An interventional study of T50 Calcification Inhibition Test (CIT) in Renal Failure, Cardiovascular Diseases and Vascular Calcification, sponsored by Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH. Completed at 8 sites in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-02-09.
Sponsored by Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
This pilot study aims to evaluate in an exploratory way the predictive power of a novel in vitro test (T50 Calcification Inhibition Test, T50 CIT), which measures the mineralization inhibition capacity of blood, in terms of its association with time to all-cause mortality in haemodialysis patients.
Disturbances in mineral and bone metabolism centrally contribute to the exceedingly elevated risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease in dialysis patients. A novel in vitro test (T50 Calcification Inhibition Test, T50 CIT) has been developed, which measures the mineralization inhibition capacity of blood. This pilot study aims to exploratory examine the predictive power of baseline T50 CIT and fetuin-A (protein which is centrally involved in the inhibition of the formation of crystalline hydroxyapatite) values in terms of their association with all-cause mortality in an unselected cohort of haemodialysis patients. Moreover, the study shall investigate the association between baseline T50 CIT and fetuin-A values with CV related mortality, all-cause hospitalization and CV related hospitalization. Finally, the study aims to compare the predictive power of T50 CIT values with a set of six established calcification-related parameters (albumin, phosphate, calcium, magnesium, bicarbonate and fetuin-A). After baseline blood sampling the patients will be followed for 2 years.
Exclusion Criteria:
Measurement of T50 CIT and fetuin-A serum values
Diagnostic Test: T50 Calcification Inhibition Test (CIT)
Measurement of predialysis T50 CIT and fetuin-A values in serum of hemodialysis patients
T50 CIT values
The primary objective of this pilot study is to exploratory examine the predictive power of baseline T50 CIT values in terms of their association with time to all-cause mortality in haemodialysis patients.
Time frame: Baseline after signed informed consent
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