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urinary exosomal microRNA marker for progressive diabetic nephropathy

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease
Registration Number
KCT0003573
Lead Sponsor
Gachon University Gil Medical Center
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
270
Inclusion Criteria

Type 2 diabetic patients diagnosed at the age of 30 or older
- Aged 75 and younger
- Patients with eGFR and albuminuria recordings at least three times in intervals of at least 3 months
- Patients taking antihypertensive agents and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor / angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) for hypertension or albuminuria have been receiving stable doses for more than 2 weeks

As a healthy healthy control group, adult subjects who aged more than 30 and 75 or less years old, with neither diabetes nor chronic kidney disease

Exclusion Criteria

? Under the age of 30 or over 75 years old
? Patients with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis
? Patients with CKD unrelated to diabetes
? Patients with poor blood pressure control or those taking 4 or more classes of antihypertensive drugs
? Patients with kidney transplantation or single kidney, patients with genetic kidney disease
? Among retrospective trajectory data, initial urine albumin/creation ratio (UACR)> 3500 mg/g, hemoglobin <11 g/dL, or serum albumin <3.6 g/dL
? Hemoglobin A1c level> 11.0% at enrollment,
? A history of dialysis or a history of acute kidney injury
? Other severe systemic disease or BMI <18.5 kg /square meters
? Pregnant women
? Malignant diseases with the last 5 years
? Long-term use (3 or more months) of nephrotoxic agents (e.g., NSAID and lithium)
? The use of Steroids(for 3 or more weeks) or systemic immunosuppressant dosage
? Patients who are considered inappropriate due to other clinical studies (eg, severe systemic disease, mental illness, social anxiety, etc.)
? End-stage renal disease before enrollment

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
MicroRNA profiles associated with the progression of diabetic nephropathy
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Predictive performance of the combination of selected microRNA markers and clinical variables for progressive diabetic nephropathy
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