| Outcome Measures: |
Primary: Progression to ESRD (i.e. need for renal replacement therapy by chronic dialysis or renal transplantation), 4 times a year | Secondary: Doubling of serum creatinine (versus baseline), Rate of GFR decline, Incidence of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events (stroke, acute myocardial infarction, sudden death), Albumin to creatinine ratio and 24-hour urinary protein excretion., 4 times a year
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| Locations: |
Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases "Aldo e Cele Daccò", Ranica, Bergamo, Italy|Hospital "Bolognini", Seriate, Bergamo, Italy|Hospital "S.Marta e S.Venera", Acireale, Catania, Italy|Hospital " Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" - Unit of Nephrology, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy|Hospital "Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo" - Unit of Diabetology, Bergamo, Italy|Hospital "Vittorio Emanuele-Ferrarotto-Santo Bambino", Catania, Italy|IRCCS San Raffaele - Unit of General Medicine, Milan, Italy|University "Federico II", Napoli, Italy|Hospital "Azienda Ospedaliera di Parma" - Unit of Nephrology, Parma, Italy|Hospital "Azienda Ospedaliera di Treviglio e Caravaggio" - Ambulatory of Ponte San Pietro, Ponte San Pietro, Italy|Hospital "Azienda Ospedaliera di Treviglio e Caravaggio" Unit of Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases, Romano di Lombardia, Italy|University - AUSL 1 - Institute of Medical Pathology, Sassari, Italy|Hospital "G:Mazzini", Teramo, Italy|Hospital "Azienda Ospedaliera di Treviglio-Caravaggio"Unit of Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases, Treviglio, Italy|Clinical Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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