Effect of Beraprost Sodium (Berasil) on Hemodialysis

NCT ID: NCT03142360

Last Updated: 2018-05-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-04-05

Study Completion Date

2019-04-04

Brief Summary

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There is no randomized control study to determine if the beneficial effects of beraprost sodium could improve the patency of arteriovenous fistula in hemodialysis patients. Therefore, this study is aimed to demonstrate the use of beraprost sodium can improve the patency of arteriovenous fistula in patients undergoing hemodialysis. This study is prospectively randomize controlled open-label trials in patients who newly made artificial arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis. This study is a pilot study, and the target number of subjects is 60 in total, 30 in the treatment group and 30 in the control group.

After randomization, the treatment group takes a beraprost sodium for 6 months and the control group does not take placebo.

Treatment lasts for 6 months after dosing but continues until the patient changes the renal-replacement therapy method or falls under the exclusion criteria.

The patient should visit at 1, 3, and 6 months after arteriovenous graft surgery to check the access site after graft surgery. The doppler ultrasound test is performed to measure the access blood flow rate and patency of arteriovenous fistula.

Detailed Description

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This study is a prospective randomized controlled open-labeled trial of patients undergoing hemodialysis under the diagnosis of end stage renal disease. The subjects were divided into the treatment group and the control group through random assignment under the condition of receiving hemodialysis steadily and followed up for 6 months. After randomization, the treatment group received beraprost sodium (Berasil) for 6 months (24 weeks) and beraprost sodium will be provided by Astellas Pharma Korea, Inc. Patients were randomly assigned within 2 days after successful arteriovenous graft surgery, and the treatment group started taking 120 mcg of Berasil, while the control group did not take placebo to replace beraprost sodium.

Conditions

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Arteriovenous Fistula Patency

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Treatment group is randomly assigned to start taking 120 mcg of Berasil. On the other hand, the control group does not take anything.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment group

Within two days after successful arteriovenous graft surgery, the treatment group is randomly assigned to start taking 120 mcg of Berasil.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Beraprost sodium (Berasil)

Intervention Type DRUG

Within two days after successful arteriovenous graft surgery, the treatment group is randomly assigned to start taking 120 mcg of Berasil.

Non-Treatment group

On the other hand, the control group does not take anything.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Beraprost sodium (Berasil)

Within two days after successful arteriovenous graft surgery, the treatment group is randomly assigned to start taking 120 mcg of Berasil.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients who meet all of the following criteria

1. Patient who newly made artificial arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis
2. Patients who agree to participate in the test and sign a consent form
3. Patients who had diabetes

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients under 18 years old, 80 years old or older
* Patients with a high risk of bleeding (hemophilia, capillary weakness, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, urinary tract bleeding, hemoptysis, vitreous hemorrhage, etc.)
* Women who are pregnant or have a possibility of pregnancy
* Platelet count ≤ 75000
* Patients taking anticoagulants or antithrombotics
* Patients with galactose intolerance, lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

79 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Yonsei University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine Yonsei University College of Medicine

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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South Korea

Central Contacts

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Jung Tak Park, M.D., Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

82-2-2228-2281

Facility Contacts

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Jung Tak Park, M.D., Ph,D

Role: primary

82-2-2228-2281

References

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Lin CC, Yang WC, Chen MC, Liu WS, Yang CY, Lee PC. Effect of far infrared therapy on arteriovenous fistula maturation: an open-label randomized controlled trial. Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 Aug;62(2):304-11. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.01.015. Epub 2013 Mar 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23474008 (View on PubMed)

Na KY, Kim DK, Kim SG, Lee YK, Lim CS. Effect of beraprost sodium on arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy. Trials. 2013 Sep 2;14:275. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-275.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24066672 (View on PubMed)

Dixon BS, Beck GJ, Vazquez MA, Greenberg A, Delmez JA, Allon M, Dember LM, Himmelfarb J, Gassman JJ, Greene T, Radeva MK, Davidson IJ, Ikizler TA, Braden GL, Fenves AZ, Kaufman JS, Cotton JR Jr, Martin KJ, McNeil JW, Rahman A, Lawson JH, Whiting JF, Hu B, Meyers CM, Kusek JW, Feldman HI; DAC Study Group. Effect of dipyridamole plus aspirin on hemodialysis graft patency. N Engl J Med. 2009 May 21;360(21):2191-201. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0805840.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19458364 (View on PubMed)

Vicil S, Erdogan S. Beraprost sodium, a prostacyclin (PGI) analogue, ameliorates lipopolysaccharide-induced cellular injury in lung alveolar epithelial cells. Turk J Med Sci. 2015;45(2):284-90. doi: 10.3906/sag-1401-108.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26084116 (View on PubMed)

Arai T. Long-term effects of beraprost sodium on arteriosclerosis obliterans: a single-center retrospective study of Japanese patients. Adv Ther. 2013 May;30(5):528-40. doi: 10.1007/s12325-013-0030-7. Epub 2013 Jun 8.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23749750 (View on PubMed)

Murakami M, Watanabe M, Furukawa H, Nakahara H. The prostacyclin analogue beraprost sodium prevents occlusion of bypass grafts in patients with lower extremity arterial occlusive disease: a 20-year retrospective study. Ann Vasc Surg. 2005 Nov;19(6):838-42. doi: 10.1007/s10016-005-7668-9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16247707 (View on PubMed)

Sakao S, Tanabe N, Kasahara Y, Tatsumi K. Long-term survival of Japanese patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension treated with beraprost sodium, an oral prostacyclin analogue. Intern Med. 2014;53(17):1913-20. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2573. Epub 2014 Sep 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25175122 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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4-2017-0129

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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