Evaluation of Contact Phase Activation During Hemodialysis (c-phact)
End Stage Renal Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for End Stage Renal Disease focused on measuring Hemodialysis, Coagulation activation
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients treated with hemodialysis since at least three months.
- Hemodialysis treatment schedule of 3 x 4 hours weekly.
- Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) use for vascular access.
- Treatment with oral acetylsalicylic acid 80 or 100mg q every day.
- ≥ 18 years of age.
- Patients able and agree to provide signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Use of vitamin K antagonists or novel oral anticoagulant therapy.
- Use of chronic heparin treatment, UFH or LMWH.
- Use of clopidogrel.
- Use of ACE-inhibitors.
- Known allergy against one of the dialysis membranes used during this study (PMMA: BKU®, Toray; PS: Phylter®, Bellco; AN69ST: Evodial®, Gambro).
- Known heparin-induced trombopenia type 2.
- Active infection and/or ongoing systemic antimicrobial treatment.
- Presence of central venous catheter, tunnelled or non-tunnelled and/or AV graft.
- Hospitalized patients.
- Planned surgery during study period.
- Mean Qb of <300ml/min during one of the last 3 dialysis sessions before inclusion.
- Vascular access dysfunction defined as (a) known AV access outflow tract stenosis, (b) planned vascular access intervention, (c) planned vascular access conversion.
- Planned conversion of dialysis modality during study period.
Sites / Locations
- UZ Brussel
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
PMMA (BKU)
PS (Phylter)
AN69ST (Evodial)
Patients included in the study will undergo 3 hemodialysis treatments. During the PMMA Arm, patient will be dialyzed using a BKU 1.6 (Toray) dialyzer. All study treatments will be standardized for dialysis access, priming procedure, blood and dialysate flows, anticoagulation therapy and duration of the hemodialysis session. During each study treatment, blood samples will be taken at specified time points (T0, T5, T15, T30, T90, T240) to assess overall coagulation activation (TAT, PF1+2, d-dimers), contact phase activation (kallikrein, fXIa, fXIIa), and activation of the extrinsic coagulation pathway (TF).
Patients included in the study will undergo 3 hemodialysis treatments. During the PS Arm, patient will be dialyzed using a Phylter 1.7 (Bellco) dialyzer. All study treatments will be standardized for dialysis access, priming procedure, blood and dialysate flows, anticoagulation therapy and duration of the hemodialysis session.
Patients included in the study will undergo 3 hemodialysis treatments. During the AN69ST Arm, patient will be dialyzed using a Evodial 1.6 (Gambro) dialyzer. All study treatments will be standardized for dialysis access, priming procedure, blood and dialysate flows, anticoagulation therapy and duration of the hemodialysis session.