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Effects of Extended Haemodialysis Treatment Duration in Patients With End-stage Renal Disease

Not Applicable
Conditions
End Stage Renal Disease
Interventions
Other: extended treatment time
Other: Standard treatment time
Registration Number
NCT01721421
Lead Sponsor
Imperial College London
Brief Summary

Design: Prospective randomised cross-over study. Fifty-two eligible patients will be randomised to a treatment time of either 6 hours or 4 hours for a period of 24 weeks and following a washout period of 4 weeks, switch to the alternative treatment time for an additional 24 weeks.

Aims: To examine the feasibility and effect of extended dialysis treatment time, 6 hours thrice weekly, versus the standard, 4 hours thrice weekly, comparing the differences from baseline in outcome measures over a total 12-month period.

Primary outcome measure

1\]Serum albumin

Secondary outcome measures Nutritional status

1. Malnutrition-inflammation score

2. Dietary intake

3. Hand-Grip strength

4. Energy expenditure

Quality of life

1. Patient reported quality of life and

2. time to recovery from dialysis

Serum biomarkers

1. BNP

2. Troponin

3. MCP-1

Others 24- hour Ambulatory blood pressure 24-hour accelerometer

Population: Local haemodialysis population of 1200 patients Eligibility: Minimum 90days on haemodialysis treatment Duration: Fifty-six weeks

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
52
Inclusion Criteria
  • Dialysis dependant for over 90 days
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Exclusion Criteria
  1. Haemodialysis for less than 90 days
  2. Patients with anticipated life expectancy less than 6 months secondary to significant morbidity e.g. metastatic malignancy, advanced human immunodeficiency virus
  3. Patients with acute liver disease; History of underlying haematological condition;
  4. Elective planned change of renal replacement modality within the 12 months.
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Extended Treatment timeextended treatment timeExtended treatment time of 6 hours
Extended Treatment timeStandard treatment timeExtended treatment time of 6 hours
standard treatment timeextended treatment timeStandard Treatment time of 4 hours
standard treatment timeStandard treatment timeStandard Treatment time of 4 hours
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Serum albuminbaseline to 24 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

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