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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Colon Dialysis Treats Non-dialysis End-Stage Kidney Disease

Phase 1
Conditions
Chronic Kidney Failure
End-Stage Kidney Disease
Interventions
Drug: colon lotion
Registration Number
NCT03142529
Lead Sponsor
Pang Peng
Brief Summary

This study evaluates the clinical efficacy and study the therapeutic mechanism of a kind of traditional Chinese medicine colonic dialysis on Chronic kidney disease (CKD) 5 without blood dialysis therapy in adults. Half of participants will receive conventional integrated therapy on chronic renal failure (CRF), while the other half will receive integrated therapy on CRF and traditional Chinese medicine colonic dialysis.

Detailed Description

Patients who would hospitalized in Nephrology of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine have chance to participate this study. All participates will be divided into two groups depending on their individual treatment interests and the baseline information will be balanced.

Integrated Therapy is routine symptomatic and supportive treatment for CRF,including reducing blood pressure and urine protein, improving anemia,regulating calcium and phosphorus metabolism and so on.The colon lotion used in colonic dialysis is a kind of hospital preparation. It consists of Rhubarb, Concha ostreae and some other traditional Chinese medicine.The whole treatment lasts about 10 days,as long as a regular drill-and-fill procedure. Before and after the treatment, related body dimensions will be tested.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria
  • 1.corresponding to diagnosis standards of CKD-5:eGFR≤15ml/min/1.73m2; 2. did not receive kidney replacement therapy; 3. no gastrointestinal diseases (including ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammation, cancer, infection, bleeding, etc.) in the past 1 year; 4.not associated with rectal-related disorders (hemorrhoids, anal fistula, rectal cancer, cancer, infection, bleeding, etc.); 5.Sign informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
    1. having used antibiotics, hormones, immunosuppressive, probiotics and laxatives in past three months; 2. pregnant or lactating patients; 3.cannot cooperate or tolerate colonic dialysis treatment; 4.combined with active stage of malignant tumors, cardiovascular, respiratory system, decompensated liver cirrhosis or blood system diseases (including coagulation disorders, hematopoietic dysfunction, etc.) and other serious primary disease; 5. recent merger of patients with infectious diseases; 6.having known to be allergic to some drugs in the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Integrated Therapy and colonic dialysiscolon lotionThis arm is a treatment group,in which participants will receive integrated therapy on CRF and traditional Chinese medicine Colonic dialysis with traditional Chinese medicine colon lotion once a day.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of glomerular filtration rate indexthe first day before intervention and the eleventh day

measuring the level of urea nitrogen,blood urea nitrogen,serum creatinine, serum cystatin C, blood and urineβ2-microglobulin. calculating the creatinine clearance rate.

Change of intestinal florathe first day before intervention and the eleventh day

measuring serum endotoxin and investigating the differences of intestinal flora between control group and experience group,as well as the differences between before colonic dialysis and after colonic dialysis.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of serum electrolyte changesthe first day before intervention and the eleventh day

measuring serum contents of sodium,potassium and phosphorus.

Change of related inflammatory indexthe first day before intervention and the eleventh day

measuring hs-C reactive protein(hs-CRP),interleukin 1β(IL-1β),IL-6,tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α) in serum.

Change of renal fibrosis indexthe first day before intervention and the eleventh day

measuring platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) secretion and serum transforming growth factor β(TGF-β).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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