High Water Intake to Slow Progression of Polycystic Kidney Disease

NYU Langone Health

Status

Completed

Conditions

Kidney, Polycystic, Autosomal Dominant

Treatments

Other: Water

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00784030

08-774

Details and patient eligibility

About

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic disease that occurs in 1 in 500 individuals and leads to kidney failure in half of all affected. Currently, no treatments exist for PKD. PKD-affected kidney cells divide and multiply inappropriately, and form fluid-filled sacs called cysts. Kidney cysts continue to grow throughout life, destroying normal kidney tissue, leading to kidney failure. Based on evidence from basic science research it is believed that drinking high amounts of water can slow the abnormal cysts growth. This study aims to look at changes in urine composition with high water intake in PKD-affected persons compared to healthy individuals.

Enrollment

23 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Clinical diagnosis of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease by history, ultrasound, CT or MRI
Healthy subjects without a diagnosis of Polycystic Kidney Disease by history, ultrasound, CT or MRI
Ages between 18 and 65
Healthy subjects (without Polycystic Kidney Disease) must have an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR by the MDRD equation) > 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 with no history of kidney disease

Exclusion criteria

Women who are pregnant or nursing
Active dependency on drugs or alcohol
Diagnosis of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis
Currently taking a vasopressin agonist or antagonist
Blood sodium level less than < 135 mEq/L
For healthy participants, estimated glomerular filtration rate (level of kidney function) less than < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2