The CKD Bowel Health Study

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Chronic Kidney Disease; Gastro-Intestinal Intolerance; Gut microbiome; Renal and Urogenital - Kidney disease; Oral and Gastrointestinal - Inflammatory bowel disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621000548831
• Lead Sponsor: Prof Germaine Wong

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-05-11
• Last Update Posted: 19 April 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 170

Inclusion Criteria

Adults aged 18 years and older.
Patients with kidney failure (CKD Stage 4 to 5D: estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate between 0 to 29 mL/min/1.73m2 and albuminuria greater than 300 mg/g) on dialysis and/or listed on the deceased donor kidney transplant waiting list, or patients with kidney failure with a planned pre-emptive transplant within 12 months.
This includes both kidney-only and simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant candidates.

Exclusion Criteria

Prior bowel resection.
Chronic pancreatic insufficiency history of inflammatory bowel disease.
Recent infection-related diarrhoea.
Unable to give informed consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified