New hope for dialysis patients with stubborn high blood pressure?
NCT ID NCT06556407
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests a procedure called renal denervation, which uses ultrasound to calm overactive kidney nerves, in 12 dialysis patients with hard-to-treat high blood pressure. The goal is to see if it safely lowers blood pressure over 3 to 6 months. It is a small, early-stage trial with no comparison group.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ultrasound-based renal denervation
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new way to control blood pressure in dialysis patients who don't respond to medications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 12 people and no placebo group. The procedure may not lower blood pressure enough or could have safety issues.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 12 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 99 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled treatment resistant hypertension (despite intake of 3 different classes of antihypertensive medications) confirmed by 24-h ambulatory blood pressure according to current guidelines (ESH 2023) (office blood pressure ≥ 140/ and/ or ≥ 90 mmHg and ambulatory blood pressure ≥ 130/ and/or ≥ 80 mmHg * end-stage renal disease on chronic hemodialysis * Stable hemodialysis regime for at least 3 months based on the decision of the treating physician * Patient is adhering to a stable drug regimen without changes for a minimum of 4 weeks. * Individual is ≥ 18 years of age, male and female patients are included. Exclusion Criteria: * Episodes of sustained systolic and/or diastolic hypotension according to 24-h ambulatory blood pressure or dialysis protocols which in the eyes of the treating physician would interfere with a safe renal denervation treatment of the patient * Known hemodynamically or anatomically significant renal artery abnormality or stenosis in either renal artery which in the eyes of the interventionalist would interfere with safe catheter placement * Prior renal denervation procedure * Anatomic or functional solitary kidney, kidney transplantation * Severe atherosclerotic disease or artery calcification preventing the assessment of reliable BP measurements * Endocrine hypertension other than obstructive sleep apnea * Individual has experienced a myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, or a cerebrovascular accident within 3 months of the screening visit * Acute episode of systemic and renal disease requiring uptitration of any immunosuppressive drug regimen within the last 3 months * Subject is pregnant, nursing, or intends to become pregnant * Enrollment in another interventional research protocol. * Any condition that, at the discretion of the investigator, would preclude participation in the study (e.g. non-adherence)
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Conditions
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As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension
RECRUITINGErlangen, Bavaria, 91054, Germany
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