Optimal Timing of Percutaneous Intervention in Non-maturing Dialysis Fistulas

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Immature Arteriovenous Fistula

Treatments: Procedure: early Angioplasty; Procedure: late Angioplasty

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03245944

F0001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are the preferred type of vascular access for dialysis, but many of them fail to mature. The optimal timing of intervention to salvage immature AVFs is unknown.The study proposes a randomized clinical trial comparing the clinical and economic impact of early vs late angioplasty in non-maturing AVFs.

The study proposes a RCT to test the hypothesis that, as compared to early angioplasty of non-maturing AVFs, late angioplasty results in a lower proportion of AVFs being used at 6 months, but a greater long-term AVF patency , lower requirement of subsequent interventions to maintain AVF patency for dialysis, and lower overall cost of access maintenance.

Full description

The optimal timing of intervention in non-maturing AVFs remains controversial, and can only be definitively addressed by a randomized clinical trial (RCT) comparing early (6 weeks) vs late (3 months) angioplasty of non-maturing AVFs. The investigators will perform a single-center, prospective RCT. The investigators will recruit 112 patients who initiated hemodialysis with a CVC, then had a new AVF created after commencing dialysis, and then had a 6-week postoperative ultrasound that revealed an immature AVF (diameter < 4 mm diameter or blood flow < 500 ml/min). These patients will be randomized to one of two groups: an early intervention group that will undergo a routine PTA at 6 weeks after AVF creation, or a late intervention group in which early PTA will be avoided and subsequently be performed only if the 3-month ultrasound indicates persistent AVF immaturity. These patients will be followed for 2 years.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with End stage renal disease (ESRD).
• Patients on hemodialysis.
• Patients using central venous catheter (CVC).
• Patients who had a new AVF created after commencing dialysis.
• Patients who had immature fistula ( 6-week postoperative ultrasound that revealed an immature AVF (diameter < 4 mm diameter or blood flow < 500 ml/min).

Exclusion criteria

• Children with Age below 18

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 2 patient groups

early angioplasty

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients who initiated hemodialysis with a CVC, then had a new AVF created after commencing dialysis, and then had a 6-week postoperative ultrasound that revealed an immature AVF (diameter \< 4 mm diameter or blood flow \< 500 ml/min). These patients who an early angioplasty intervention group that will undergo a routine Angioplasty at 6 weeks after AVF creation

Treatment:

Procedure: early Angioplasty

late Angioplasty

Experimental group

Description:

Patients who initiated hemodialysis with a CVC, then had a new AVF created after commencing dialysis, and then had a 6-week postoperative ultrasound that revealed an immature AVF (diameter \< 4 mm diameter or blood flow \< 500 ml/min). These patients who a late angioplasty intervention group in which early Angioplasty will be avoided and subsequently be performed only if the 3-month ultrasound indicates persistent AVF immaturity

Treatment:

Procedure: late Angioplasty