kidney disease patients with dialysis
Conditions
Interventions
7 day, daily, unilateral IPC (4X5-minutes of occlusion of the upper arm using a
blood pressure cuff)
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD stage 4 or 5)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • The presence of a patent arterio-venous fistula (for dialysis) • Simultaneous participation in another interventional study • Impossibility to perform RIPC, due to pathology of both arms (for example, sclerodermia, dystrophy, recent trauma, chronic wounds)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The change in endothelial function after a 7-day intervention (measured as the brachial artery flow-mediated dilation for the primary objective and contra-lateral brachialartery flow-mediated dilation for the secondary objective). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| brachial artery endothelial function in the dominant arm after ischemia-reperfusion injury | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed