A clinical trial to study the role of doppler ultrasonography for arteriovenous fistula surveillance in maintenance hemodialysis patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: N186- End stage renal disease
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/03/041227
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Asbin Abdul Aziz
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. All patients aged 18-80 years diagnosed as chronic kidney disease stage 5 on regular hemodialysis through upper limb AV fistula
Exclusion Criteria
Patients recently started on dialysis (less than three months)
Dialysis via alternative access, like hemodialysis catheter / synthetic graft
Peritoneal dialysis
Acute kidney injury
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assess the role of doppler ultrasonography in the assessment of AVFs and compare it with physical examination findings <br/ ><br>No of secondary access failures stenosis thrombosis requiring intervention. <br/ ><br>Kt/v less than 1.2. <br/ ><br>Dialysis adequacy/recirculation <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Reassess every 3 months for a total duration of 1 year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method â?¢Individual components of the primary composite outcome, i.e., <br/ ><br>ï??Access related flow issues which include stenosis, thrombosis <br/ ><br>ï??Access recirculation <br/ ><br>ï??Adequacy of dialysisTimepoint: 1 year