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Precision Medicine Approaches to Renal Osteodystrophy
Sponsor: Thomas Nickolas
Summary
Treatment of renal osteodystrophy is impeded by the lack of practical and accurate tools to determine underlying bone turnover. Gold standard bone biopsy is not practical in the clinic for the vast majority of kidney disease patients and parathyroid hormone and bone alkaline phosphatase have insufficient accuracy for turnover type to safely and confidently guide treatment of renal osteodystrophy. In the present investigation, the investigators will study a microRNA approach as a novel non-invasive biomarker of turnover for renal osteodystrophy.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
40
Start Date
2022-12-21
Completion Date
2027-06-30
Last Updated
2025-06-27
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
miRNAseq analysis
Identify miRNA in serum and prepare a miRNA sequencing library for novel analysis.
Standard treatment for bone disorder
Participants will be prescribed a clinically indicated bone-targeted treatment for osteoporosis or bone disorder related to CKD. (non-experimental)
Locations (1)
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU)
St Louis, Missouri, United States