ECMO kidney care: one line or two?
NCT ID NCT06038162
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at two methods for providing kidney dialysis to patients on ECMO (a heart-lung machine). One method uses a separate line for dialysis, while the other connects the dialysis machine directly into the ECMO circuit. The goal is to see if the direct connection works just as well, possibly reducing infections and bleeding. About 158 adults on ECMO who need kidney therapy will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If this trial succeeds, it could show that connecting kidney therapy directly into the ECMO circuit is just as effective as using a separate line, potentially reducing complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial focused on equipment performance, not a new drug or cure. The results may not change practice if the integrated method causes safety issues like air bubbles or clotting.
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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 158 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 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: * Patients aged above 18 years * Patient on VA-ECMO who requires the initiation of continuous RRT during VA-ECMO treatment * Patient with a foreseeable length of stay in intensive care greater than 24 hours Exclusion Criteria: * Patient who does not have a vascular capital allowing for the insertion of a new dialysis catheter to administer RRT and therefore cannot be randomized to the parallel connection group * High pressures monitored on ECMO not allowing direct RRT catherter on ECMO * Pregnant, parturient, or breastfeeding women * Patient deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision * Patient under psychiatric care * Patient subject to a legal protection measure (guardianship, curators) * Patient not affiliated to a social security system * Patient participating in another interventional research study in the field of extra purification renal
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
12 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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APHP, Institut de Cardiologie, Service d'anesthésie-réanimation cardiovasculaire, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
RECRUITINGParis, France
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APHP, Institut de cardiologie, Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière
RECRUITINGParis, France
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CHU de Bordeaux, GH Sud, Service d'anesthésie-réanimation cardiovasculaire, Hôpital cardiologique
RECRUITINGBordeaux, France
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CHU de Clermont Ferrand, Pôle de médecine péri-opératoire/Chirurgie cardiaque, Hôpital Gabriel Montpied
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, France
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CHU de Grenoble, Service de réanimation cardiovasculaire et thoracique, Pôle anesthésie réanimation, Hôpital Nord
RECRUITINGGrenoble, France
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CHU de Montpellier, Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, Pôle Cœur-poumons, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve
RECRUITINGMontpellier, France
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CHU de Saint Etienne, Hôpital Bellevue, Service de Réanimation polyvalente et soins intensifs post-opératoires
RECRUITINGSaint-Etienne, France
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Centre Hospitalo Universitaire de Dijon, Unité Réanimation Cardio-Vasculaire,
RECRUITINGDijon, 21079, France
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Centre Hospitalo Universitaire de Lille, Institut Coeur Poumon
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLille, 59037, France
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Centre Hospitalo Universitaire de Toulouse, Hôpital Rangueil - Réanimation polyvalente
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGToulouse, 31059, France
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Centre Hospitalo Universitaire de Toulouse, Unité de Chirurgie Cardiaque
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGToulouse, 31059, France
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Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation cardiovasculaire, Hôpital Louis Pradel
RECRUITINGLyon, France
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