Pain, Sexual Dysfunction, and Depression in Hemodialysis Patients

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Conditions studied: End Stage Renal Disease, Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological, Pain, Depression

In brief

This study is seeking to identify the most effective strategy to manage pain, sexual dysfunction, and depression in patients receiving chronic hemodialysis therapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00692419

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

315

Starts

2008-11-01

Expected to finish

2012-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Our target population is male and female hemodialysis patients age 18 years or greater who are English speakers.

You may not qualify if…

• We will exclude children because they comprise a minority of the dialysis population and their enrollment would require an adult decision maker's consent.
• We will exclude patients who are significantly cognitively impaired and hence, unable to comprehend study surveys.
• Cognitive function will be assessed at baseline using the mini-Cog, a validated measure of cognitive capacity that we have used previously, and patients with scores <3 will be excluded.
• Based on our prior studies, we estimate that approximately 5% of patients will be excluded based on this criterion.
• Similarly, non-English speakers will be excluded.
• Finally, patients undergoing active work-up for living donor kidney transplant, and/or considering transfer to peritoneal dialysis will be excluded as they are less likely to remain on hemodialysis for the duration of the study.

Where it is running

• VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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