Evaluation of a Bioimpedance Method for Determination of Dry Weight in Dialysis Patients

University Hospital, Saarland

Status

Completed

Conditions

Renal Insufficiency, Chronic

Treatments

Device: Bioimpedance Analysis

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00397306

95/06

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is the evaluation of a bioimpedance method for determination of dry weight in dialysis patients. Additionally normal tissue hydration in non-Dialysis patients is investigated in healthy subjects and patients with chronic kidney disease in stages K/DIGO I-IV

Enrollment

16 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

clinically stable on dialysis within the last three months
signed written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

acute myocardial infarction or stroke within the last six months
heart failure stage NYHA IV
concommitant participation in other interventional trials
psychiatric conditions that prevent subject from following the study procedures / protocol
pregnancy or lactation
limb amputation
cardiac pacemaker
joint implants
implantable pumps and other metallic implants

For healthy subjects and CKD patients in stages K/DIGO I-IV the above mentioned criteria other than the first mentioned are applicable respectively.