Optimising Peritoneal Dialysis:A Comparison of Adapted and Conventional Peritoneal Dialysis

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Renal and Urogenital - Kidney disease; Chronic Kidney Disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000432617
• Lead Sponsor: Department of Nephrology, The Royal Children's Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-04-29
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 19

Inclusion Criteria

All patients aged >1 year who have been maintained on PD for > 3 months.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with a known impediment to higher volume exchanges such as previous abdominal wall problems or the presence of multiple adhesions will be excluded due to concerns with the larger volume fills.
Patients with salt-losing nephropathies will be excluded as there is a concern that they may experience overly large fluid shifts with Ad-PD.
The published study excluded those with an episode of peritonitis in the last 3 months, we will include these patients but will analyse their results separately.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified