More Frequent Dialysis (>3 Treatments Per Week)
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: End Stage Renal Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease
In brief
The study compares the benefits of short daily hemodialysis six days a week, nocturnal (night time) hemodialysis six days a week, every other day and every other night hemodialysis to traditional three days a week hemodialysis.The hypothesis is that increasing hemodialysis treatment time and/or frequency will improve outcomes.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00575497
- Run by
- Satellite Healthcare
- People needed
- 46
- Starts
- 2005-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-08-07
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-04-19
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Stable vascular access, i.e., lack of needling difficulties and stable flow rates. Accesses will include fistulae, grafts, catheters and ports.
- 18 years of age.
- History of compliance with a dialysis treatment schedule, or if a new patient, express a willingness to be compliant with a treatment schedule.
- Plan to continue care and follow-up at the investigational site.
- Able to sign the informed consent and other relevant documents.
You may not qualify if…
- History of poor compliance with thrice (or twice) weekly dialysis schedules as manifested by more than three unexplained missed treatments in the past six (6) months.
- Pregnancy.
- Intravenous drug abuser.
- Expects to receive a transplant or transfer to another facility within six months of entering the study.
Where it is running
- Satellite Healthcare, Inc. — Mountain View, California, United States
- WellBound, Inc. — Mountain View, California, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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