New registry aims to unlock secrets of kidney disease that starts in childhood
NCT ID NCT04338048
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study creates a registry to collect health information from people with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD), the most common genetic cause of kidney failure. While ADPKD was once thought to only affect adults, researchers now know it begins in childhood, but there are no clear guidelines for managing it early. By gathering medical data and optional blood or urine samples from 300 participants, the study hopes to fill that gap and build better online resources for patients and families.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this registry could provide the first evidence-based guidelines for managing ADPKD in children and help families understand the disease earlier.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational registry, not a treatment trial, so it will not directly change outcomes for participants. Results depend on how many people join and share data over time.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2019
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients eligible are individuals diagnosed with ADPKD before the age of 18 years.
- Ages
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Up to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Demonstration of ADPKD by clinical information, imaging studies, biopsy, autopsy, or genetic testing. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney disease (ARPKD), urinary tract malformations or major congenital anomalies of other systems suggesting a diagnosis other than recessive hepato-renal fibrocystic diseases.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19146, United States
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Children's National Hospital
RECRUITINGWashington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
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Cohen Children's Medical Center
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATIONNew Hyde Park, New York, 11042, United States
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Mayo Clinic
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55902, United States
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