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crg_id CRG030600054
titleoftrial Standard citrate vs. sequential citrate / anticoagulant-free anticoagulation for hemodialysis: serum citrate levels and anticoagulation assessment
acronymnoftrial
website http://
identificationno
leadprefix Prof
leadsurname Buturovic-Ponikvar
leadgivennames Jadranka
leadposition Nephrologist, Professor of medicine, Ultrasound unit, head
leaddepartment Department of Nephrology, Dialysis center
leadorganisation University medical center Ljubljana
leadaddress Zaloska 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
leademail jadranka.buturovic@mf.uni-lj.si
leadphone +386 1 522 3112
leadfax +386 1 522 2298
leadsuffix
contactprefix Mr
contactsurname Gubensek
contactgivennames Jakob
contactposition Young researcher
contactdepartment Department of Nephrology, Dialysis center
contactorganisation University medical center Ljubljana
contactaddress Zaloska 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
contactemail jakob.gubensek@kclj.si
contactphone
contactfax +386 1 522 2298
funding govt
otherfunding
fundingnameofsponsors
ethicsapproval yes
studytype randomised
studytype_other
groupassignment parallel
blinding_patients no
blinding_investigators no
blinding_outcomes no
blinding_analysts no
proposedstart
actualstart 9 / 2005
proposedcompletiondate
actualcompletiondate 2 / 2006
multi_center_study no
numberofcentres
multi_national_study no
countrycentres Slovenia
researchquestion Does sequential citrate / anticoagulant-free anticoagulation reduce serum citrate levels after dialysis while providing comparable level of anticoagulation as standard citrate anticoagulation
study_status_recruitment no_longer_recruiting
study_status_recruitment_follow completed
healthcarecondition anticoagulation for hemodialysis
intervention1 standard citrate anticoagulation
intervention2 sequential citrate / anticoagulant-free anticoagulation
intervention3
intervention4
participants_gender both
participants_other adults
age > 18 years
totalrecruitment 52
inclusion patients on chronic hemodialysis requiring citrate anticoagulation due to increased bleeding-risk
exclusion age < 18 years
single-needle vascular access
primaryoutcomes serum citrate levels after dialysis
secondaryoutcomes anticoagulation assessment,
ionized calcium, sodium, pH and bicarbonate after dialysis
reference Buturovic J, Gubensek J, Cerne D, Ponikvar R. Standard citrate versus sequential citrate/anticoagulant-free anticoagulation during hemodialysis: a randomized trial. Artificial Organs. 2008 Jan;32(1):77-81 [added by GYH 12/02/2008]