Clinical Trial: Does Indoxyl Sulfate Have a Role in Uremic Pruritus?
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Condition: Pruritus
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Does Indoxyl Sulfate Have a Role in Uremic Pruritus? A Laboratory and Interventional Study.
Brief Summary:
Itching is a widespread and disturbing complain from patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD); epidemiologic data have suggested that approximately 40% of patients with end-stage renal disease experience moderate to severe itching. The pathogenesis of renal pruritus is multifactorial. Triggering factors may include uremia-related abnormalities, accumulation of uremic toxins, systemic inflammation and cutaneous xerosis. Indoxyl sulfate (IS) is a protein-bound uremic toxin resulting from the metabolism of dietary…
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