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CompletedNCT04448093Updated Jun 25, 2020

Relationship Between Quality of Life, Self-image and Oral Health in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

An Early Phase 1 interventional study of dental treatment in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis, sponsored by Federal University of São Paulo. Completed at 1 site in Brazil. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 86 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-06-25.

Sponsored by Federal University of São Paulo · Early Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 6 years after the study started (first participant enrolled Mar 2014, registered Mar 2020).
Phase
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
121
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 86 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of this work will be to conduct a controlled clinical trial to assess whether the dental treatment of adequacy of the oral environment is capable of generating improvement in the quality of life and self-esteem, comparing the results of patients on hemodialysis who received treatment with others who did not receive treatment .

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After selecting the sample, patients will undergo an oral examination performed by a dental surgeon, in which they will be evaluated for the presence of lesions in the oral mucosa, periodontal conditions through simplified periodontal record - PSR, oral hygiene index, caries and lack of teeth - DMFT, if they need treatment and the situation of the prosthesis, if they use them, the data being recorded in a specific medical record. Subsequently, intervention will be performed in the group that received the treatment (intervention group). The treatment will consist of the adequacy of the oral environment in patients with teeth and evaluation of the mucosa and prostheses for edentulous patients.

The service will take place at the UFVJM Surgery and Periodontics Clinic, on previously scheduled days and times. About 5 to 10 days before treatment, patients answered questionnaires about socioeconomic characterization, self-esteem and quality of life. The therapeutic protocol followed during the service will be the one proposed by Quirynen (1995) [22], in which the debridement of the entire mouth is recommended in a single 45-minute session. After removing the supra and subgingival biofilm, the patient will be instructed to use mouthwashes with 15 ml of 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate, for one minute, twice a day, thirty minutes after brushing, for seven days. In this phase, emergency extractions, restoration of restorations and cavity closure with glass ionomer cement and resins in the anterior teeth will also be performed, in order to adapt the oral environment in minimal interventions, considering the patient's systemic state.

All patients who have at least 1 tooth, healthy or not, will be considered dentate. Toothless patients will receive guidance on oral hygiene and prostheses, if used, and will also use mouthwash with 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate for the same period. Group participants who were not submitted to the intervention (control group), received the same initial assessment and answered the same questionnaires, but will not be treated at that time. After 45 days from the end of the dental treatment, everyone will be reassessed, went through oral hygiene instructions again and answered the questionnaires, the questions being directed to the patient's perception in the last 45 days after treatment.

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Conditions studied

  • Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

Keywords

  • Quality of life
  • Dentistry
  • Renal dialysis
  • Epidemiology
  • Self-image
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In context

Lead sponsor

Federal University of São Paulo is the lead sponsor of 427 studies on the registry; 22 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 86 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • patients over 18 years
  • submitted to hemodialysis
  • agreed to participate voluntarily by invitation and sign an informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • severe anemia
  • uncontrolled systolic and diastolic blood pressure or greater than 180/110 mmHg
  • unstable angina, complex ventricular arrhythmias, severe metabolic disease
  • acute myocardial infarction less than a month
  • acute conditions, aortic aneurysm, severe aortic stenosis or respiratory impairment
  • neurological and / or musculoskeletal that contraindicate treatment
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Study design

Phase
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
121 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment group

    Treated group (53) that answered quality of life questionnaires before, after and with 45 days of treatment.

    Procedure: dental treatment

  • No intervention
    Group control

    Untreated group (68) that answered quality of life questionnaires before, after and with 45 days of treatment.

Interventions

  • Proceduredental treatment

    Dental treatment of adequacy of oral environment and assessment of quality of life and self-esteem through questionnaires comparing a group that received treatment with another that did not.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Dental treatment

    Comparison of quality of life and self-esteem results of patients who underwent dental treatment with others who did not.

    Time frame: 6 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • Periodontics Clinic, Department of Dentistry
    Diamantina, Minas Gerais 39100000, Brazil
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 25, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04448093
Lead sponsor
Federal University of São Paulo
Responsible party
Olga Flecha (Principal Investigator, Federal University of São Paulo) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 25, 2020
Start date
Mar 1, 2014
Primary completion
Aug 29, 2015
Completion
Dec 20, 2019
Last update
Jun 25, 2020

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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