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UnknownNCT00470769

The Efficacy of Color-Doppler Ultrasonography to Assess the Renal Blood Flow With the Estimation of GFR

Color-Doppler Ultrasonography vs 99mTc-DTPA Scintigraphy to Assess the Renal Blood Flow

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
2,006 (estimated)
Sponsor
University of Roma La Sapienza · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
30 Years – 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

It is generally assumed that renal blood flow is symmetric in the absence of renal artery stenosis. The importance of studying the function of both kidneys separately is because it cannot be assumed that they are functionally equal.The aim of the present study is to evaluate whether this is really in patients with essential hypertension and/or moderate kidneys loss.

Detailed description

To validate color Doppler ultrasonography of renal arteries for the assessment of renal blood flow (RBF), we comparing left and right RBF estimates and their sum (total RBF) by echo-Doppler with data obtained by 99mTc-DTPA scintigraphy in 50 patients with hypertension and/or moderate renal failure, compared with 30 normal control subjects.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREColor-Doppler Ultrasound, 99mTc-DTPA scintigraphy

Timeline

Start date
2006-09-01
Completion
2007-05-01
First posted
2007-05-08
Last updated
2007-05-08

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Italy

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00470769. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.