Evaluating comfort and handling of new patient extension line and bag connector for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD). A short-term, open controlled study.

Completed

• Conditions: ESRD - End Stage Renal Disease; Urological and Genital Diseases; Renal Disease

• Registration Number: ISRCTN03187943
• Lead Sponsor: Gambro (Sweden)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-01-25
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 5

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients suffering from chronic renal failure
2. Age 18 years or older
3. Treated in a Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) program with Gambrosol trio (GEM 20U03 Ca 2,5)
4. Treated on CAPD for at least 24 months
5. Signed written informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnancy
2. HIV
3. Hepatitis
4. Participation in other studies during the study period if considered to cause interference with either of the studies
5. Treated in a haemodialysis program, patients with diagnosed abdominal pain not related with PD solution
6. Patients on night Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (APD)
7. Peritonitis within one month prior to the study
8. Presence of exit-site/tunnel infection or ongoing peritonitis
9. Impaired and /or disabled patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient satisfaction on handling by comparing current system with new system, twist.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Collect safety data on new patient line.