Treatment of Infected Dialysis Catheters With Fiber Optic Ultraviolet Light

Ultraviolet Interventions

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Catheter-Related Infections

Treatments: Device: Ultraviolet light emitting optical fiber

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02899780

UVI-Pilot

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a first-in-man clinical trial using fiber optically delivered ultraviolet light for reducing viable bacteria within indwelling tunneled dialysis catheters.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Be at least 18 years of age
• Have the ability to provide informed consent
• Have an implanted dialysis catheter of one of the following models: Medcomp Titan 15.5F x 24 cm or Medcomp Titan 15.5F x 28 cm
• Positive blood culture drawn from the catheter

Exclusion criteria

• Previous inclusion in study
• Pregnant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Ultraviolet arm

Experimental group

Description:

This arm will have their dialysis catheters treated with an ultraviolet light emitting optical fiber.

Treatment:

Device: Ultraviolet light emitting optical fiber