Comparison of Standard Versus Low Bicarbonate Hemodialysis

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Chronic Kidney Disease, Metabolic Acidosis

In brief

This study will compare acid-base changes during hemodialysis treatments with a standard dialysis bath versus a lower bicarbonate dialysis bath, and aims to define the factors that limit equilibration of the bicarbonate concentration in a patient's blood with that in the dialysate.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01777178

Run by

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

People needed

10

Starts

2013-01-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-30

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Receiving chronic thrice-weekly conventional hemodialysis for at least 3 months
• Age > 18 years

You may not qualify if…

• Use of oral alkali within the previous month
• Hospitalization within the previous month
• Inability to provide written informed consent
• Pregnancy

Where it is running

• Montefiore Medical Center/Jack D. Weiler Hospital — The Bronx, New York, United States

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