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Benazepril for Advanced Chronic Renal Insufficiency

Information source: Southern Medical University, China
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on June 20, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Chronic Kidney Failure

Intervention: Benazepril (Drug)

Phase: N/A

Status: Terminated

Sponsored by: Southern Medical University, China

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Fan Fan Hou, M.D.,Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Affiliation: Southern Medical University

Summary

The purpose of this study is to further determine whether benazepril, could safely slow the progression of renal dysfunction in non-diabetic patients with advanced renal insufficiency.

Clinical Details

Study design: Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: 70 Years. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

1. serum creatinine concentration 1. 5-5. 0 mg/dL (133-442 µmol/L)

2. creatinine clearance 20 to70 mL/min/1. 73 m2, with variations of less than 30 percent in the three months before the screening evaluation

3. non-diabetic renal disease

4. persistent proteinuria (defined as urinary protein excretion greater than 0. 3 g/day for three or more months without evidence of urinary-tract infection or overt heart failure [New York Heart Association class III–IV]).

Exclusion Criteria:

- immediate need for dialysis; treatment with corticosteroids, non-steroidal

anti-inflammatory drugs or immunosuppressive drugs; renovascular disease; myocardial infarction or cerebrovascular accident in the year preceding the trial; connective-tissue disease; obstructive uropathy.

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Page last updated: June 20, 2008

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