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NCT07241390
The purpose of this study is to measure cardiovascular outcomes with orforglipron compared with placebo in participants with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and/or chronic kidney disease (CKD). Participation in the study will last about 5 years.
NCT01038778
This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of entinostat when given together with aldesleukin and to see how well this works in treating patients with kidney cancer that has spread to other places in the body. Entinostat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Aldesleukin may stimulate the white blood cells to kill kidney cancer cells. Giving entinostat together with aldesleukin may be a better treatment for metastatic kidney cancer.
NCT05806645
Nearly one in ten people who are hospitalized in Canada develop a complication with sudden loss of kidney function, called acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI may lead to other severe health problems after discharge home, such as kidney failure requiring dialysis treatment, heart failure, heart attacks, stroke, and even premature death. Discharge from hospital to home can be a difficult transition where there are often gaps in identification, communication, care coordination, education, and planning of care for AKI. The study team will co-design and evaluate a tailored post-discharge care plan that is based on the risk of later kidney problems and uses currently available, yet untapped digital innovation to improve the health and experience of people with AKI. This study will be built into Alberta's new Epic Systems based provincial electronic health record (EHR). The plan is to use digital tools in the EHR to identify all people in Alberta hospitals that have had an AKI event and are at increased risk of long-term complications. Half will randomly be assigned to receive a tailored care plan based on their risk at hospital discharge while the other half will receive care as it is currently provided by their healthcare team. The electronic health system will automatically calculate a patient's risk and report this risk in their chart along with recommendations for care. The study team includes patients, healthcare providers, and health system decision makers needed to co-develop the proposed strategy and introduce the changes needed to deliver this intervention. The investigators will study whether this strategy can reduce health problems that may happen after AKI including death, chronic kidney disease (CKD), kidney failure, heart attacks, and stroke. The investigators will also determine if the approach improves patient experience during the transition from hospital to home. This study has the potential to revolutionize how we care for people that leave hospital after having AKI.
NCT07483372
This is a single-center, open-label, exploratory clinical study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a single-session injection of SC101, a small interfering RNA (siRNA) agent, into the perirenal fat. This study plans to enroll 3 participants, aged 18 to 65 years, who have a clinical diagnosis of resistant hypertension and moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD).
NCT05348733
This is an observational study in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) who will be receiving finerenone. Kidneys filter extra water and waste out of the blood and make urine. CKD is a long-term, progressive, decrease in the kidneys' ability to filter the blood properly. In people with T2D, the body does not make enough of a hormone called insulin, or does not use insulin well enough, resulting in high blood sugar levels that can cause damage to the kidneys. As a result, CKD can occur as a complication of T2D. Finerenone works by blocking certain proteins, called mineralocorticoid receptors. An increased stimulation of these proteins is thought to damage the kidneys and the heart. By lowering their stimulation, finerenone reduces the risk of kidney disease progressively getting worse. Finerenone is available and approved for doctors to prescribe to people with CKD and T2D. Since it has only recently become available for these patients, there is a need for more information about the use of finerenone in the real-world setting. The main purpose of the study is to learn more about treatment patterns in people with CKD and T2D who just started or will start finerenone treatment as decided and prescribed by their doctor as part of their routine medical care. To answer this question, the researchers will collect data on: * Clinical characteristics (e.g., history of CKD and T2D, blood pressure, heart health) of the participants * Reasons for starting finerenone * Reasons for stopping finerenone early * How long participants have been taking finerenone (planned by their doctor compared to actual time it was taken) * Dosing of finerenone * Other medications used while taking finerenone The researchers will also collect data on medical problems (called adverse events) that the participants may have during the study. All adverse events are collected, even if they might not be related to the study treatment. Hyperkalemia, a medical term used to describe a potassium level in the blood that is higher than normal, is of special interest when finerenone is combined with some medications commonly taken to control blood pressure. Researchers want to know how often higher potassium levels occur, and when it leads to: * Stopping finerenone treatment too early * Dialysis (a medical procedure to filter the blood of extra water and waste) * Care in a hospital All data will come from medical records or from interviews study doctors will have with the participants during visits that take place during routine medical care. Participants in the US will be invited to provide voluntary blood and urine samples that could be analyzed later to better understand possible changes in protein or nucleic acid levels over time. Each participant will be in the study for 12 months. This time participating in the study may be shorter if their finerenone treatment is stopped early or the study comes to an end as planned in September 2027.
