Heart Rate Variability & Fatty Acid Status: Haemodialysis Patients

King's College London

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Kidney Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02014792

DNS9195677

Details and patient eligibility

About

Studies suggest that dietary omega-3 fatty acids influence the extent to which the time interval between each heart beat varies (heart rate variability; HRV). Low HRV is associated with increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between 24 hour parameters of HRV and blood omega-3 fatty acid levels in patients who have recently commenced haemodialysis.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• CKD stage 5 commencing haemodialysis,
• male or female,
• aged 40-80 y,
• written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• history of chronic liver disease or neuropathy, infection or antibiotics within the last month.

Trial design

52 participants in 1 patient group

Chronic kidney disease, stage 5

Description:

Patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease who have recently commenced haemodialysis treatment (within 6-10 weeks of starting treatment)