CompletedNot Applicable

Long-term Hemodialysis Catheter Removal and Delayed Replacement, Versus Exchange Over a Guidewire to Treat Catheter Related Blood Stream Infection

798 participantsStarted 2011-11-01

Plain-language summary

Prospective, randomized Study of tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheter removal and delayed replacement, versus exchange over a guidewire to treat catheter related blood stream infection

Who can participate

Age range14 Years – 90 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All patients end stage renal disease on hemodialysis from tunneled cuffed dialysis catheters with suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection with no identifiable infection source except the catheter were included. Exclusion Criteria: * metastatic infection,

What they're measuring

infection free survival

Timeframe: 45 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03054714

SponsorAin Shams University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2016-11-30

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