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Filter by:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common monogenic hereditary kidney disease in humans. ADPKD may affect all the generations of the ADPKD family and the probability of ADPKD is 50% in the second generation for each gender. It has been confirmed that PKD1 and PKD2 are two pathogenic genes of ADPKD. Nowadays, the investigators have established an effective gene detection technology platform for PKD1/2 gene with long fragment PCR and next generation sequencing. First, the investigators performed genetic testing in patients with clinically diagnosed ADPKD and strong fertility desire, but afraid of hereditary risk. Using Preimplantation genetic diagnosis, including multiple annealing and looping-based amplification cycles amplification technique, the investigators successfully screened out healthy embryos by In Vitro Fertilization. Then the investigators transplanted embryos returned to the parent. When the baby is born, using umbilical cord blood gene detection, the investigators confirmed that the neonates do not inherit genetic defects form parents. The investigators have succeeded in one couple. The investigators design a multicenter clinical trial to confirm those procedures efficacy and safety.
DRINK is an open-label randomised controlled feasibility trial of high versus ad libitum water intake in ADPKD.
This study is being done to determine if treatment with metformin, a drug widely used for the treatment of diabetes type 2, is safe and well tolerated by individuals with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) who are not diabetic and who have slightly decreased kidney function. The study will also evaluate the effects of metformin on kidney growth and kidney function.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of tolvaptan in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) in the real world clinical setting in Japan.
The objective of this study is to measure the influence of both short term water restriction and high water intake on total kidney volume, measured by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) patients.
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is associated with bone changes and very high fracture rates. A component of bone is marrow. Bone marrow fat is increased in patients with CKD compared to those in the normal population of the same age. It is not clear if there will be changes in the marrow fact content in those with CKD on Pioglitazone. In people with normal kidney function, thiazolidinedione group of drugs have had variable effects on bone marrow fat content, as measured by MRS. This is important as changes in marrow fat are likely related to changes in the bone in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Funding Source - FDA OOPD Pioglitazone is currently used in clinical practice to treat diabetes and this study will examine the potential use of a low dose of the same drug for the treatment of polycystic kidney disease. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the diabetes drug pioglitazone (Actos) is a safe and effective treatment of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease when treated in its early stages. Pioglitazone is approved by the FDA for the treatment of diabetes. Pre-clinical models of polycystic kidney disease have shown that low dose treatment with pioglitazone decreases the growth of the cysts. The studies also suggest that effective pioglitazone dosing for polycystic kidney disease may be lower than that used to treat diabetes. The purpose of this study is to see if pioglitazone might slow cyst disease in humans.
This study will test to see if metformin is safe and if it is tolerated compared to placebo in adult Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) patients with beginning stages of chronic kidney disease. We will also measure its effect on progression of kidney disease as reflected in the kidney size and the kidney function, along with its effect on kidney pain and quality of life.
The purpose of this study is to observe the effects of niacinamide on markers of kidney injury, inflammation, kidney cyst growth and kidney function.
Tolvaptan is a selective vasopressin receptor antagonist (V2R) that increases free water and sodium excretion. Inhibition of V2R increases vasopressin concentration in plasma, which stimulates V1-receptors in the vascular bed and may change both central and brachial hemodynamics and plasma concentration of vasoactive hormones. The purpose of the study is to measure the effects of tolvaptan on renal handling of water and sodium, systemic hemodynamics and vasoactive hormones at baseline and during nitric oxide (NO)-inhibition with L-NG-monomethyl-arginine (L-NMMA) in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.