Characteristics of Pulmonary Vascular Changes in Patients With Kidney Transplantation

Medical University of Graz

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Kidney Transplantation; Haemodialysis; Pulmonary Hypertension

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: exercise echocardiography

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT04842591

33-022 ex 20/21

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to investigate pulmonary hemodynamics at rest and during exercise in patients before and after kidney transplantation.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age: ≥ 18 years
• patients listed for first kidney transplantation at the Clinical Division of Nephrology

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 18 years
• combined organ transplantations (heart-kidney, pancreas-kidney etc.)
• patients with prior kidney transplantation
• high calcium score on cardiac-CT (> 160 Agatston Score)

Trial design

60 participants in 1 patient group

kidney transplant candidates

Description:

Patients listed for first kidney transplantation

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: exercise echocardiography