Calcium Concentration in Bicarbonate Hemodialysis (HD)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Calcium Mass Balances and Serum Calcium Profiling in hd Patients
• Interventions: Other: Dialysate calcium concentration

• Registration Number: NCT01353170
• Lead Sponsor: Miulli General Hospital

Brief Summary

The study was designed in order to investigate the effects of 3 different dialysate calcium concentrations may exert on mineral metabolism and hemodynamic stability in standard hemodialysis (hd).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-01
• Primary Completion: 2010-09
• Study Completion: 2010-09
• Status Verified: 2010-12
• Study First Submitted: 2011-05-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-05-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-05-11
• Study First Posted: 2011-05-12
• Last Update Posted: 2011-05-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• bicarbonate hd since 6 months
• uncomplicated hd sessions

Exclusion Criteria

• Incident patients
• unstable hd patients
• patients aged less than 18 years

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Prevalent hd patients	Dialysate calcium concentration	Patients undergoing three consecutive cross-over hd session with 3 different dialysate calcium concentrations

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Serum calcium concentrations	4 hours	Evaluation of calcium mass balances and ionized calcium serum concentrations profiling during three hd sessions with different calcium concentrations in the dialysate

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nephrology and dialysis unit Miulli General Hospital; 🇮🇹 Acquaviva delle Fonti, Bari, Italy