Citrate Dialysate in Online Hemodialfiltration

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Citrate Reaction; Heparin; Hemodiafiltration; Haemodialysis
• Interventions: Procedure: Pre-dilution online hemodiafiltration with citrate dialysate; Procedure: Post-dilution hemodiafiltration with citrate dialysate

• Registration Number: NCT05280106
• Lead Sponsor: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Medical College and Vajira Hospital

Brief Summary

Online hemodiafiltration (Ol-HDF) is increasingly being used for patients on chronic dialysis due to in its superiority compared with standard hemodialysis HDF. In addition to an excellent clearance of small molecules, oL-HDF has more advantages by providing both diffusion and convection modalities for an additional clearance of medium-size molecules. Furthermore, OL-HDF has been associated with not only better hemodynamic tolerance and biocompatibility , but may even include better survival.with reduction of proinflammatory cytokines and proinflammatory circulating cells , as well as with better control of B2MG levels .Ol-HDF is classified into 2 types according to the mode of addition of the substitution fluid: pre-dilution OL-HDF (pre-HDF) and post-dilution OL-HDF (post-HDF); Post-HDF was associated with significantly higher removal rates of β2-MG than HD. Postdilution HDF is the most effective way to maximize molecule clearance .Post-HDF was associated with significantly higher removal rate of α1-MG, and also significantly higher albumin leakage, than HD and pre-HDF. However, blood concentrations can be elevated using HDF, which can cause thrombosis. On the other hand, predilution HDF can resolve this problem but requires about three times more purified water than postdilution HDF and may not elicit maximal clearance.

Detailed Description

Heparin is the most routinely used anticoagulant in hemodialysis. However, it exposes the patient to the risk of bleeding complications and can induce thrombocytopenia. Furthermore, long-term use of heparin induces biological and clinical complications (osteoporosis, dyslipidemia, hyperkalemia) . Regional citrate anticoagulation is a good alternative to heparin use in hemodialysis for patients with increased bleeding risk , but its implementation in bicarbonate hemodialysis (BHD) is laborious and cumbersome: severe side effects can occur due to citrate metabolism and difficulties in adaptation of calcium infusion into the venous line .Therefore, the use of citrate as a dialysis buffer instead of acetate has proven a safe alternative to acetate-containing bicarbonate dialysis and on-line hemodiafiltration without significant hypocalcemia or clinically important coagulation issues.The aim of the present study is the comparison of the patency of the dialyzer ,the quality of life and blood parameters between pre and potdiltuiotn Ol-HDF with citrate dialysate (CD). No study to date has previously compared the use of citrate dialysate between these two modalities in oL-HDF.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-02-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-03-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-06
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-15
• Primary Completion: 2022-09-30
• Study Completion: 2022-09-30
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-03
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 9

Inclusion Criteria

• Stable condition
• Having been under HD for at least three months
• he vascular access should have blood flow ≥ 300 mL/min.

Exclusion Criteria

• no heparin use during HD
• refusal to participate,
• intolerance or allergy to citrate
• concurrent infection
• poor life expectancy due to metastatic cancer, severe cirrhosis and AIDS.
• patients vascular access modification,
• patients affected by chronic liver disease, active neoplastic or inflammatory disease were excluded as well as patients receiving immunosuppressive or anti-inflammatory drugs.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pre-dilution online hemodiafiltration	Pre-dilution online hemodiafiltration with citrate dialysate	The study was conducted for a 28-week period in two phases: For the first 12 weeks, all of the patients were subjected to CD with pre-dilution oL-HDF.After enrollment, all patients began a 2-week run-in period with conventional dialysis fluid containing acetate and the lowest dose of unfractionated heparin. The investigator titrated the heparin dose by reducing the dose step by step, 25% in each step, until the final minimal dose was achieved. The experimental study consisted of 3 phases, 4 weeks in each phase, and the phases were separated by 1-week washout periods. The second phase will run after finishing the first phase with the same protocol but with post-dilution online HDF.There will be 2 weeks washout period before starting this phase
Pre-dilution online hemodiafiltration	Post-dilution hemodiafiltration with citrate dialysate	The study was conducted for a 28-week period in two phases: For the first 12 weeks, all of the patients were subjected to CD with pre-dilution oL-HDF.After enrollment, all patients began a 2-week run-in period with conventional dialysis fluid containing acetate and the lowest dose of unfractionated heparin. The investigator titrated the heparin dose by reducing the dose step by step, 25% in each step, until the final minimal dose was achieved. The experimental study consisted of 3 phases, 4 weeks in each phase, and the phases were separated by 1-week washout periods. The second phase will run after finishing the first phase with the same protocol but with post-dilution online HDF.There will be 2 weeks washout period before starting this phase

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
clotting score between pre and post dilution online-hemodiafiltration	28 weeks	5 grades of clotting score, Grade 1;No or very little residual blood in the filters.Grade 1;Residual blood in less than 10% of the fibers. Grade 2; Residual blood 10-25%. Grade 3; Residual blood 25-50%.Grade 4 ,Residual blood \> 50%

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
adequacy of dialysis between pre and post dilution online-hemodiafiltration	28 weeks	Kt/V
phosphorus level between pre and post dilution online-hemodiafiltration	28 weeks	serum calcium predialysis in midweek of each phase
quality of life between pre and post dilution online-hemodiafiltration	28 weeks	KDQOL-sf score;0-100.Higher scores reflect better quality of life
calcium level between pre and post dilution online-hemodiafiltration	28 weeks	serum calcium predialysis in midweek of each phase
intact parathyroid level between pre and post dilution online-hemodiafiltration	28 weeks	serum parathyroid level in midweek of each phase

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Faculty of Medicine ,Vajira Hospital; 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand

Faculty of Medicine ,Vajira hospital,Navamindradhiraj University; 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand