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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
122 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-06-01
2020-12-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Incremental HD has been an area of research interest in the past few years with many publications discussing its feasibility and safety for incident HD patients. Smooth transition to dialysis in incident ESRD patients through incremental twice (or even once) weekly dialysis initiation has shown benefits in preservation of residual kidney functions (RKF) in comparison to thrice weekly HD. It has also been proposed as a method of reducing healthcare cost while providing quality healthcare to the patients(1). However, most available data are retrospective analysis, few data are present to compare the results to thrice weekly HD in a randomized controlled or even in a prospective manner. Incremental HD has been also practiced in some parts of Egypt in the last 2-3 years. The investigators will compare outcomes of participants starting a less frequent dialysis program to conventional thrice weekly HD in a multi-center study.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Individualized Incremental hemodialysis
ESRD patients starting an individualized (twice/week, once/week, once/10 days or less frequent) incremental hemodialysis program.
Individualized Incremental hemodialysis
Individualized Incremental hemodialysis program (twice/week, once/week, once/10days or less frequent) will be provided to incident ESRD patients according to their symptom presentation, clinical examination, investigations and daily urine volume measurement.
Thrice weekly dialysis
ESRD patients initiating a conventional thrice weekly hemodialysis program
Conventional thrice weekly hemodialysis
Thrice weekly hemodialysis program, the current standard of care for all patients, as a control
Interventions
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Individualized Incremental hemodialysis
Individualized Incremental hemodialysis program (twice/week, once/week, once/10days or less frequent) will be provided to incident ESRD patients according to their symptom presentation, clinical examination, investigations and daily urine volume measurement.
Conventional thrice weekly hemodialysis
Thrice weekly hemodialysis program, the current standard of care for all patients, as a control
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Residual urine volume at least 0.5 L/day or more.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Patients who were previously on other types of RRT, either on peritoneal dialysis, or on kidney transplant.
3. Recent (within 3 months) acute kidney injury (AKI).
4. Urine output less than 0.5 L/day.
5. Active malignancy at time of inclusion.
6. Active inflammatory disease with immunosuppressive treatment.
7. Decompensated Liver disease, Hepatorenal syndrome.
8. Cardiovascular disease defined as: heart failure type IV of the New York Heart Association (NYHA) or Cardiorenal syndrome.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Kidney and urology Center
UNKNOWN
Mansoura University
OTHER
Fasila Hemodialysis Center
UNKNOWN
Alexandria University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mohamed Elrggal
Principle Investigator, Nephrologist
Principal Investigators
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Mohamed E Elrggal, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Alexandria University
Mohamed A Sobh, MD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Mansoura University
Hussein A Sheashaa, MD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Mansoura University
Ahmed F Elkeraie, MD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Alexandria University
Locations
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Mansoura University
Mansourah, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
kidney and Urology Center
Alexandria, , Egypt
Countries
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References
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Elrggal ME, Zyada R. Gradual initiation of dialysis as a means to reduce cost while providing quality health care. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2017 Nov;13(11):720. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2017.135. Epub 2017 Sep 25. No abstract available.
Rhee CM, Ghahremani-Ghajar M, Obi Y, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Incremental and infrequent hemodialysis: a new paradigm for both dialysis initiation and conservative management. Panminerva Med. 2017 Jun;59(2):188-196. doi: 10.23736/S0031-0808.17.03299-2. Epub 2017 Jan 13.
Obi Y, Streja E, Rhee CM, Ravel V, Amin AN, Cupisti A, Chen J, Mathew AT, Kovesdy CP, Mehrotra R, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Incremental Hemodialysis, Residual Kidney Function, and Mortality Risk in Incident Dialysis Patients: A Cohort Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2016 Aug;68(2):256-265. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.01.008. Epub 2016 Feb 9.
