HeRO Graft Compared to Permanent Catheters for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients Receiving Hemodialysis

NCT ID: NCT01343251

Last Updated: 2017-09-08

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

33 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-01-31

Study Completion Date

2013-12-31

Brief Summary

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The main objective of this research study was to compare the following outcomes between patients with a Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow (HeRO) Graft and patients with a cuffed catheter for dialysis access over one year: quality of life and incidence of bacteremia, vascular interventions, hospitalizations, and death.

Detailed Description

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All eligible participants who provided informed consent were included in the study. Participants who refused HeRO Graft implantation, or did not have the HeRO Graft implanted for any other reason, were followed in the control group. Several patients did not receive the HeRO graft due to anatomical challenges and failure to complete both steps of the two-stage implant procedure. All consented participants who had an implanted HeRO Graft were followed in the study group. All participants were followed until the study end, withdrawal, loss to follow-up, or death. The analysis included only HeRO Graft patients and control patients who were not lost to follow-up; patients who were lost to follow-up, before data collection, were excluded from analysis.

After obtaining Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, baseline demographic and clinical data was collected. Following surgery, implant procedure data was collected on study participants who received HeRO Grafts. HeRO Grafts were placed using a 2-step process with initial placement of the ePTFE portion, followed by completion of the graft by placement of the venous outflow component. Following enrollment, outcomes of interest were collected at follow-up visits scheduled weekly for 4 weeks, bi-weekly for 3 months, and monthly to 1 year, for a total of 18 follow-up visits. Study coordinators documented post-operative complications, incidence of thrombosis, hospitalizations, infection incidents, and deaths at each follow-up.

Quality of life data were also collected from all participants using the RAND Corporation's Short Form (36) (SF-36) Health Survey. This survey was completed at enrollment and again at 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months.

Conditions

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End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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HeRO Graft

patients who are evaluated and receive a HeRO Graft implant for hemodialysis

No interventions assigned to this group

Control

control group of non-HeRO patients who are evaluated but do not receive a HeRO Graft for any reason

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* ESRD patients requiring hemodialysis
* Age ≥ 18 years old
* Able to give informed consent
* Able to participate in quality of life survey
* All patients who are not candidate for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) or arteriovenous graft (AVG)
* Life expectancy 2 years or greater
* Willing and able to participate with follow-up examinations

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant or breastfeeding females
* Disorder that compromises the ability to give informed consent and/or comply with the study procedures
* Any medical condition that in the opinion of the investigator may pose a safety risk to a subject in the study or which may interfere with the study participation
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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CryoLife, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Robert Provenzano, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

St. Clair Specialty Physicians

Locations

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St. Clair Specialty Physicians

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND

Other Identifiers

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HeRO-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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