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WithdrawnNCT01665651Updated May 8, 2017

Kidney Yin/Yang Replenishment on Patients With Renal Osteodystrophy

A Phase 2 interventional study of Yougui granules and Zuogui granules in Renal Insufficiency, Chronic and Renal Osteodystrophy, sponsored by Bing Shu. Withdrawn at 3 sites in China. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 50 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-05-08.

Sponsored by Bing Shu · Phase 2, Interventional, and Prevention

Why this study was withdrawn
Hard to enroll participants
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years to 50 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Patients with serious chronic renal insufficiency usually develop secondary osteoporosis or bone loss, especially those with chronic dialysis, and the degree of bone loss is corrected with decrease of renal function. In traditional Chinese medicine, kidney function is considered to dominate bone development and metabolism. Kidney Yin and Yang replenishment will help improve bone development and metabolism.

Read the detailed description

In this study patients with chronic renal insufficiency and secondary osteoporosis or bone loss will be evaluated with traditional Chinese medicine standard and allocated into kidney Yin deficiency and kidney Yang deficiency groups. In Yin deficiency group, patients will be divided into Zuogui granules treatment group and placebo group. In Yang deficiency group, patients will be divided into Yuogui granules treatment group and placebo group. All the patients will also accept basic treatment.

After 3-month-treatment, we will detect blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, bone mineral density, bone metabolism markers including FGF23, 1,25(OH)2D3, Osteocalcin, PTH, BALP, serum and urinal Ca, P. We will also perform miRNA array. The data before treatment and after treatment will be compared. The data of treatment groups and placebo groups will also be compared.

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Conditions studied

  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
  • Renal Osteodystrophy
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In context

Renal Insufficiency, Chronic

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Bing Shu as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 50 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • chronic renal insufficiency
  • bone loss or osteoporosis
  • 30-50 years old
  • kidney Yin or Yang deficiency evaluated with traditional Chinese medicine
  • be willing to and be able to join in the study and signed Informed consent
  • have not accepted systematical treatment on bone loss or osteoporosis

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • allergies
  • secondary osteoporosis caused by other diseases.
  • postmenopausal women
  • mental illness or psychosis
  • patients with bone fracture and need surgery treatment
  • taking any medicine that will affect bone metabolism for a long time and can not stop
  • women during pregnant stage and breast-feed stage
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Placebo comparator
    kidney Yin deficiency with placebo

    chronic renal insufficiency patients with kidney Yin deficiency evaluated with traditional Chinese medicine will be given Zuogui granules placebo treatment besides basic treatment.

    Drug: Zuogui granules placebo

  • Placebo comparator
    kidney Yang deficiency with placebo

    chronic renal insufficiency patients with kidney Yang deficiency evaluated with traditional Chinese medicine will be given Yougui granules placebo treatment besides basic treatment.

    Drug: Yougui granules placebo

  • Experimental
    kidney Yin deficiency with Zuogui

    chronic renal insufficiency patients with kidney Yin deficiency evaluated with traditional Chinese medicine will be given Zuogui granules treatment besides basic treatment.

    Drug: Zuogui granules

  • Experimental
    kidney Yang deficiency with Yougui

    chronic renal insufficiency patients with kidney Yang deficiency evaluated with traditional Chinese medicine will be given Yougui granules treatment besides basic treatment.

    Drug: Yougui granules

Interventions

  • DrugYougui granules

    Yougui granules is traditional Chinese patent medicine used to treatment patients with kidney Yang deficiency. Granules, 11g/pouch, taking with water, 2 pouches, twice a day, three months.

  • DrugZuogui granules

    Zuogui granules is traditional Chinese patent medicine used to treatment patients with kidney Yin deficiency. Granules, 11g/pouch, taking with water, 2 pouches, twice a day, three months.

  • DrugYougui granules placebo

    Granules, 11g/pouch, taking with water, 2 pouches, twice a day, three months.

  • DrugZuogui granules placebo

    Granules, 11g/pouch, taking with water, 2 pouches, twice a day, three months.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Bone Mineral Density

    Time frame: 3 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Kidney Yin and Yang evaluation

    Function of Kidney Yin and Yang will be evaluated with Traditional Chinese Medicine methods before and after treatment(Kidney Yin/Yang replenishment) to check whether function of Kidney Yin and Yang are improved. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, function of Kidney Yin and Yang are evaluated according to some specific symptoms and the severity including soreness of the waist and knee, exhausted, tinnitus, hard of hearing, hair loss, white hair, dizziness, dry mouth, red flush in face, night sweating, hot flashes, insomnia, dreaminess, the status of tongue body and coating and so on.

    Time frame: 3 months

  2. bone metabolism

    bone alkaline phosphatase, fibroblast growth factor 23, Osteocalcin, Parathyroid hormone , 1,25(OH)2D3, serum and urinal Ca, P will be detected to check whether bone metabolism is improved after treatment(Kidney Yin/Yang replenishment).

    Time frame: 3 months

  3. Blood Urea Nitrogen

    BUN will be detected to check whether kidney function is improved after treatment(Kidney Yin/Yang replenishment)

    Time frame: 3 months

  4. creatinine

    Creatinine will be detected to check whether kidney function is improved after treatment(Kidney Yin/Yang replenishment)

    Time frame: 3 months

Other outcomes

  1. miRNA array

    Time frame: 3 months

  2. bone morphogenetic protein 7

    Time frame: 3 months

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Study locations

3 sites
  • The first affiliated hospital of Anhui University of TCM
    Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
  • Huadong hospital affiliated to Fudan University
    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality 200000, China
  • Longhua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Uni of TCM
    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality 200032, China
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
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The record gives a start of Aug 2012, a primary completion of May 2017 and a completion of May 2017. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

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Registered
Aug 8, 2012
First posted
Aug 15, 2012
Start
Aug 2012
Primary completionActual
May 2017
CompletionActual
May 2017
Last update
May 8, 2017
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Primary completion.
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Completion.
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Actual and Est.
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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 8, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01665651
Lead sponsor
Bing Shu
Collaborators
Huadong Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Longhua Hospital
Responsible party
Bing Shu (assistant research fellow, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Aug 15, 2012
Start date
Aug 2012
Primary completion
May 2017
Completion
May 2017
Last update
May 8, 2017

Study contacts

Yongjun Wang, Doctor
principal investigator · Longhua hospital affiliated to Shanghai Uni of TCM

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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