The role of platelets and platelet-derived microvesicles in diabetic nephropathy.
Completed
- Conditions
- diabetic kidney injuryDiabetic nephropathy1001265310029149
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON47280
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 144
Inclusion Criteria
Type 2 diabetes
Age between 18-70 year
Exclusion Criteria
Smoker
User of anti-platelet drugs
South-Asian or Sub-Sahara ethnicity
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main parameter of this study is the content of mRNA and miRNA in platelets<br /><br>and PMVs. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Plasma and urinary microvesicles and inflammatory markers (e.g. TNF-alpha,<br /><br>il-6, il-8, il-1*), renal injury markers (e.g. Cystatin-C, nGAL), as well as<br /><br>platelet activity markers (platelet factor 4 and serotonin) and agonist-induced<br /><br>platelet aggregation (platelet count-based test) are secondary study<br /><br>parameters. </p><br>