Effect of low calcium dialysate on coronary artery calcification in hemodialysis patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0000942

Enrollment

100

Registered

2013-11-26

Start date

2009-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : We included patients receiving conventional hemodialysis (treatment 4 hours per session, 3 times per week) with a dialysate calcium concentration of 1.5 mmol/L for more than 3 months. Patients

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) more than 20years old, and 2) patients receiving conventional HD (treatment 4 hours per session, 3 times per week) with a dialysate calcium concentration of 1.5 mmol/L for more than 3 months, and 3) patients gave informed concent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: patients with severe hypocalcemia (corrected Ca 300 pg/mL, active infection, malignancy, sarcoidosis, previous parathyroidectomy, freqeuently symptomatic intradialytic hypotension, uncontrolled arrhythmia, and previous coronary artery stenting.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Coronary artery calcification	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
serum corrected calcium concentraion;serum phosphorus level;serum calcium-phosphorus product;serum intact-parathyroid hormone	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactSoo Jin Kim

Hallym University Medical Center-Kangdong

Outcome results