Kidney Injury Severity and COVID-19

February 8, 2021 updated by: Dmitry Enikeev, MD, PhD, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Prospective Parallel-Group Study of the Relationship Between Kidney Injury Severity and Severity of COVID-19

The authors hypothesize that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can affect the kidneys, causing them to be damaged. The present study aims to explain the mechanisms of kidney injury in patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

In December 2019, an outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) occurred in Wuhan, China. It has spread rapidly to other areas in China and worldwide. The most common manifestations of COVID-19 included fever, dry cough, dyspnea, myalgia, fatigue and radiographic evidence of pneumonia. Complications (acute respiratory distress syndrome, shock, acute cardiac injury, secondary infection, and acute kidney injury) and death may occur in severe cases. Recent reports showed that extrapulmonary symptoms (intestinal symptoms in 10-20% of patients) and renal failure in some patients may be associated with the interaction of the virus with angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) receptors in other organs. It was suggested that ACE-2 expression in the kidneys can be the cause of kidney injury occurring in a number of patients with SARS-CoV-2.However, ACE-2 is not the only possible cause of kidney injury - sepsis-related cytokine storm can also lead to damage of kidney parenchyma.

The present study aims to explain the mechanisms of kidney injury in patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

340

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Males and females with confirmed viral pneumonia

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pneumonia confirmed by CT scans

Exclusion Criteria:

  • a history of chronic renal failure;
  • a history of kidney transplantation;
  • intake of substances with a history of renal toxicity (no later than a month before inclusion);
  • patients with a single kidney;
  • refusal of the patient to participate in the study;
  • absence of SARS-CoV-2 virus smear from the nasopharynx in PCR.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Mild COVID-19
Pneumonia without respiratory failure
Assessment of renal function, expression of viral RNA in urine and assessment of radiological changes will be performed
Other Names:
  • CRP
  • Presepsin
  • chest and abdominal CT scan
  • Hb
  • eGFR
  • Ccr
  • UACR
  • UMA
  • Proteinuria
Moderate COVID-19 up to 60 years
Respiratory frequency ≥30/minute, blood oxygen saturation≤93%
Assessment of renal function, expression of viral RNA in urine and assessment of radiological changes will be performed
Other Names:
  • CRP
  • Presepsin
  • chest and abdominal CT scan
  • Hb
  • eGFR
  • Ccr
  • UACR
  • UMA
  • Proteinuria
Moderate COVID-19 over 60 years old and severe COVID-19
Pneumonia with respiratory distress syndrome
Assessment of renal function, expression of viral RNA in urine and assessment of radiological changes will be performed
Other Names:
  • CRP
  • Presepsin
  • chest and abdominal CT scan
  • Hb
  • eGFR
  • Ccr
  • UACR
  • UMA
  • Proteinuria

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The effect of COVID-19 severity on the severity of renal failure
Time Frame: 2 months
estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), ml/min, in groups with mild, moderate and severe COVID-19
2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The expression of viral RNA in the urine with the severity of renal failure
Time Frame: 2 months
viral RNA concentration in urine, ME/ml
2 months
The severity of microalbuminuria in patients with COVID-19 of different conditions and renal failure
Time Frame: 2 months
albumine excretion with urine, g/ml
2 months
Assessment of the severity of renal impairment in patients who died from COVID-19
Time Frame: 2 months
estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), ml/min
2 months
Estimation of the duration of urinary viral RNA isolation in patients undergoing COVID-19
Time Frame: 2 months
Duration of viral RNA detection in urine by PCR, weeks
2 months
Expression of ACE-2 receptors in the kidneys of patients with renal failure who died from COVID-19
Time Frame: 2 months
expression of ACE-2 by imminohistochemistry at autopsy specimen
2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 15, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 11, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 11, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

May 13, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 9, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 8, 2021

Last Verified

February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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