Do you or your child have a kidney condition and take certain meds? Join our study and help us make a difference! You'll also get paid for your time.
Do you have protein in your urine and have had a kidney biopsy? You may be able to participate in a research study to test to see if a study drug can reduce the amount of protein in your urine.
Have you had an alcoholic drink today or in the past 4 months? Have you been diagnosed with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD)? You may be able to participate in a research study that is exploring a medication that may help reduce the effects of ALD. Compensation provided.
If you have protein in the urine and African descent, Hispanic or American Indian you might have a gene call APOL1 contributing kidney disease. This study will test if you have change in the gene. If you do have that change you can participate in this study .
Do you have lupus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc), or idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM)? You may be eligible for a new CAR-T therapy conducted at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Please reach out to learn more about this new innovative treatment.
Have you been diagnosed with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), also referred to as Liver Cancer? If so, you may be a good fit for a clinical trial to evaluate how 3 drugs work in combination, and which dose is the best to treat your disease. The 3 drugs are casdozokitug (casdozo-key-tug), toripalimab (tor-i-pal-i- mab) and bevacizumab (bev-uh-siz-oo-mab).
The study treatment, finerenone, is being developed to help people who have long lasting kidney disease, also known as chronic kidney disease (CKD). It works by blocking a certain hormone called aldosterone that causes injury and inflammation in the heart and kidney which is known to play a role in CKD. In this study, the researchers want to learn if finerenone works the same way in kidney transplant recipients. Some subjects will receive the study drug and some will receive a placebo.
Have you ever wondered what environmental toxins you are exposed to on a daily basis, and how it might affect your health? The STRIVE study is looking for volunteers who would like to provide blood, urine, and/or saliva, as well as home samples such as soil, dust, and/or water. In this study, we want to learn more about the environmental factors that contribute to advanced liver disease and liver cancer. We are looking for healthy volunteers and people with liver cirrhosis who live in either North Carolina or Georgia to take part.
Do you have multiple myeloma with MGRS-associated kidney disease? If so, you may be able to take part in a research study looking at the safety and effectiveness of a combination of medications for patients with multiple myeloma with MGRS-associated kidney disease.
Help shape the future of lupus! Do you want to provide a game-changing contribution to lupus-centered research? Help us make clinical research more efficient and effective. If you have lupus, you can participate by providing samples we can study, such as blood, urine, saliva, and/or stool, to help doctors combat lupus head-on. Compensation provided.