New dialysis fluid may slow hardening of arteries in kidney patients
NCT ID NCT07163936
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a citrate-based dialysis fluid with extra magnesium can slow or prevent blood vessel hardening in adults on long-term hemodialysis. Eighty stable patients will receive either the new fluid or a standard one for 12 months. Researchers will measure blood markers of calcification risk and monitor heart problems.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- citrate-based dialysate with magnesium
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a safer dialysis fluid that reduces heart problems and death in kidney patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 80 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention only changes the dialysis fluid, so any benefit is likely modest.
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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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
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 years and older
- 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: * Adults (≥18 years old) on maintenance hemodialysis for more than 3 months * Clinically stable patients with a well-functioning vascular access * Residual urine output ≤ 250 mL/day * Able and willing to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Known allergy or intolerance to any component of the dialysates * Active malignancy or infectious/inflammatory disease * Planned living donor kidney transplant before study completion * Current treatment with vitamin K antagonists (coumarins) * Severe hypocalcemia or poorly controlled secondary hyperparathyroidism * Any condition that, in the investigator's judgment, contraindicates participation or affects study compliance
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