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An Observational Study to Learn More How Chronic Kidney Disease Gradually Changes Over Time in Adults Using Electronic Healthcare Records (CKD Natural History Study)

Completed
Conditions
Chronic Kidney Disease
Interventions
Other: No Intervention
Registration Number
NCT05914259
Lead Sponsor
Bayer
Brief Summary

This is an observational study in which the health data of people with chronic kidney disease are studied using electronic healthcare records. In observational studies, only observations are made without participants receiving any advice or any changes to healthcare.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a condition in which the kidney's ability to work properly gradually decreases over time. This causes a buildup of waste in the body and can lead to loss of kidney function over the long term. CKD is divided into different stages based on how well the kidneys are filtering the blood.

CKD is known to increase the risk of developing serious health problems such as serious heart problems, irreversible damage to kidneys requiring either dialysis or a kidney transplant (end stage kidney disease, ESKD), and early death. However, there is limited information available about how often heart problems occur in people with different stages of CKD, and how a history of heart problems might affect future risks for CKD patients.

The purpose of this study is to collect more information on how CKD changes over time for people at different CKD stages and how it affects their heart and kidneys.

The main information that researchers will collect in this study:

changes in kidney function (worsening or improvement).

Other information that researchers will collect:

patient characteristics for each stage of CKD,

the length of time for serious heart-related conditions to occur,

the length of time it takes for CKD to progress to kidney failure,

the length of time for occurrence of deaths due to any causes, and

the length of time it takes for serious heart-related conditions and kidney failure to occur.

This study will include CKD patients above 18 years of age. Researchers will review electronic healthcare records to identify CKD patients in two ways:

using disease codes for CKD and

using lab results which show abnormal kidney function.

The data will come from participants' information stored in an electronic healthcare records database called Merative Explorys database Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in the United States of America.

The research will cover the period from January 2010 up to December 2019.

Researchers will track individual patients' data and will follow them for a maximum of 5 years or until they experience certain events like changes to their CKD stage, kidney failure, serious heart-related conditions, or death.

In this study, only available data from routine care is analyzed. No visits or tests are required.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
969394
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Diagnosed cohort - CKD Stage 4No InterventionBased on diagnosis codes (International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes) indicating Stage 4.
Lab based cohort - CKD Stage 3 overallNo InterventionTwo abnormal lab measures of estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), or Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (uACR)/ Urine Protein Creatinine Ratio (uPCR) using LOINC codes based on Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines indicating Stage 3 overall.
Lab based cohort - CKD Stage 3bNo InterventionTwo abnormal lab measures of estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), or Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (uACR)/ Urine Protein Creatinine Ratio (uPCR) using LOINC codes based on Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines indicating Stage 3b.
Diagnosed cohort - CKD Stage 2No InterventionBased on diagnosis codes (International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes) indicating Stage 2.
Lab based cohort - CKD Stage 1No InterventionTwo abnormal lab measures of estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), or Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (uACR)/ Urine Protein Creatinine Ratio (uPCR) using Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) codes based on Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines indicating Stage 1.
Lab based cohort - CKD Stage 5No InterventionTwo abnormal lab measures of estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), or Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (uACR)/ Urine Protein Creatinine Ratio (uPCR) using LOINC codes based on Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines indicating Stage 5.
Diagnosed cohort - CKD Stage 3No InterventionBased on diagnosis codes (International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes) indicating Stage 3.
Diagnosed cohort - CKD Stage 1No InterventionBased on diagnosis codes (International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes) indicating Stage 1.
Diagnosed cohort - CKD Stage UnspecifiedNo InterventionBased on diagnosis codes (International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes) indicating Stage Unspecified.
Lab based cohort - CKD Stage 4No InterventionTwo abnormal lab measures of estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), or Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (uACR)/ Urine Protein Creatinine Ratio (uPCR) using LOINC codes based on Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines indicating Stage 4.
Diagnosed cohort - CKD Stage 5No InterventionBased on diagnosis codes (International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes) indicating Stage 5.
Lab based cohort - CKD Stage 2No InterventionTwo abnormal lab measures of estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), or Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (uACR)/ Urine Protein Creatinine Ratio (uPCR) using LOINC codes based on Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines indicating Stage 2.
Lab based cohort - CKD Stage 3aNo InterventionTwo abnormal lab measures of estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), or Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (uACR)/ Urine Protein Creatinine Ratio (uPCR) using LOINC codes based on Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines indicating Stage 3a.
Lab based cohort - CKD Stage unspecifiedNo InterventionTwo abnormal lab measures of estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), or Urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (uACR)/ Urine Protein Creatinine Ratio (uPCR) using LOINC codes based on Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines indicating Stage unspecified.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Diagnosed Cohorts - Change in CKD stage based on ICD codesRetrospective analysis between 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2019
Lab based Cohorts - Change in KDIFO eGFR stage based on two values and at least one of the values showing an increase or decrease by ≥25% in eGFR from baseline stageRetrospective analysis between 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2019
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Descriptive summary of patient characteristics per Chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage (1-5)Retrospective analysis between 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2019
Time to End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD)Retrospective analysis between 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2019

ESKD which includes dialysis and kidney transplant.

Time to MACE+ and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in patients who progressed or regressedRetrospective analysis between 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2019
Time to Major adverse coronary events (MACE)+ (composite and individual components)Retrospective analysis between 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2019

MACE including all-cause mortality and also individual components (Myocardial Infarction/ Acute Coronary Syndrome (MI/ACS), Unstable Angina (UA), Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), any stroke, hospitalization for heart failure)

Time to all-cause mortalityRetrospective analysis between 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2019

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bayer

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Wuppertal, Germany

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