A Prospective, RanDomized, Multi-Center, Open-Label, Cross-Over Study of Sodium Zirconium Cyclosilicate to Control Interdialytic HyperkalemiA Following Augmentation of Dialysate Potassium: Efficacy to Reduce the Incidence of Post-Dialysis Atrial Fibrillation and Clinically SignificanT Cardiac Arrhythmias - ADAPT Trial
This is a prospective, open-labelled, randomized, 2x2 cross-over design study of 88 patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) receiving routine out-patient dialysis using a standard 2.0 potassium ion (K+)/2.5 calcium ion (Ca++) dialysate bath. The overall aim of the study is to determine whether converting stable hemodialysis patients from a "standard" 2.0 K+/2.5 Ca+ dialysate (without Lokelma) to a 3.0 K+/2.5 Ca++ mEq dialysate supplemented with the orally administered potassium binder sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma) to treat interdialytic hyperkalemia will reduce the incidence and duration of post-dialysis atrial fibrillation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
88
Patients will use Lokelma supplementation on off-dialysis days (4 days/week) while receiving hemodialysis with 3.0 K+/2.5 Ca++ mEq dialysate bath. The individual starting dose will be 5.0 grams, and may be titrated weekly in 5.0 gram increments up to 15.0 grams to maintain K+ between 4.0 and 5.5 mEq/L.
Balboa Research
La Jolla, California, United States
Georgia Nephrology DBA Georgia Nephrology Research Institute
Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States
Nephrology Associates of Northern Illinois and Indiana (NANI)
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Clinical Research Consultants
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
The change in atrial Fibrillation events
To demonstrate whether increasing the K+ concentration in a standard hemodialysis bath from 2.0 K+ /2.5 Ca++ to a 3.0 K+ /2.5 Ca++ composition with SZC will reduce the incidence of atrial fibrillation events.
Time frame: 8-week Treatment Phase-1 and the 8-week Treatment Phase-2 dialysate cross-over periods
Frequency and duration of CSCAs (bradycardia, ventricular tachycardia and/or asystole)
To access whether the incidence and duration of post-dialysis CSCAs (defined as bradycardia, ventricular tachycardia and/or asystole) observed during experimental treatment will be reduced compared to standard treatment.
Time frame: 8-week Treatment Phase-1 and the 8-week Treatment Phase-2 dialysate cross-over periods
Whether or not K+ outside of the 4.0 to 5.5 mEq/L safety range (Yes/No binary outcome measure).
To determine whether the addition of oral sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelmaâ) during the 2-month treatment phase with the 3.0 K+ /2.5 Ca++ dialysate bath will reduce risk of weeks outside the "K+ safety range" of 4.0 to 5.5 mEq/L compared to the 2-month treatment phase with the 2.0 K+ /2.5 Ca++ dialysate bath.
Time frame: 8-week Treatment Phase-1 and the 8-week Treatment Phase-2 dialysate cross-over periods
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Mountain Kidney & Hypertension Associates
Asheville, North Carolina, United States