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Filter by:This study will look at how well a drug that reduced the amount of oxalate in the body works in patients that have kidney disease and need dialysis treatment. People with kidney disease often have higher levels of oxalate in the blood. People with kidney disease are also at higher risk of having heart attacks, heart disease and strokes (these are called cardiovascular diseases). It is thought that high oxalate levels may increase the risk of these diseases. So we would like to study if this medicine can lower the amount of oxalate in the blood of dialysis patients and see if there is any change in the health of their heart. This medicine is already used for people who have high oxalate levels because of a genetic cause and has been used safely for patients on dialysis. The study will put the participants randomly into either the group getting the study medicine or the group getting a placebo (this will be a solution of saline water). Neither participants not the doctors will know whether the drug or placebo is given until after the end of the study. At the start of the study we will ask all the participants to have an echocardiogram (an ultrasound of the heart) and again 6 months later at the end of the study. We will also take blood tests once a month when the participants come for dialysis.
The goal of this study is to compare the efficacy and drawbacks of Heparin and Hirudin in Haemodialysis patients. The main question it aims to answer is: which drug is more safe in Haemodialysis?
People are most vulnerable to anxiety when faced with life-threatening situations such as illness, medical treatments and surgeries. When a person becomes ill, he and his family must face a series of changes in their life habits, must cope with admissions, aggressive treatments and endure physical pain. These changes can generate an unfavorable state of mind to face the disease, which sometimes worsens the previous clinical situation. The direct effect of music has been studied in different pathologies during the last years. The proposed research sought to provide information on the influence of classical music listened to live and in situ in the hospital, and the response to the disease and its evolution, in patients with chronic renal failure. For this purpose, the effect of live music performances in hemodialysis rooms was analyzed and changes in the patients' mood and quality of life were observed. Changes in vital sign recording were also observed, all of which were assessed before and after the interventions. Finally, we checked if there were any changes in the variables described as confounders (KT/V-Albumin-Hemoglobin-Blood Pressure-Consumption of psychotropic drugs and analgesics), which could be attributable to listening to music.To test the effect in patients with chronic renal failure, live classical music was listened to in the hospital, as an adjuvant to treatment during haemodialysis processes. Ninety patients participated in 2 groups, the intervention group that listened to music during haemodialysis sessions and the control group that continued with their usual treatment. Changes in anxiety and mood were analyzed by means of the quality of life questionnaire (HAD) and quality of life by spheres with the KDQOL-SF questionnaire, before and after the intervention in both groups. To test the effect in patients with chronic renal failure, live classical music was listened to in the hospital, as an adjuvant to treatment during haemodialysis processes. Ninety patients participated in 2 groups, the intervention group that listened to music during haemodialysis sessions and the control group that continued with their usual treatment. Changes in anxiety and mood were analyzed by means of the quality of life questionnaire (HAD) and quality of life by spheres with the KDQOL-SF questionnaire, before and after the intervention in both groups.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of thalidomide in the treatment of refractory uremic pruritus in maintenance hemodialysis patients.
Online hemodiafiltration (Ol-HDF) is increasingly being used for patients on chronic dialysis due to in its superiority compared with standard hemodialysis HDF. In addition to an excellent clearance of small molecules, oL-HDF has more advantages by providing both diffusion and convection modalities for an additional clearance of medium-size molecules. Furthermore, OL-HDF has been associated with not only better hemodynamic tolerance and biocompatibility , but may even include better survival.with reduction of proinflammatory cytokines and proinflammatory circulating cells , as well as with better control of B2MG levels .Ol-HDF is classified into 2 types according to the mode of addition of the substitution fluid: pre-dilution OL-HDF (pre-HDF) and post-dilution OL-HDF (post-HDF); Post-HDF was associated with significantly higher removal rates of β2-MG than HD. Postdilution HDF is the most effective way to maximize molecule clearance .Post-HDF was associated with significantly higher removal rate of α1-MG, and also significantly higher albumin leakage, than HD and pre-HDF. However, blood concentrations can be elevated using HDF, which can cause thrombosis. On the other hand, predilution HDF can resolve this problem but requires about three times more purified water than postdilution HDF and may not elicit maximal clearance.
Haemodialysis (HD) sustains life in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) but is associated with a marked increase in incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and high annual mortality rates. The pathogenesis of CVD in patients on HD is multifactorial and complex but hypertension is thought to be a major contributing factor. Sodium balance is normally regulated by the kidneys in health but has to be achieved by sodium removal during HD for those with ESKD. Recent evidence suggests that accumulation of sodium in the skin and / or muscle may be a critical factor impacting the development of hypertension and CVD in patients with ESKD and non-invasive methods are therefore required to study tissue sodium accumulation in this context. This study aims to determine the change in skin and muscle sodium content in patients undergoing haemodialysis. Participants will have a single haemodialysis session, and undergo two MRI scans (one prior to and one following dialysis).
The aim of the study is to investigate pulmonary hemodynamics at rest and during exercise in patients before and after kidney transplantation.
The investigators purpose is to research the impact of the simultaneous use of a new dialysis membrane with higher permeability for medium and protein bound uraemic toxins (medium cut-off dialysis membrane Theranova®) combined with diet modification to reduce the level of inflammation in chronic dialysis patients. The investigators hypothesize that the use of a medium-cut off dialysis membrane and dietary modification work synergistically and cause a significant and clinically meaningful reduction in inflammation levels compared to on-line hemodiafiltration with a high-flux dialysis membrane.
The study will compare achieved levels of protein-bound uremic toxins with dialysis using a medium cut-off membrane compared to the treatment by online haemodiafiltration with a high-flux dialysis membrane. In the second phase of the study dietary fiber and short-chain fatty acid intake will be increased to verify a possible additional reduction in the levels of protein bound uremic toxins.
The purpose of the study is to compare the efficiency and biocompatibility of citrate and heparin anticoagulation during hemodialysis with medium cut-off polyarylethersulphone-polyvinylpirrolidone membrane (Theranova®).