Status:

TERMINATED

Feasibility Study of Arterial Stiffness in Hemodialysis Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

The Ottawa Hospital

University of Ottawa

Conditions:

End-Stage Renal Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

People with kidney failure have a higher chance of getting disease in the blood vessels and this result in a decreased elasticity of the arteries of their body which make them very stiff or hard. It a...

Detailed Description

Background: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Arterial stiffness measured by pulse-wave velocity (PWV) has been ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • HEALTHY SUBJECT GROUP
  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Age: \>18 years
  • Able to provide informed consent
  • Exclusion criteria
  • History of cardiovascular disease and/or hypertension (blood pressure \>140/90 mm Hg)
  • History of diabetes mellitus
  • History of liver or kidney disease, cancer and/or any lymphoproliferative disease
  • Currently receiving medication for any medical condition or illness
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 30 Kg/m2
  • Pregnancy
  • Any condition that limits functional ability and precludes participation
  • Current smoker (\>15 cigarettes per day) in the last 6 months.
  • Former smoker (\> 20 cigarettes per day) who stopped smoking \< 2 years ago.
  • Excessive alcohol intake (men \>14 drinks per week; women: \> 9 drinks per week).
  • Psychoactive or performance-enhancing drug abuse.
  • END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE (ESRD) GROUP
  • Adult patient (age: \>18 years) with ESRD (estimated glomerular filtration rate: \<15 ml/min/m2)
  • Receiving hemodialysis treatments, with no expected renal recovery
  • Having received regular in-Centre Hemodialysis at TOH for at least the past 3 weeks
  • Able to provide informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Atrial fibrillation (as it frequently results in transient or persistent rapid heart rates and these changes overestimate aortic stiffness).
  • Active cancer or history of cancer in the past 5 years.
  • Pregnancy
  • Any condition that limit the patient's ambulatory ability and preclude participation on this basis
  • Mechanical, bioprosthetic heart valves or mechanical assisting devices (these conditions may change myocardial stiffness and the volumetric properties of the left ventricle leading to diastolic dysfunction and these physiologic changes may modify the waveforms of the cf- APWV).
  • Pre-dialysis systolic blood pressure ≥ 200 mm Hg recorded in the last 6 dialysis treatments (2 weeks).
  • Inability to measure blood pressure in at least one arm.
  • Current smoker (\>15 cigarettes per day) in the last 6 months \[Daily cigarette consumption (\>15 cigarettes per day) adjusted by age, education level and other confounders has been found to be independently associated with the risk of hypertension\].

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2014

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

36 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02196610

Start Date

November 1 2014

End Date

March 1 2016

Last Update

May 2 2016

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The Ottawa Hospital - Riverside campus

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 7W9