Measuring Cardiovascular Stress in Patients on Hemodialysis

Completed

• Conditions: Hemodialysis; Hypotension; Circulatory Stress; Photo-plethysmography

• Registration Number: NCT01267617
• Lead Sponsor: West Penn Allegheny Health System

Brief Summary

To determine if proprietary software that uses pulse-wave analysis to interpret the output of a conventional pulse-oximeter, can predict the onset of circulatory stress, before changes in blood pressure and pulse occur, in patients undergoing outpatient hemodialysis.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-11-30
• Study First Submitted: 2010-12-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-12-27
• Study First Posted: 2010-12-28
• Primary Completion: 2011-11-14
• Study Completion: 2011-11-14
• Status Verified: 2020-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-17
• Last Update Posted: 2020-08-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 26

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients having regular outpatient dialysis treatments
• Patients who are willing and able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who do not wish to participate
• Patients with contraindications to attachment of monitoring devices
• Patients with skin rash or hypersensitivity to the adhesive sensors

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
photoplethysmography	5 hours	Pulse-wave analysis of an oximeter signal

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
blood pressure	5 hours	measured continuously during treatment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Allegheny General Hospital; 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States