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Remote Ischemic Conditioning for the Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease
Sponsor: Capital Medical University
Summary
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing epidemic affecting 10% of the population worldwide. Significantly, diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the main cause of CKD and affects approximately 40% of patients with diabetes. Approximately 10% of patients with early-stage CKD and approximately half of patients with advanced-stage CKD suffer progression to renal failure and require dialysis or transplantation to survive. Moreover, DKD progresses particularly rapidly and has a poor prognosis, accounting for almost 50% of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) cases. Dialysis in particular is a burdensome therapy associated with poor patient outcomes and high societal and economic costs. Clinical studies using RIP have demonstrated protection against ischemic target renal damage in a variety of acute and chronic clinical settings . In the renal setting, RIP performed in dialysis patients is known to abrogate brain, heart and liver ischemia occurring during hemodialysis treatments. RIP may play a role in reducing the incidence of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury. However, whether RIP can improve the renal function of patients with DKD is unclear and is worthy of further study. Our overarching hypothesis is that RIP, performed in DKD patients, could delay progression to renal failure by abrogating progressive ischemic damage in the failing kidney. The present proposal is a pilot study addressing this hypothesis and is aimed at generating proof-of-concept and feasibility data on the benefits of RIP in patients with DKD.
Official title: The Safety and Efficacy of Remote Ischemic Conditioning for the Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease: a Single-center Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2025-01
Completion Date
2025-12
Last Updated
2024-10-23
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Remote ischemic conditioning
RIC is a non-invasive therapy that performed by an electric auto-control device with cuff placed on arm. RIC procedures consist of five cycles of 5-min inflation (200 mmHg) and 5-min deflation of cuff on bilateral arm. The procedure will be performed twice daily for consecutive 6 months after enrollment.
Sham remote ischemic conditioning
Sham RIC will be performed by the same electric auto-control device with cuff placed on arm. Sham RIC procedures consist of five cycles of 5-min inflation (60 mmHg) and 5-min deflation of cuff on bilateral arm. The procedure will be performed twice daily for consecutive 6 months after enrollment.
Standard medication therapy
Standard medication therapy will be performed according to the national and international guidelines.