophenolate mofetil following an antibody induction (ATG) will be evaluated beginning in the immediate post-operative period.
The purpose of this study in early hemodialysis patients (on dialysis 3 to 18 months) is to assess the effect of correction versus partial correction of anemia using epoetin alfa on heart pumping function.
The contrast induced kidney toxicity has been known to affect the mortality and morbidity in the patients undergoing coronary angiography. But the mechanism and therapeutic strategy for it is not well known. Nowadays, it is reported that the N-acetylcysteine may have preventive effects for contrast induced kidney toxicity with its antioxidant effects.The statins have been reported to have many other effects other than the lipid lowering effect-including antioxidant effect, so we hypothesized that the antioxidant effect of simvastatin may prevent the contrast induced kidney toxicity.
The aim of this investigator initated study is to examine the effect of OMACOR (Omega-3-acid ethyl ester 90) on the incidence of cardiovascular events and mortality in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis, who has previously experienced a cardiovascular event.
The purpose of this study is to test two different sirolimus-based immunosuppressive regimens for elderly kidney transplant recipients.
In the treatment of coronary heart disease which is the major cause of heart attack, direct mechanical treatment with catheters such as the coronary angiography,coronary balloon intervention and stenting intervention are the mainstay of therapy in recent years. In that procedures, we should use the contrast media, and it may cause kidney toxicity especially in the patients with underlying kidney disease and decreased kidney function. We intended to find out which contrast agent has less kidney toxicity in the catheter based treatment of coronary arterial diseases in patients with underlying decreased kidney function