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Ethanol Lock and Risk of Catheter Related Blood Stream Infection in Patients With Haemodialysis Catheter

Denmark280 participantsStarted 2018-08-01

Plain-language summary

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of ethanol (70%) as lock-solution after hemodialysis on: * The frequency of dialysis catheter-related bacteremia among patients under observation of potential complications * Other complications of the use of hemodialysis-catheters eg. dysfunction of the catheter due to thrombosis.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age at or above 18 years. * Currently recieving hemodialysis treatment with tunneled intravenous hemodialysis-catheter * Written informed consent after verbal and written information is given. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Intolerance to ethanol or contraindications for the use of ethanol. Eg. possible interactions, former alcohol dependency. * Earlier infections to current catheter (exit-site, tunnel-infection and catheter-related bloodstream infection

What they're measuring

Time to hemodialysis catheter-related bacteremia

Timeframe: 2 years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05953675

SponsorZealand University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-12

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