Microcirculation of Patients With Kidney Transplant

Sublingual Microcirculation Data of Patients With Kidney Transplant

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02874781

Enrollment

Registered

2016-08-22

Start date

2016-07-31

Completion date

2016-10-31

Last updated

2016-12-14

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Conditions

Microcirculation

Brief summary

Detailed description

This study measures the sublingual microcirculation of patients with kidney transplant using MicroScan. The data will be compared with data of health volunteers and end stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis. The microcirculation date includes total small vessel density, perfused small vessel density, proportion of perfused vessels, microvascular flow index, and heterogeneity index.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 79 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients with kidney transplant for more than one month

Exclusion criteria

* Body mass index (BMI) \< 18.5 or \> 30 * diagnosis of sepsis or trauma, or admitted to intensive care unit within one month before enrollment * body temperature \< 35.5 or \> 37.5 Celsius * patients with tongue resection * non-native speaker

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Total small vessel density	6 hours
Perfused small vessel density	6 hours

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results