NCT06926660
This study is open to adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) that is at risk of getting worse. People who have taken a specific type of medication for kidney disease called SGLT2 inhibitor within 1 month before the study or have certain health conditions cannot take part in this study. The purpose of this study is to find out whether a medicine called vicadrostat, used in combination with another medicine called empagliflozin, works in people with chronic kidney disease. In this study, participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups. Participants have an equal chance of being assigned to either group. In one group, participants take the 2 study medicines, vicadrostat and empagliflozin, every day for 3 months. In the other group, participants take placebo and empagliflozin for the first 1.5 months, and then they take vicadrostat and empagliflozin together for the next 1.5 months. The study medicines are taken orally as tablets. Placebo tablets look like vicadrostat tablets but do not contain any medicine. Participants are in the study for about 4.5 months. During this time, they visit the study site multiple times. Doctors regularly test kidney function by measuring specific proteins in the blood and urine. The results are compared between the two groups to see whether there are differences between starting the study medicines at the same time or one after the other. The doctors also regularly check participants' health and take note of any unwanted effects.
NCT04784351
This is a retrospective observational study drawing on data from the Brigham and Women's Home Hospital database. Sociodemographic and clinic data from a training cohort were used to train a machine learning algorithm to predict length of stay throughout a patient's admission. This algorithm was then validated in a validation cohort.
NCT07271186
This study is researching experimental drugs called ALN-ANG3 and evinacumab (called "study drugs"). The study is focused on participants who have diabetic kidney disease. The aim of the study is to see how safe and effective the study drugs are. The study is looking at several other research questions, including: * What side effects may happen from taking the study drug * How much study drug is in the blood at different times
NCT07355296
This study is open to adults with certain kidney conditions, including secondary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (sFSGS), treatment-resistant primary minimal change disease (TR-pMCD), Alport Syndrome (AS), and treatment-resistant primary membranous nephropathy (TR-pMN). Adolescents with treatment-resistant primary MCD can also participate in this study. The purpose of this study is to find out whether a medicine called BI 764198 helps people with these kidney conditions. Participants are put into 2 groups randomly, which means by chance. One group takes BI 764198 tablets, and the other group takes placebo tablets. Placebo tablets look like BI 764198 tablets but do not contain any medicine. Participants take a tablet once a day for 20 weeks. All participants also continue their standard medication for their kidney condition during the study. Participants have twice the chance of being placed in the BI 764198 group than in the placebo group. Participants are in the study for about 7 months. During this time, they visit the study site 6 times and have 3 phone calls. Doctors regularly test the protein levels in participants' urine by collecting urine samples. They also check kidney function by taking blood samples. The results are compared between the two groups to see whether the treatment works. The doctors also regularly check participants' health and take note of any unwanted effects.
NCT03535922
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are reports coming directly from patients about how they function or feel in relation to a health condition and its therapy, without interpretation of the patient's responses by a clinician or anyone else. PROMs capture patients' experiences of symptoms and impact of disease on functioning and can support clinicians to monitor disease progression and facilitate patient-centered care. The EMPATHY trial will determine the effects of routinely measuring PROMs on the experiences of patients undergoing hemodialysis in Alberta and Ontario. In this study, two kinds of PROMs will be used: a disease-specific PROM and a generic PROM. The disease-specific PROM focuses on health symptoms related to kidney failure and the generic PROM focuses on general health. In the trial, patients will be invited to complete the PROMs, and results of the measures will be linked to treatment aids for clinicians, providing specific information on how symptoms can best be managed. These care pathways will also be available to patients not receiving PROMs. The main outcome of this study will be patient-clinician communication, which will be assessed using a questionnaire called the "Communication Assessment Tool". In addition to assessing the effect of using these questionnaires on patient-provider communication, this study will allow us to explore whether their use affects patient management and symptoms, use of healthcare services, and the overall cost of implementing these questionnaires in clinical practice. Each dialysis unit (including all patients) will be randomized to one of four study groups: 1) Patients will complete the disease-specific PROM; 2) Patients will complete the generic PROM; 3) Patients will complete both the disease-specific and generic PROM; 4) Patients will receive usual care. Clinicians (in dialysis units randomized to PROMs, groups 1-3) will receive the results of the questionnaires completed by the patients. This is intended to trigger the clinician to ask the patient about certain symptoms if any exist. All clinicians in all study groups will have access to the clinical "treatment aids", which are tools that help identify and manage certain symptoms that patients might have. For example, people with severe itching will be cared for based on a step-wise treatment algorithm. Patients will also receive a report of their questionnaire(s) results, with an explanation of what it means.
