Status:

COMPLETED

Frequent Hemodialysis Network: Daily Trial

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Conditions:

End Stage Renal Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

13+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Daily Trial is a randomized controlled trial recruiting subjects from dialysis units associated with designated Clinical Centers in the U.S. and Canada and foll...

Detailed Description

This trial is a randomized controlled trial recruiting subjects from dialysis units associated with designated Clinical Centers in the U.S. and Canada. A total of 250 ESRD patients receiving in-center...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with end stage renal disease requiring chronic renal replacement therapy
  • Age 13 years or greater
  • Achieved mean eKt/V of \> 1.0 on at least two baseline sessions
  • Weight 30 kg or greater

Exclusion

  • Residual renal urea clearance \> 3 mL/min per 35 L.
  • Expectation that native kidneys will recover
  • Vascular access being used for HD is a non-tunneled catheter
  • Inability to come for in-center 6 days a week, including inability to arrange adequate transportation
  • History of poor adherence to thrice weekly HD
  • Medical conditions that would prevent the subject from performing the cardiac MRI procedure (e.g., inability to remain still for the procedure, a metallic object in the body, including cardiac pacemaker, inner ear (cochlear) implant, brain aneurysm clips, mechanical heart valves, recently placed artificial joints, and older vascular stents)
  • Unable to verbally communicate in English or Spanish
  • Requires HD \> 3 times per week due to medical co-morbidity (such as, but not limited to: systemic oxalosis, or requiring total parenteral nutrition). Occasional ultrafiltration on a fourth day per week is not an exclusion criterion.
  • Currently on daily or nocturnal HD, or less than 3 months since the subject discontinued daily or nocturnal HD
  • Scheduled for living donor kidney transplant, change to peritoneal dialysis, home HD, or plans to relocate to another center within the next 14 months
  • Expected geographic unavailability at a participating HD unit for \> 2 consecutive weeks or \> 4 weeks total during the next 14 months (excluding unavailability due to hospitalizations) (frequent HD subjects who leave for vacation may resort back to conventional HD during these time periods)
  • Less than 3 months since the patient returned to HD after acute rejection resulting in allograft failure
  • Currently in acute or chronic care hospital
  • Life expectancy \< 6 months
  • A medical history that might limit the subject's ability to take trial treatments for the 12 month duration of the study, including: currently receiving chemo or radiotherapy for a malignant neoplastic disease other than localized non-melanoma skin cancer, active systemic infection (including tuberculosis, disseminated fungal infection, active AIDS but not HIV, and cirrhosis with encephalopathy)
  • Current pregnancy, or actively planning to become pregnant in the next 12 months
  • Contraindication to heparin, including allergy or heparin induced thrombocytopenia
  • Current use of investigational drugs or participation in another clinical trial that contradicts or interferes with the therapies or measured outcomes in this trial
  • Unable or unwilling to follow the study protocol for any reason (including mental incompetence)
  • Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent or sign IRB-approved consent form

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

245 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00264758

Start Date

January 1 2006

End Date

March 1 2010

Last Update

July 3 2014

Active Locations (2)

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University of California at San Francisco - Core center plus other centers in California and Texas

San Francisco, California, United States, 94118

2

Renal Research Institute - Core center plus other centers in U.S. and Canada

New York, New York, United States, 10128