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How to Get a Better Dry Weight in End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Population for Improving Blood Pressure Control

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Blood Pressure
End Stage Renal Disease
Hemodialysis
Interventions
Procedure: Clinical
Device: electrical bioimpedance
Registration Number
NCT01104909
Lead Sponsor
Universidade de Passo Fundo
Brief Summary

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a common clinical condition. In this population, the prevalence of systemic hypertension is high and its adequate control can determinate the outcome.

The first step for a good control of blood pressure in renal patients is adjusting his/her dry weight. Actually, dry weight is assessed based on clinical examination and blood pressure.

The electrical bioimpedance is a simple and portable device. The investigators design a randomized clinical trial for evaluating two ways of getting the best dry weight for hemodialysis patients.

A basal 24h ABPM will be taken before the randomization. Then, 2 weeks later the dry weight be revised, the investigators will get a second 24h ABPM.

Detailed Description

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a common clinical condition over the world. In this population, the prevalence of systemic hypertension is high and its adequate control can determinate the outcome.

The first step for a good control of blood pressure is giving a dry weight for the patient. We can understand dry weight or target weight as that one which the patient feels comfortable and there aren't clinical signals of volemic overload as edema, dyspnea, orthopnea, jugular turgency, hepatomegalia. Classically, the dry weight is assessed based on clinical examination, blood pressure and experience of hemodialysis staff.

The electrical bioimpedance is a very simple method that possibilities access the corporal compartments, including the body water, using a small and not expensive portable device.

Trying to study new forms for getting the ideal dry weight, we design a randomized clinical trial for evaluating two ways of getting a dry weight for hemodialysis patients.

One group will be dry weight fixed by bioimpedance data and in another group the dry weight will by a clinical protocol.

We will take a 24h ABPM basal from all patients before the randomization. Then, 2 weeks later the dry weight be revised, a second ABPM will be taken. The results will be compared.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with ESRD, clinically stable, under hemodialysis therapy at two clinics in the North of Rio Grande do Sul.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Clinical unstability, like: infection in course ou recent acute cardiovascular disease (less then 3 months).

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Clinical dry weightClinicalGroup which the dry weight will be assessed based on clinical examination.
Bioimpedanceelectrical bioimpedanceGroup which the dry weight will be assessed by bioimpedance data.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Diastolic and systolic blood pressure assessed by ABPMafter 2 weeks

A basal measure will be taken at the start point. Then, the dry weight will be evaluated by clinical or BIA method. After 2 weeks of tree times-week sections of hemodialysis under the revised dry weight, a second measure of ABPM will be performed.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
intradialytic signals and/or symptomsduring two weeks

the intradialytic signals and/or symptoms will be assessed by dialysis registers, before and after de revision of dry weight

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Darlan Martins Lara

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Carazinho, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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