Cure Research for Diabetic Nephropathy

Cure Research list for Diabetic Nephropathy:

The list of research areas and treatments under analysis mentioned in various sources for Diabetic Nephropathy includes:

• Vitamin E
• Retinopathy treatments - There is some evidence that kidney nephropathy and eye retinopathy share similar features because they are both small blood vessel diseases. Hence, it is worth considering whether some of the treatments for eye retinopathy might also work for nephropathy.

Latest Treatments for Diabetic Nephropathy

Some of the more recent treatments for Diabetic Nephropathy include:

• Arteriovenous fistula
• Kidney transplantation
• Kidney pancreas transplantation
• more treatments...»

Treatments for Diabetic Nephropathy

Treatments to consider for Diabetic Nephropathy may include:

• Control diabetic blood sugars - see treatment of diabetes
• Control blood pressure - see treatment of hypertension
• Avoid urinary tract infections
• Avoid kidney infections
• Avoid dehydration
• Adequate fluid intake
• Low protein diet - gives the kidneys less work to do, and so can reduce the strain on the kidney filtration, and thereby hopefully slow any kidney damage.
• more treatments...»

Medical Research Breakthroughs and Diabetic Nephropathy

Uric acid levels....the new test for diabetes....: Researchers at Boston have found an abnormal increase in uric acid levels as an early sign in a patient of kidney disease with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The previous screening test used for detecting diabetic kidney disease is detection of urine albumin levels. Normally albumin is not excreted in the urine in the kidney. Earlier estimation of albumin levels was done to detect any significant changes in the kidney of a diabetic, especially type 1 diabetes. These patients had a small amount of albumin in the urine. The study conducted in 675 patients with type 1 diabetes showed that only less 50% patients had albumin in the urine while the rest of them had normal urine with no albumin. But the kidney disease was present in patients with normal urine albumin levels. The estimation of Uric acid according to the study has been found in all patients with the diabetic kidney disease. The higher the levels of uric acid in patients, the lower the functioning capacity of the kidney. The researchers also noticed that the acid levels could be modified with help of drugs or decreased protein in diet. This could help in decline in course of renal failure in type 1 diabetes.

Cure Research discussion for Diabetic Nephropathy:

Participants in the DCCT were tested to assess the development of diabetic kidney disease (nephropathy). Findings showed that intensive treatment prevented the development and slowed the progression of diabetic kidney disease by 50 percent. (Source: excerpt from Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT): NIDDK)

Diabetic Nephropathy Treatment: Book Excerpts

• Treatment - Acute pyelonephritis
• Treatment - Nephrotic syndrome
• Treatment - Nephrotic syndrome
• Treatment - Pyelonephritis, acute

Clinical Trials for Diabetic Nephropathy

Some of the clinical trials for Diabetic Nephropathy include:

• Pirfenidone to Treat Kidney Disease in Patients With Diabetes - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Pirfenidone
• Study of Drugs for High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol in American Indians With Type 2 Diabetes at High Risk of Kidney or Heart Disease - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Lisinopril,nifedipine,simvastatin
• Soy Protein in Early Diabetic Nephropathy - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - soy protein
• Maximal Dose of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitor for Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Lisinopril
• Effect of Sulodexide in Early Diabetic Nephropathy - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Sulodexide
• more trials...»

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Diabetic Nephropathy

Medical research papers related to Diabetic Nephropathy include:

• Diabetic nephropathy
• Telmisartan is more effective than losartan in reducing proteinuria in patients with diabetic nephropathy
• Can you advise me re the difference between: diabetic nephropathy and CKD in a diabetic - (or indeed any patient with CKD)?
• Low-protein diet for diabetic nephropathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
• Urinary proteomics
• Should angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors be used in children with Type 1 diabetes and microalbuminuria?
• Preventing new onset development of proteinuria in people with diabetes and hypertension
• Proteinuria as a marker of chronic kidney damage
• What is the difference between PCR and ACR and what is the clinical relevance of the difference?
• Aliskiren combined with losartan in type 2 diabetes and nephropathy.
• Which OHA is drug of choice in Diabetic Nepropathy?
• Risk of microalbuminuria and progression to macroalbuminuria in a cohort with childhood onset type 1 diabetes: prospective observational study.
• Do ACE inhibitors have the same reno-protective properties that they have in non afro-caribbeans?
• Diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease
• Irbesartan in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction.
• What are the reasons of bitter taste in mouth in a diabetic lady?
• What are the main diseases which recur following a renal transplant?
• Type 2 diabetes: the management of type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes type 1 and 2 evidence-based nutrition practice guideline for adults.
• Angiotensin Blockade in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy
• Combination therapy with an ACE inhibitor and an angiotensin receptor blocker for diabetic nephropathy: a meta-analysis
• Prediction of Diabetic Nephropathy Using Urine Proteomic Profiling 10 Years Prior to Development of Nephropathy.
• Combination therapy with an ACE inhibitor and an angiotensin receptor blocker for diabetic nephropathy: a meta-analysis.
• Diagnostic potential of serum protein pattern in Type 2 diabetic nephropathy
• Protein restriction for diabetic renal disease
• Angiotensin receptor antagonist vs. angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor in Asian subjects with type 2 diabetes and albuminuria - a randomized crossover study.
• Renin-angiotensin system and cardiovascular risk.
• Clinical practice guidelines for the care of patients with chronic kidney disease
• Antiproteinuric effect of the calcium channel blocker cilnidipine added to renin-angiotensin inhibition in hypertensive patients with chronic renal disease.
• Treatment of microalbuminuria in hypertensive subjects with elevated cardiovascular risk: results of the IMPROVE trial.

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