Status:

COMPLETED

Melatonin and Quality of Life in Dialysis Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Meander Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

Dutch Kidney Foundation

Conditions:

Sleep Problems

Haemodialysis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Sleep problems can lead to a bad quality of life and a raise of morbidity, also in dialysis patients. Sleep problems can be caused by a disturbance of circadian rhythms in our body. For a good regulat...

Detailed Description

Objective of the study: Does melatonin by improving sleep parameters improve quality of life of hemodialysis patients? Study design: Placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized trial Study popula...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Informed Consent
  • Man/Women between 18 and 85 years
  • Understanding and knowledge of the dutch language
  • End Stage Renal Disease, stable chronic hemodialysis \> 3 months
  • SpKt/V(total) \> 1,2 pro dialysis
  • Validated actometer shows that sleep efficiency \< 90% or sleep latency \> 15 minutes or fragmentation index \> 25 points

Exclusion

  • Known major illness, which interferes with patient's participation in the study according to the investigator)or which results in a probable patient's survival of less than 1 year.
  • Instable angina pectoris, heart failure NYHA class IV
  • Pregnancy
  • Current use of melatonin of known allergy of melatonin
  • Participation in other medication/drug research within a month before inclusion

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

68 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00388661

Start Date

April 1 2007

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

July 20 2011

Active Locations (2)

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Meander Medical Center

Amersfoort, Netherlands, 3800 BM

2

Kennemer Gasthuis

Haarlem, Netherlands, 2035 RC