NCT06602453
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of GDC-8264 compared with placebo in participants undergoing cardiac surgery who are determined to be at moderate to high risk of developing AKI and subsequent MAKE at 90 days after surgery (MAKE90). The study will be performed in two parts- Part 1 and Part 2.
NCT07472426
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if one week of creatine monohydrate supplementation alters inflammation, markers of acute kidney injury (AKI) risk, and cognitive performance in active, young, healthy volunteers. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does one-week of creatine supplementation alter urinary markers of inflammation (cytokines) during exercise in the heat when compared to placebo? 2. Does one-week of creatine supplementation alter markers of AKI during exercise in the heat when compared to placebo? 3. Does one-week of creatine supplementation attenuate reductions in cognitive measures as a response of fatigue from exertional heat stress. Researchers will compare creatine monohydrate to a placebo (maltodextrin) to see if it alters inflammation, risk of acute kidney injury, and cognition after exercise in the heat. Participants will : * Complete a baseline aerobic exercise test to measure VO2max * Ingest 20 grams per day of creatine monohydrate or placebo (maltodextrin) for seven consecutive days * Cycle for 90 minutes in a heated chamber (38 C, \~40% relative humidity), alternating low- and high-intensity exercise * Self-collect urine before, after, and one-hour after exercise * Self-insert a rectal thermistor to measure core temperature * Complete cognitive tasks using the NIH toolbox before and after exercise to assess cognition * Complete the other condition (placebo or creatine) at least 21 days later
NCT07467889
This study aims to investigate the changes in blood levels of micronutrients and carnitine in critically ill patients with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) who are undergoing Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT). While CRRT is a life-saving intervention for managing metabolic disturbances and fluid overload in patients with Stage 2-3 AKI, it may also lead to the inadvertent removal of essential micronutrients (vitamins, trace elements, and amino acids) through the extracorporeal circuit. The research will prospectively compare 100 adult patients across two groups: those receiving CRRT and those managed without CRRT. Researchers will analyze blood samples and effluent fluid to determine the clearance rates and total losses of various substances, including carnitine, selenium, zinc, and various amino acids. By comparing levels at the first hour and 24th hour of intensive care admission, the study seeks to determine if CRRT significantly contributes to micronutrient deficiencies in this vulnerable population.
NCT07473388
This randomized controlled trial compares the operative outcomes of clipless laparoscopic cholecystectomy using a harmonic scalpel (HS) versus conventional clip-based laparoscopic cholecystectomy (CLC) in patients with gallstone disease. The primary goals are to determine if the clipless HS technique reduces operative time and intraoperative blood loss. Secondary outcomes include the length of postoperative hospital stay and the rate of port-site infections.
NCT07155005
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Steerable Ureteroscopic Renal Evacuation (SURE) with the CVAC System versus other commonly used renal-stone interventions.
NCT06717698
The study evaluates the safety of different doses of a new medicine called NNC0519 0130. It also looks into how the medicine may improve kidney function in participants with chronic kidney disease with or without type 2 diabetes, living with overweight or obesity. The participants will either get NNC0519-0130 (a new medicine), semaglutide (a medicine that doctors can already prescribe), or placebo (a "dummy" substance). Which treatment the participant will get is decided by chance. The study will last for up to 43 weeks.
NCT02836899
The purpose of this study is to determine whether nitric oxide is effective in the treatment of acute kidney injury in cardiac surgical patients with sign and laboratory data suggesting endothelial dysfunction undergoing prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass.
NCT07076589
A comparative study between the Usage of Flexible and Navigable Suction Ureteral Access Sheath (FANS) versus Traditional Access sheath in RIRS : Randomized controlled trial .
NCT07462780
This study is a first-in-human (FIH) trial of CMS-D017 conducted in healthy Chinese adult participants, consisting of two parts: Part 1-a single ascending dose (SAD) study (referred to as Part 1 SAD), and Part 2-a multiple ascending dose (MAD) study (referred to as Part 2 MAD). The study aims to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic (PK), and pharmacodynamic (PD) characteristics of CMS-D017 capsules following single and multiple oral administrations in healthy Chinese adult participants. Both parts of the study are designed as randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, sequential cohort trials. Part 1 SAD plans to include 6 dose cohorts, with 8 participants per cohort (6 receiving CMS-D017 and 2 receiving placebo), for a total of 48 participants. Part 2 MAD plans to include 4 dose cohorts, with 10 participants per cohort (8 receiving CMS-D017 and 2 receiving placebo), for a total of 40 participants.
NCT07454174
This is a 16 week pilot study of the impact of a nutritionist led ketogenic diet (Ren-Nu) supplemented with the medical food KetoCitra on autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.