Comparison of Point of Care to Lab INR in Dialysis Patients on Warfarin

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anticoagulation in Dialysis Patients

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00660946

618-05

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine whether point of care (POC) International Normalized Ratio (INR) test results correlate with plasma INR measures in hemodialysis patients.

Full description

37 chronic hemodialysis patients being anticoagulated with warfarin require INR monitoring routinely.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chronic dialysis patients on chronic warfarin anticoagulation.

Exclusion criteria

• On warfarin for less than 1 month.

Trial design

37 participants in 1 patient group

37 dialysis patients

Description:

37 chronic hemodialysis patients on warfarin requiring Laboratory INR monitoring for anticoagulation management.