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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01028703
Date of registration: 08/12/2009
Primary sponsor: University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Public title: Effects of a Reduction in Kidney Function on Cardiovascular Structure and Function: A Prospective Study of Kidney Donors
Scientific title: Does a Reduction in Renal Function Increase Arterial Stiffness and Left Ventricular Mass? - A Prospective Study of Kidney Donors
Date of first enrolment: September 2010
Target sample size: 120
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01028703
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:   Jonathan N Townend, BSc (Hons) MBChB MD FRCP FESC
Address: 
Telephone: +44 121 697 8476
Email: john.townend@uhb.nhs.uk
Affiliation: 
Name:   Jonathan N Townend
Address: 
Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Univeristy Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Potential kidney donor attending University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Current nationally set Exclusion Criteria:

- Diabetes mellitus

- Atrial fibrillation

- Left ventricular dysfunction (ejection fraction <40% on transthoracic
echocardiography)

- History of cardiovascular or pulmonary disease

- Evidence of hypertensive end-organ damage.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Kidney Disease
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Arterial stiffness as measured by pulse wave velocity [Time Frame: 3 years]
Left ventricular mass as measured by CMR and Echocardiography [Time Frame: 3 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Aortic compliance measured by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging [Time Frame: 3 years]
Left ventricular systolic and diastolic elastance measured by echocardiography; [Time Frame: 3 years]
Oxidative stress, inflammation and collagen turnover measured by blood assays of plasma renin, aldosterone, high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), procollagen type III aminoterminal peptide (PIIINP) and C-telopeptide for type I collagen (CITP). [Time Frame: 3 years]
Secondary ID(s)
RKK3922
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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