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Filter by:This study is being conducted to evaluate sitaxsentan dosing in subjects with chronic kidney disease.
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of prednisone and tripterygium wilfordii in treated Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).
Randomized controlled double blind study of parallel groups to evaluate the comparative effects of low-dose of atorvastatin on proteinuria in patients with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease.
The number of people with kidney problems is increasing rapidly, related in part to the increasing prevalence of diabetes. Patients with kidney problems tend to have protein leaking into the urine (proteinuria). Both proteinuria and the kidney disease itself are associated with an increased risk of heart disease. Reducing proteinuria is an important treatment goal in people with kidney problems. Endothelin is a chemical produced both by blood vessels and the kidney. Higher than normal levels of endothelin are thought to contribute to progression of kidney disease and proteinuria. By using drugs that block the effects of endothelin ('endothelin receptor antagonists') we can hopefully reduce both of these. The purpose of the study is to ascertain whether endothelin receptor antagonists improve kidney function and reduce proteinuria more so than other commonly used drugs.
The study consists of a 12 week run-in period when all subjects are stabilized on a single dose of Avalide (300 mg/12.5 mg or 300mg/25mg dose) per day. After this 12 week run-in ends, subjects will be randomly assigned to start the addition of either Adalat XL or Tiazac XC for 18 weeks of treatment. Subjects will have a 1 in 2 chance of receiving the study drug Adalat XL and a 1 in 2 chance of receiving the drug Tiazac XC. An end of treatment visit will be done 18 weeks after start of study drug. The expected duration of the study is 30 weeks. The purpose of this study is to compare the change in proteinuria, through a urine test, while taking study drug until high blood pressure (BP) is reduced to near normal levels in study subjects with diabetic nephropathy and hypertension.
1. To determine the effect of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on endothelial function and on retinal microvasculature 2. To determine endothelial dysfunction as a marker of early response and as an indicator for the development of hypertension and proteinuria in patients treated with anti-VEGF agents 3. To characterize the effect of anti-VEGF therapy on the pulmonary function of patients with malignancy (primary or secondary) involving the lung
Long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is a recently discovered multimeric inflammatory mediator structurally linked to CRP and serum amyloid P-component. There is no data about the effects of Renin angiotensin system blockage (RAS) on PTX3 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 PTX3 levels. We searched for the effects of ACE inhibitor ramipril on the clinical and laboratory parameters of diabetic patients with proteinuria.
Diabetic nephropathy is the most common cause of ESRD and has a great impact on mortality and morbidity of diabetic patients. Despite renoprotective effect of ACE inhibitors in diabetic patients they can not hinder the progression of renal disease completely. Pentoxifylline as a TNFa blocker may hinder progression of diabetic nephropathy in combination of captopril.
This is a prospective randomized controlled, open-labeled study to identify the efficacy of probucol in combination with valsartan in patients with Diabetes nephropathy. The reduction of urinary albumin or proteinuria will be the primary outcome studied. The expected study duration will be 48 weeks.
The purpose of this prospective study was to examine whether protein/creatinine ratios in catheterized urine specimens correlate to clean catch specimens in pregnant patients being evaluated for preeclampsia.