Measuring Cardiovascular Stress in Patients on Hemodialysis

To determine if proprietary software that uses pulse-wave analysis to interpret the output of a conventional pulse-oximeter, can predict the onset of circulatory stress, before changes in blood pressure and pulse occur, in patients undergoing outpatient hemodialysis.

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Key information

Conditions

Hemodialysis Cardiovascular Diseases Circulatory Stress Hypotension Photo-plethysmography Vascular Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Allegheny General Hospital

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patients having regular outpatient dialysis treatments
Patients who are willing and able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Patients who do not wish to participate
Patients with contraindications to attachment of monitoring devices
Patients with skin rash or hypersensitivity to the adhesive sensors

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

photoplethysmography

Time frame: 5 hours

Pulse-wave analysis of an oximeter signal

Secondary outcomes

blood pressure

Time frame: 5 hours

measured continuously during treatment

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

West Penn Allegheny Health System

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2010
Primary completion: 2011
Study completion: 2011
First posted: Dec 28, 2010
Registry last updated: Aug 18, 2020

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