Can a simple blood molecule predict blood vessel damage in kids with kidney disease?
NCT ID NCT06300788
First seen Jul 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 28, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether levels of a molecule called inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) in the blood are linked to blood vessel damage in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Researchers will compare PPi levels in children with CKD (including those on dialysis or with a kidney transplant) to levels in healthy children. The goal is to better understand why blood vessels harden in CKD and possibly find new ways to prevent it.
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 this study clarifies how pyrophosphate relates to blood vessel damage in children with kidney disease, it could point toward new ways to prevent or slow that damage.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study with a small number of participants (60 children). It measures molecules in the blood, so it cannot prove cause and effect or directly lead to a treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
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.
- Ages
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0 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: All groups : * Minor patients (\<18 years) * Patients of both sexes * Informed patients and parents who have signed the informed consent form * Patients affiliated to social security Control group : \- Patients with no particular pathology undergoing surgery and receiving a preoperative check-up CKD groups : * Patients on dialysis for more than 3 months, regardless of technique * Kidney transplant patients * Patients with CKD, whatever the cause Exclusion Criteria: * Progressive cancer or kidney disease * Treatments that may modify PPi concentration (e.g. bisphosphonates)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Nice - Hôpital de l'Archet 2
RECRUITINGNice, Alpes-Maritimes, 06200, France
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