Dialysis filter showdown: which one spares your cells?
NCT ID NCT07265635
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two types of dialysis filters in 30 kidney patients to see which one causes less damage to white blood cells and reduces inflammation. One filter is made of a special material called PMMA that may remove more harmful substances. The goal is to understand how different filters affect the body's immune system and stress response.
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 successful, this could point toward better dialysis filters that reduce inflammation and cell damage in kidney patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. It is observational and does not test a new drug or cure.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
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 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Informed Consent as documented by signature (Appendix Informed Consent Form) * Male or female adults at time of enrolment aged \<90 years old and \>18 years old * Patients in stable standard bicarbonate HD regimen, for at least two months Exclusion Criteria: * Patients aged \<18 years old and \>90 years old * Known hypersensitivity or allergy to class of drugs or the investigational product or inability to comply with the requirements of the protocol; * Participation in another study with investigational drug within the 30 days preceding and during the present study; * Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons; * Recent illness (within the previous 1 week); * Severe anemia (Hb \< 7 g/dl); * Bacterial or viral active infections;
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia
Pavia, Pavia, 27100, Italy
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