Fat tissue secrets in kidney disease revealed

NCT ID NCT02902705

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated Jun 21, 2026 · Updated 39 times

Summary

This completed study looked at fat tissue from 23 men with advanced chronic kidney disease (stage V) and compared it to healthy men. Researchers took small fat samples during planned surgeries to measure fat cell size and gene activity. The goal was to understand why kidney disease causes metabolic problems like weight loss and insulin resistance. No treatment was given; this was purely an observation study.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Service de Néphrologie, dialyse, hypertension artérielle - Pavillon P - Hôpital Edouard Herriot -

    Lyon, 69003, France

Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

chronic renal failure syndrome end stage renal failure uremia

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.