The study compares the benefits of short daily hemodialysis six days a week, nocturnal (night time) hemodialysis six days a week, every other day and every other night hemodialysis to traditional three days a week hemodialysis.The hypothesis is that increasing hemodialysis treatment time and/or frequency will improve outcomes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
46
Six Day per week short daily hemodialysis
Six nights per week nocturnal hemodialysis
Every other day short daily hemodialysis
Satellite Healthcare, Inc.
Mountain View, California, United States
WellBound, Inc.
Mountain View, California, United States
Hospitalization days per year
Time frame: Ongoing
Nutritional Status measured by Subjective Global Assessment
Time frame: Ongoing
Anemia, measured by erythropoetin dose
Time frame: Ongoing
Control of hypertension, as measured by number of antihypertensive tablets taken per day
Time frame: Ongoing
Control of hyperphosphatemia, as measured by number of phosphate binder tablets taken per day
Time frame: Ongoing
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Every other night hemodialysis
5 days per week short daily hemodialysis
5 nights per week hemodialysis
3 days per week short daily hemodialysis