A randomised controlled two part study to evaluate the effectiveness of different education methods to achieve serum phosphate levels set by the Renal Association for haemodialysis patients.
Completed
- Conditions
- rological and Genital Diseases: HaemodialysisUrological and Genital DiseasesHaemodialysis
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN38137821
- Lead Sponsor
- Record provided by the NHS Trusts Clinical Trials Register - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 68
Inclusion Criteria
Patients will be recruited from Barts and The London NHS Trust haemodialysis population. This includes hospital and satellite units.
1. Serum phosphate: >1.7 mmol/l
2. Serum calcium: 2.2 - 2.6 mmol/l
3. Serum parathyroid hormone (PTH): 10-50 pmol.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Group 1 (both interventions): results for phosphate knowledge and serum phosphate control should be the best out of all the groups<br>Groups 2 + 3 (each had one intervention only, group teaching session and intensive clinic respectively): results for phosphate knowledge and serum phosphate control should improve versus baseline<br>Group 4 (control): results for phosphate knowledge and serum phosphate control should be similar to baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration