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Conditions studied: Acute Kidney Injury

In brief

In this exploratory study we explore the use of Shear Wave Elastography to differentiate between Acute Kidney Injury after vascular surgery and among the healthy population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04144894

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

50

Starts

2020-01-15

Expected to finish

2026-12-02

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-19

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• No history of diabetes or hypertension
• Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate > 60 ml/min/m\^2
• Structurally normal kidney on renal ultrasound
• BMI < 27 kg/m\^2

You may not qualify if…

• Prisoners directly admitted from a correctional facility
• Children < 19 years or under 50 kg body weight if age is unknown
• Patients with end stage renal disease or preexisting glomerular filtration rate less than or equal to 30 mL/min/1.73 m\^2 or need for dialysis
• Patients with end stage heart disease on the cardiac transplant list
• Patients undergoing procedures without vascular surgery
• All transplant patients
• Patients on ventricular assist devices
• Patients undergoing emergency procedures
• Patients with body mass index > 27kg/m\^2
• Any condition that would impede visualization of the kidneys by ultrasound

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States (enrolling)

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