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NCT04160507Recruiting

Duke APOL1 Research Biorepository

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The Duke ApoL1 Nephropathy Biorepository aims to address needs within non-diabetic kidney failure research by utilizing existing and, when necessary, developing new infrastructure to support the consent of patients and the collection of dedicated samples for ApoL1 Nephropathy biorepository. The mutations in ApoL1 gene that are strongly associated with kidney disease are only present in individuals of recent African ancestry (i.e., black people). Caucasians do not have these ApoL1 mutations nor the associated kidney disease. Therefore, majority of subjects recruited for this study will be self-identified African Americans, Afro-Caribbean and other black individual. Study subjects will include individuals with end stage kidney disease and those without any clinical evidence of kidney disease. Additionally, healthy black adults with no known history of kidney disease will be recruited as controls in this study because they are the only group that can fill this role.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
200 (estimated)
First submitted
8 Nov 2019
Start date
13 Dec 2019
Primary completion date
15 Nov 2026
Lead sponsor
Duke University
NCT number
NCT04160507

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 200
  • From 13 Dec 2019 to the primary completion date, 15 Nov 2026
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other illness

  • Healthy controls with kidney disease

Other

  • Black adult cases with diabetic nephropathy

Who the study is looking for

  • Majority of subjects recruited for this study will be self-identified African Americans, Afro-Caribbean and other black individuals. Study subjects will include individuals at various stages of kidney disease and those without any clinical evidence of kidney disease.
  • Healthy black adults, age 50 and older with no known history of kidney disease will be recruited as controls

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Duke University Medical Center
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DurhamUnited StatesRecruiting

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