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Soluble Neprilysin, NT-proBNP, and Growth-Differentiation-Factor-15 as Biomarkers for Heart Failure in Dialysis Patients

Completed
Conditions
End Stage Renal Disease
Heart Failure
Registration Number
NCT04061811
Lead Sponsor
Hannover Medical School
Brief Summary

Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine whether growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF15) and circulating neprilysin (cNEP) improve the diagnosis of congestive heart failure (HF) in patients on dialysis.

Background: Dialysis patients are at increased risk of HF. However, diagnostic utility of NT-proBNP as a biomarker is decreased in patients on dialysis. GDF15 and cNEP are biomarkers of distinct mechanisms that may contribute to HF pathophysiology in such cohorts.

Methods: We compare circulating concentrations of NT-proBNP, GDF15, and cNEP along with NEP activity in patients on chronic dialysis without and with HF, as diagnosed by clinical parameters and post-dialysis echocardiography. We use correlation, linear and logistic regression as well as receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
153
Inclusion Criteria
  • ESRD on either chronic hemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD) for ≥3 months
Exclusion Criteria
  • previous switch of the type of renal replacement therapy from HD to PD or vice versa
  • age <18 years
  • pregnancy
  • plasma exchange or apheresis in the past 6 months
  • unipolar pacemaker
  • history of whole extremity amputation

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
HF diagnosisBaseline (at study entry (diagnostic biomarker study))

Diagnosis of HF

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Inserm Umr S-942

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Hannover Medical School

🇩🇪

Hannover, Germany

Inserm Umr S-942
🇫🇷Paris, France

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