Comparison of the Plasma Lipoprotein Apheresis Systems DIAMED and MONET vs. the Whole Blood Apheresis System DALI (DIAMOND-2018)
Hypercholesterolemia, Familial, Dyslipidemias, Cardiovascular Diseases
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Hypercholesterolemia, Familial focused on measuring Lipoprotein apheresis
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Informed consent signed and dated by study patient and investigator/authorised physician
- Minimum age of 18 years
- Ability to understand the nature and requirements of the study
Study-specific inclusion criteria:
- Patients with indication for lipoprotein apheresis confirmed by a local apheresis expert commission according to the German guidelines [1] and with routine lipoprotein apheresis treatments for at least 3 months. Patients with weekly treatments have not missed more than 3 treatment sessions within the 3 months prior inclusion to the study. Patients with biweekly treatment sessions have not missed more than 1 treatment session within the 3 months prior inclusion to the study
- Patients with regular weekly or biweekly lipoprotein apheresis treatments with either MONET or DIAMED lipoprotein apheresis systems for at least 4 weeks (weekly treatments) or 8 weeks (biweekly treatments) with the same system
- With adequate venous access
- With systolic blood pressure > 100 mmHg
- With stable hematocrit >35 %
- With stable anticoagulation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any condition which could interfere with the patient's ability to comply with the study
- Pregnancy or lactation period (pregnancy test will be conducted with female patients aged 55 years)
- Participation in an interventional clinical study during the preceding 30 days or in the same study
Study-specific exclusion criteria:
- Occurrence or clinical relevant deterioration of acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, severe hemo-dynamic relevant arrhythmia within 3 months prior inclusion to the study
- Bypass surgery, vascular diseases, active infection (this means chronic infectious diseases (e.g. chronic hepatitis) and acute infections with a core body temperature ≥ 38.0 °C) or unstable circulation (see exclusion criteria no. 7) within the last 3 months
- Uncontrolled high or low blood pressure defined as systolic blood pressure >180 mmHg/<100 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure >115 mmHg (after three times measuring)
- Changes in lipid lowering medication within the last 2 weeks
- Intake of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitor medication within a time interval of five times the terminal half-life of the ACE inhibitor before study start and during the study
- History of allergic reactions to anticoagulation
Sites / Locations
- Nephrocare Rostock GmbH
- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Other
Other
Lipoprotein Apheresis MONET and DALI
Lipoprotein Apheresis DIAMED and DALI
Patients routinely treated with MONET: The first subgroup will be treated first with the MONET adsorber system for three consecutive treatments followed by a treatment for three consecutive treatments with the DALI adsorber System. The second subgroup will be treated first with the DALI adsorber system for three consecutive treatments followed by a treatment for three consecutive treatments with the MONET adsorber system
Patients routinely treated with DIAMED: The first subgroup will be treated first with the DIAMED adsorber system for three consecutive treatments followed by a treatment for three consecutive treatments with the DALI adsorber system. The second subgroup will be treated first with the DALI adsorber system for three consecutive treatments followed by a treatment for three consecutive treatments with the DIAMED adsorber System.