Case-Control Study on Analgesics and Nephropathy (SAN)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2004-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The objective of the international, multicenter case-control study was to evaluate the association between end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and use of non-phenacetin-containing analgesics with particular emphasis on combined formulations.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Center for Epidemiology and Health Research, Germany
• Treatments: Analgesics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Cases: Patients under the age of 50 years with new (incident) chronic ESDR during the study period in a given dialysis center.

• Controls: Healthy persons from the same region the case came from and in the same 5-year age and gender group.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with acute or remittent renal failure (e.g. after renal transplantation), out of age range, dead before the interview could be done, bad physical or mental condition