Comparing filter change times for dialysis in the ICU
Part of Infections, Kidney & urinary, Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This study compares two ways of changing the filter in the dialysis machine for people with severe acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit. It looks at whether changing the filter more often (standard) is better or worse than leaving it in longer (shorter filter lifespan).
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Who can take part
- You must be 18 or older.
- You need to be in intensive care with severe acute kidney injury (sudden kidney failure) and already need dialysis.
- Before this illness, you did not have end-stage kidney disease or require regular dialysis for chronic kidney disease.
- You have not had a kidney transplant in the past.
- You do not have certain kidney diseases like glomerulonephritis (inflammation of the kidney filters), interstitial nephritis (inflammation of kidney tissue), or vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels).
- You are not on medications that suppress your immune system, and you do not have a chronic inflammatory condition like severe arthritis or HIV with low immune cells.
Quick eligibility check
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