Crescentic glomerulonephritis

MONDO:0001645

A histopathologic term for a pattern of diseases characterized by extensive crescent formation in the glomeruli; patients present clinically with rapid deterioration of renal function, and possible progression to end-stage renal failure within weeks or months.

Also known as: crescentic glomerulonephritis, crescentic glomerulonephritis (disease)

4 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 1 tagged with Crescentic glomerulonephritis itself.

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↑ Acute proliferative glomerulonephritis (1)

Including sub-types (4) Tagged with Crescentic glomerulonephritis (1)

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Could a diabetes drug shield kidneys from autoimmune attack?

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This trial investigates whether pioglitazone, a drug used for diabetes, can help protect the kidneys in people with ANCA-associated vasculitis—a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of blood vessels, often damaging the kidneys. Participants receive either pioglitazone…

Phase 3 • Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris • Aim: Disease control

Last updated Jul 03, 2026 00:00 UTC

Crescentic glomerulonephritis

Where it sits in the disease tree

Could a diabetes drug shield kidneys from autoimmune attack?