Obi Y, Eriguchi R, Ou SM, Rhee CM, Kalantar-Zadeh K. What Is Known and Unknown About Twice-Weekly Hemodialysis. Blood Purif. 2015;40(4):298-305. doi: 10.1159/000441577. Epub 2015 Nov 17.
Wong J, Vilar E, Davenport A, Farrington K. Incremental haemodialysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2015 Oct;30(10):1639-48. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfv231. Epub 2015 Jun 1.
Kalantar-Zadeh K, Unruh M, Zager PG, Kovesdy CP, Bargman JM, Chen J, Sankarasubbaiyan S, Shah G, Golper T, Sherman RA, Goldfarb DS. Twice-weekly and incremental hemodialysis treatment for initiation of kidney replacement therapy. Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 Aug;64(2):181-6. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.04.019. Epub 2014 May 17.
Vanholder R, Van Biesen W, Lameire N. Is starting hemodialysis on a twice-weekly regimen a valid option? Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 Aug;64(2):165-7. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.06.003. No abstract available.
Rhee CM, Unruh M, Chen J, Kovesdy CP, Zager P, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Infrequent dialysis: a new paradigm for hemodialysis initiation. Semin Dial. 2013 Nov-Dec;26(6):720-7. doi: 10.1111/sdi.12133. Epub 2013 Sep 9.
Libetta C, Esposito P, Dal Canton A. Once-weekly hemodialysis: a single-center experience. Am J Kidney Dis. 2015 Feb;65(2):343. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.07.034. No abstract available.
Bieber B, Qian J, Anand S, Yan Y, Chen N, Wang M, Wang M, Zuo L, Hou FF, Pisoni RL, Robinson BM, Ramirez SP. Two-times weekly hemodialysis in China: frequency, associated patient and treatment characteristics and Quality of Life in the China Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Sep;29(9):1770-7. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gft472. Epub 2013 Dec 8.
Diao Z, Zhang D, Dai W, Ding J, Zhang A, Liu W. Preservation of residual renal function with limited water removal in hemodialysis patients. Ren Fail. 2011;33(9):875-7. doi: 10.3109/0886022X.2011.605535. Epub 2011 Aug 8.
Elamin S, Abu-Aisha H. Reaching target hemoglobin level and having a functioning arteriovenous fistula significantly improve one year survival in twice weekly hemodialysis. Arab J Nephrol Transplant. 2012 May;5(2):81-6.
Fernandez-Lucas M, Teruel-Briones JL, Gomis-Couto A, Villacorta-Perez J, Quereda-Rodriguez-Navarro C. Maintaining residual renal function in patients on haemodialysis: 5-year experience using a progressively increasing dialysis regimen. Nefrologia. 2012;32(6):767-76. doi: 10.3265/Nefrologia.pre2012.Jul.11517. English, Spanish.
Hanson JA, Hulbert-Shearon TE, Ojo AO, Port FK, Wolfe RA, Agodoa LY, Daugirdas JT. Prescription of twice-weekly hemodialysis in the USA. Am J Nephrol. 1999;19(6):625-33. doi: 10.1159/000013533.
Lin X, Yan Y, Ni Z, Gu L, Zhu M, Dai H, Zhang W, Qian J. Clinical outcome of twice-weekly hemodialysis patients in shanghai. Blood Purif. 2012;33(1-3):66-72. doi: 10.1159/000334634. Epub 2011 Dec 29.
Lin YF, Huang JW, Wu MS, Chu TS, Lin SL, Chen YM, Tsai TJ, Wu KD. Comparison of residual renal function in patients undergoing twice-weekly versus three-times-weekly haemodialysis. Nephrology (Carlton). 2009 Feb;14(1):59-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2008.01016.x. Epub 2008 Nov 19.
Toth-Manikowski SM, Shafi T. Hemodialysis Prescription for Incident Patients: Twice Seems Nice, But Is It Incremental? Am J Kidney Dis. 2016 Aug;68(2):180-183. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.04.005. No abstract available.
Other Identifiers
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MER17MD
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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