Comparison of a TauroLock™ Based Regimen to 4% Citrate as Lock Solution in Tunneled Haemodialysis Catheters for the Prevention of Bacteraemia and Dysfunction

NCT ID: NCT02789501

Last Updated: 2016-12-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

106 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-01-31

Brief Summary

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Catheter infections and dysfunctions are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in haemodialysis patients. According to the US Renal Data System, infection is the second leading cause of death in dialysis patients and the leading cause of catheter removal and morbidity in patients with end-stage renal disease.

There is evidence that catheter lock solutions containing taurolidine reduce the risk of catheter related infections and improve catheter patency. Lock solutions have a local, but no systemic effect. In this study a taurolidine based lock regimen (TauroLock™-Hep500, Tauropharm, Waldbüttelbrunn, Germany, 2x/week and TauroLock™-U25.000, Tauropharm, Waldbüttelbrunn, Germany, 1x/ week) will be compared to 4% citrate (CitraFlow™ 4%, MedXL, Montreal, Canada, 3x/week) as standard lock solution.

The objective of this study is to evaluate if a TauroLock™ based regimen to lock tunneled haemodialysis catheters has reducing effects on catheter related blood stream infections and catheter dysfunctions.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Catheter Infections End-stage Renal Disease

Keywords

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Catheter Dysfunctions Blood Stream Infections Haemodialysis Taurolidine Tunneled

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Control

Non-systemic intraluminal application of 4% citrate lock solution (CitraFlow™ 4%, MedXL, Montreal, Canada) 3 times per week after dialysis.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

4% citrate lock solution regimen

Intervention Type DEVICE

(CitraFlow™ 4%, MedXL, Montreal, Canada) will be injected in each of the 2 lumens of the tunneled catheters after each dialysis session (2ml/lumen, 3x/week).

Test

TauroLock™ based lock solution regimen:

Non-systemic intraluminal application of TauroLock™-Hep500, Tauropharm, Waldbüttelbrunn, Germany, 2x/week after dialysis (before short intervals) and TauroLock™-U25.000, Tauropharm, Waldbüttelbrunn, Germany, 1x/ week after dialysis (before long interval).

TauroLock™-Hep500 contains 1% (cyclo)-taurolidine, 4% citrate and 500 IU/mL heparin.

TauroLock™-U25.000 contains 1% (cyclo)-taurolidine, 4% citrate and 25.000 IU urokinase.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

TauroLock lock solution regimen

Intervention Type DEVICE

After the first two dialysis sessions of the week (before the short intervals) 2 ml of TauroLock™-Hep500 containing 1% (cyclo)-taurolidine, 4% citrate and 500 IU/mL heparin will be injected into each of the two lumens of the tunneled catheter. After the third dialysis of the week, thus before the long interval, 2 ml of TauroLock™-U25.000 which contains 1% (cyclo)-taurolidine, 4% citrate and 25.000 IU urokinase will be applied into each lumen.

Interventions

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4% citrate lock solution regimen

(CitraFlow™ 4%, MedXL, Montreal, Canada) will be injected in each of the 2 lumens of the tunneled catheters after each dialysis session (2ml/lumen, 3x/week).

Intervention Type DEVICE

TauroLock lock solution regimen

After the first two dialysis sessions of the week (before the short intervals) 2 ml of TauroLock™-Hep500 containing 1% (cyclo)-taurolidine, 4% citrate and 500 IU/mL heparin will be injected into each of the two lumens of the tunneled catheter. After the third dialysis of the week, thus before the long interval, 2 ml of TauroLock™-U25.000 which contains 1% (cyclo)-taurolidine, 4% citrate and 25.000 IU urokinase will be applied into each lumen.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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CitraFlow™ TauroLock™-Hep500™ TauroLock™-U25.000™

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult patients aged greater than 18 years.
* Written informed consent.
* Requirement for haemodialysis using a tunneled dialysis catheter.

Exclusion Criteria

* Children aged less than 18 years.
* Positive blood culture in previous seven days before catheter insertion.
* Heparin induced thrombocytopenia and any contraindication for anticoagulation (recent or planned surgery, thrombocytopenia \< 70G/l, bleeding disorder).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Medical University of Vienna

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Guerkan SENGOELGE

Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Guerkan Sengoelge, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medicine III, Division of Nephrology and Dialysis

Locations

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Department of Medicine III, Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Site Status

Countries

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Austria

Other Identifiers

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Vienna CathLock-Study

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id