Blood thinner may save lifesaving dialysis access

NCT ID NCT03289520

Summary

This study tested whether the blood thinner clopidogrel could prevent early blood clots in newly created dialysis fistulas. It involved 877 adults with kidney failure who needed a fistula for hemodialysis. Researchers wanted to see if taking clopidogrel for six weeks after surgery would help the fistula stay open and become usable for dialysis treatments.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Boston University Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Maine Medical Center

    Portland, Maine, 04102, United States

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

  • University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Texas Southwestern

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

  • Wake Forest University

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

  • Washington University

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

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