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crg_id CRG110500023
titleoftrial Blood volume control and temperature control study
acronymnoftrial VOTE
website http://
identificationno HD-VOTE-01-EU
leadprefix Dr
leadsurname Hoffmann
leadgivennames Jorg
leadposition Senior Vice President Medicine
leaddepartment Medical Affaires and Medical Information
leadorganisation Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
leadaddress Else-Kroner-Strasse 1, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany
leademail joer.hoffmann@fmc-ag.com
leadphone +4961726092221
leadfax +4961726092314
leadsuffix
contactprefix Dr
contactsurname Wojke
contactgivennames Ralf
contactposition Clinical Research Manager
contactdepartment Clinical Resarch
contactorganisation Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
contactaddress Daimlerstrasse 15, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany
contactemail ralf.wojke@fmc-ag.com
contactphone +4961726092316
contactfax +4961726092386
funding industry
otherfunding
fundingnameofsponsors Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
ethicsapproval yes
studytype randomised
studytype_other
groupassignment crossover
blinding_patients yes
blinding_investigators no
blinding_outcomes no
blinding_analysts no
proposedstart Sep 2004
actualstart Sep 2004
proposedcompletiondate Dec 2005
actualcompletiondate Feb 2006
multi_center_study yes
numberofcentres 7
multi_national_study yes
countrycentres Serbia and Montenegro
researchquestion Standard hemodialysis versus hemodialysis with feedback control of blood volume and blood temperature in hypotension-prone patients:
Reduction of hemodialysis sessions with intradialytic morbid events?
study_status_recruitment ongoing
study_status_recruitment_follow ongoing
healthcarecondition chronic renal failure
intervention1 blood volume feedback control
intervention2 blood temperature feedback control
intervention3
intervention4
participants_gender both
participants_other adults
age N/A
totalrecruitment 25
inclusion History of cardiovascular instability during hemodialysis,
Hemodialysis for more than 3 months,
Age at least 18 years,
Stable blood pressure medication,
Heamodialysis treatment time at least 3 hours
exclusion Severe anemia,
Planned hospitalisation,
Vascular access problems,
Life expextancy below 15 weeks,
Ascites liver disease,
Heart failure (NYHA4),
Anihypotensive medication,
Obligatory single needle treatment,
Inability to understand or to sign informed consent,
Planned change of dialysate composition,
Planned change of erythropoietin dosage,
Varying dialysate sodium concentration,
Pregnancy orlactation,
Drug abuse,
Participation in another trial within 30 days
primaryoutcomes Intradialytic cardiovascular instability
secondaryoutcomes Blood pressure
Thermal energy balance,
Relative blood volume decrease
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