Bicarbonate vs Heparin Catheter Lock in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

NCT ID: NCT04054128

Last Updated: 2020-04-30

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-09-11

Study Completion Date

2020-09-28

Brief Summary

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Prospective clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of catheter lock with bicarbonate vs heparin in chronic hemodialysis patients. Two groups will be created, sodium bicarbonate lock group (experimental group) and heparin lock group (control group). Catheter pressures, flow, patency and infection outcomes will be compare between groups at different time points (30, 60 and 90 days).

Detailed Description

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A prospective, randomized, clinical, open-label trial at Hospital General "Dr. Miguel Silva" de Morelia, Mexico.

The study period will be between august 16, 2019 to November 16, 2019. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of catheter lock with bicarbonate vs heparin in chronic hemodialysis patients. Primary outcome will be catheter function. Secondary outcomes will be Infectious complications, thrombotic complications, and frequency of adverse effects between groups.

All patients provided written informed consent before enrollment. The trial protocol was approved by Hospital General "Dr. Miguel Silva" Internal Review Board, register number 17-CI-16053153, and Research \& Ethics committee, with register number 16-CEI-004-20161212, Study registry # 479/01/9.

Patients between 18-65 years old, incident or prevalent chronic hemodialysis, with 1 month of clinical stability and with temporal catheter as vascular access for hemodialysis are eligible. A total of 60 patients will be included in the study. All patients will be randomly assigned into one of two groups: SBCL (n=30), intervention group and HCL (n=30), as control group.

Before each hemodialysis treatment, catheters and connections will be inspected for leaks, evidence of damage, exit-site infection and tunnel infection. Intraluminal SBCL or HCL solution will be removed before connecting the hemodialysis catheter to a dialysis machine prior to any treatment.

During each treatment, patients will be prescribed and monitored for complications and standard treatment will be provided to every patient. After each treatment, blood will be rinsed from dialysis lines with 0.9% saline solution back to the patient. Upon the conclusion of treatment, all catheters will be flushed with 10 mL 0.9% saline solution per blood line respectively, after saline flush, catheter lock will be prescribed; SBCL group with 7.5% sodium bicarbonate solution, at a dose of 2 milliliters per lumen, and HCL group with sodium heparin at a concentration of 1000 units per milliliter, at a dose of 2 milliliters per lumen. Catheter exit site dressing changes occurred after each HD treatment.

Niagra 13.5 French/20 cm non tunneled catheter will be the standard vascular access. All central venous catheters will be inserted by an expert operator under strict aseptic protocol. Catheter care will be performed by trained dialysis staff. At the end of dialysis, all catheters will be flushed and locked with the respectively arm solution.

Function assessment will be based on both, pressure and flow measurements on arterial line, as well as measurements of arterial and venous line pressures and flow during hemodialysis sessions. Infectious and thrombotic complications will be assessed as defined.

Conditions

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End Stage Renal Disease Vascular Access Complication Catheter Complications Hemodialysis Access Failure Hemodialysis Catheter Infection

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Prospective, open label, clinical trial in chronic hemodialysis patients with a catheter as a vascular access, randomized to bicarbonate lock or heparin lock (control) as standard treatment.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Sodium bicarbonate catheter lock group (SBCL)

Chronic hemodialysis patients with a catheter as a vascular access, will be lock with sodium bicarbonate 7.5% Injection.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Sodium Bicarbonate 7.5% Injection

Intervention Type DRUG

Sodium bicarbonate solution for catheter lock; 7.5% sodium bicarbonate solution will be used for catheter lock in both catheter lumens, 1.9 mL in each catheter lumen will be infused after hemodialysis treatment during 3 months.

Heparin catheter lock group (HCL)

Chronic hemodialysis patients with a catheter as a vascular access, will be lock with heparin, 1000 Units/mL injectable solution

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Heparin Sodium, 1000 Units/mL Injectable Solution 1

Intervention Type DRUG

Heparin for catheter lock: 1000 u/mL heparin solution will be used for catheter lock in both catheter lumens as standard treatment, 1.9 mL in each catheter lumen will be infused after hemodialysis treatment during 3 months.

Interventions

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Sodium Bicarbonate 7.5% Injection

Sodium bicarbonate solution for catheter lock; 7.5% sodium bicarbonate solution will be used for catheter lock in both catheter lumens, 1.9 mL in each catheter lumen will be infused after hemodialysis treatment during 3 months.

Intervention Type DRUG

Heparin Sodium, 1000 Units/mL Injectable Solution 1

Heparin for catheter lock: 1000 u/mL heparin solution will be used for catheter lock in both catheter lumens as standard treatment, 1.9 mL in each catheter lumen will be infused after hemodialysis treatment during 3 months.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Bicarnat® arm Inhepar® arm

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients who accept participation and sign informed consent.
* Incident or prevalent chronic hemodialysis patients who receive at least 2 sessions per week with 1 month of clinical stability defined as: no hospitalizations, no vascular access infections, no changes in blood flow prescription due to vascular access dysfunction.
* Patients with temporal catheter (Niagra 13.5 French/20 cm length, BARD Access System, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) as vascular access for hemodialysis.

Exclusion Criteria

* Catheter dysfunction at baseline
* On anticoagulation therapy
* Patients with known coagulopathy or hemophilia
* Patients with Child-Pugh B or C liver failure
* Patients with thrombocytopenia less than 100,000 u / L
* Patients with central vessel stenosis and vena cava syndrome, previously documented.
* Patients with vascular access exhaustion.
* Patients who have undergone more than 2 vascular approaches for hemodialysis catheters.
* Patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

NAUSLIFE HEMODIALYSIS CLINICS

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital General "Dr. Miguel Silva" de Morelia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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J ARMANDO VÁZQUEZ ÁVILA, MD

Nephrology fellow

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Israel Campos, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hospital General "Dr. Miguel Silva" de Morelia

Locations

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Hospital General "Dr. Miguel Silva" de Morelia

Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

Site Status

Countries

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Mexico

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Other Identifiers

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479/01/19

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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