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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00710788
Date of registration: 02/07/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Azienda Sanitaria ASL Avellino 2
Public title: Reduce Cardiovascular Calcifications to Reduce QT Interval in Dialysis Independent
Scientific title: Interventional, Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Trial to Slow Down the Progression of Cardiovascular Calcifications to Reduce QTd in Incident Dialysis Patients
Date of first enrolment: January 2007
Target sample size: 360
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00710788
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:     Pasquale Guastaferro, MD
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Affiliation:  Nephrology Division, ASL AV1, Sant'Angelo de Lomnardi, Italy
Name:     Walter De Simone, MD
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Affiliation:  AO MOscati, Avellino, Italy
Name:     Biagio R Di Iorio, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  ASL AV/2, Avellino, Italy
Name:     Vincenzo Tedesco, MD
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Affiliation:  Dialysis, Montella, Italy
Name:     Domenico Santoro, MD
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Affiliation:  Nephrology Division, Medical School, University of Messina, Italy
Name:     Loreto Gesualdo, professor
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Affiliation:  Nephrology Division, Medical School, University of Foggia
Name:     Filippo Aucella, MD
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Affiliation:  ASL FG, Italy
Name:     Luigi Chiuchuilo, MD
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Affiliation:  Dialysis, Avellino, Italy
Name:     Mario Migliorati, MD
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Affiliation:  Dialysis, Torre del Greco, Italy
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- incident patients on haemodialysis (CKD stage 5);

- an informed consent will be provided at the study entry.

Exclusion Criteria:

- congenital prolongation of QT segment syndrome;

- QTc >440 ms; increased QTd;

- bradycardia <50 bpm;

- sintomatic arrhythmia or any other significant heart problems;

- electrolyte unbalances (especially hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia);

- abnormal liver function tests;

- hypothyroidism.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cardiovascular Mortality
Intervention(s)
Drug: sevelamer phosphate-binders
Drug: Calcium Carbonate
Primary Outcome(s)
death due to cardiac arrhythmias or as sudden cardiac death defined as any deaths coded as "cardiac arrest, cause unknown" or "cardiac arrhythmia" without any exclusions [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
QT interval; PWV; mortality for acute myocardial infarction, cerebral vascular accident and heart failure; Non-CV mortality [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary ID(s)
2008.1
2008.1.brd.renagel
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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Results
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