Comparison of Effectiveness and Safety of Three Lock Solutions for Long-Term Central Venous Catheter for Hemodialysis

Summary

Background: Poor flow (PF) and catheter-related blood stream infections (CRBSI) are highly prevalent among CKD 5D patients with long-term central venous catheters. Heparin (H) catheter lock solutions are commonly used to maintain catheter patency, however PF and CRBSI incidence remains high. The purpose of this study was to evaluate two lock solutions on reduction of PF and CRBSI: one, a lock solution combining of the tetracycline antibiotic minocycline with the anticoagulant/chelation agent EDTA (M-EDTA) versus H; and other, trisodium citrate (C) versus H. M-EDTA and C were also evaluated as to their safety versus H.

Methods:As regards the pilot project, thirty CKD 5D patients on high-efficiency hemodialysis (blood flow rate = 350 ml/min) at the Integrated Centre of Nephrology (Guarulhos, Brazil) were randomized 1:1:1 to receive M-EDTA, C or H locks for 15 weeks. Lock solutions concentrations were M-EDTA 30 mg/ml/3 mg/ml, C 30% (C) and H 1,000 U/ml and both investigators and patients were blinded to treatment allocation. The primary end-point was a 10% reduction in HD blood flow rates (35ml). The frequency of CRBSI was recorded. Bleeding and lock solution-related adverse events were the primary safety end points. Logistic Regression was performed to evaluate differences in PF rates among the treatments (SPSS version 13.0, IBM, USA).

Based upon the pilot-study data, the clinical trials has being executed in order to verify whether the three lock solutions have the same performance or not.

Conditions

• Chronic Kidney Disease

Interventions

DRUG

Heparin Lock Solution

Just after the insertion (since first the hemodialysis session), long-term Central Venous Catheter of CKD 5D patients on high-efficiency hemodialysis have been locked during 15 weeks (100 days) with appropriate lock solution.

DRUG

Trissodium Citrate 30%

ust after the insertion (since first the hemodialysis session), long-term Central Venous Catheter of CKD 5D patients on high-efficiency hemodialysis have been locked during 15 weeks (100 days) with appropriate lock solution.

DRUG

Minocycline-EDTA 30 mg/ml - 3 mg/ml

ust after the insertion (since first the hemodialysis session), long-term Central Venous Catheter of CKD 5D patients on high-efficiency hemodialysis have been locked during 15 weeks (100 days) with appropriate lock solution.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• University of Sao Paulo

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Marcus Luiz, MSc, PharmD · PhD student

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

75 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2013-07-31

Primary Completion

2016-02-29

Completion

2016-03-31

Countries

• Brazil

Study Locations