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Periodontal Infection and Systemic Inflammation in Renal Patients

NCT01094639 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2016-10-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of gum disease in affecting the long term prognosis of renal patients. This disease if untreated causes inflammatory response throughout the body. If the subject has gum disease, he/she will be randomly assigned to one of the two treatment groups. The study investigates what happens to inflammatory markers in blood and saliva after you are treated for gum disease.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Scaling root planing

Deep gum cleaning with local anesthesia

PROCEDURE

Supragingival Prophylaxis

Plaque removal

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

    collaborator NIH

  • UConn Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Efthimia Ioannidou, DDS, MDS · UConn Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-08-31
Primary Completion
2015-07-31
Completion
2015-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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