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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN47228763
Date of registration: 24/03/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Gambro SAS (France)
Public title: Influence of different types of dialysis membranes on parameters of chronic inflammation
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: 10/02/2005
Target sample size: 180
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN47228763
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Prospective, multicenter, randomised (Not Specified)  
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
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Affiliation: 
Name: Christian    Combe
Address:  Hôpital Pellegrin Service de Néphrologie Place Amélie Raba-Léon 33076 Bordeaux France
Telephone:
Email: christian.combe@chu-bordeaux.fr
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Medically stable end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis for 6 months or more
2. Age =18 years
3. C-reactive protein between 5 and 50 mg/l maximum one week before inclusion
4. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) serologies negative
5. Not under guardianship
6. AgHbs negative
7. Absence of vascular access thrombosis
8. Absence of clinically identifiable cause of chronic inflammation
9. Treatment in a dialysis unit providing water quality according to the European Pharmacopoeia
10. Statin medication allowed, but no introduction or modification during the study
11. Hemodialysis blood flow rates between 200 and 500 ml/min possible
12. Dialysis frequency 3-4 per week

Exclusion criteria: 1. Age >75 years
2. Known pregnancy
3. Severe comorbidities with life expectancy <1 year
4. Cancer except skin cancer
5. Severe digestive pathologies
6. Chronic inflammatory diseases
7. Medication interfering with nutritional or inflammatory status
8. Treatment or intention to treat with immunosuppressive medication
9. Dialysis dose Kt/V <1.2, and dialysis time <10 hours per week
10. Treatment with hemofiltration or hemodiafiltration
11. Participation in another study during the preceding 30 days
12. Physically or mentally disabled patients


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
End-stage renal disease
Urological and Genital Diseases
Renal disease
Intervention(s)
Hemodialysis treatment with high-flux versus low-flux dialysers of the same type of chemical composition
Primary Outcome(s)
Plasma concentration of C-reactive protein
Secondary Outcome(s)
Advanced glycation end products, carboxymethyl lysine, asymmetric dimethyl arginine, fibrinogen, albumin and prealbumin, phosphate
Secondary ID(s)
POL-FRA-1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Gambro SAS
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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